Benjamin Pelham

Benjamin Burnside Pelham
Born	February 7, 1862 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died	1948
Other names	B.B. Pelham, Benj. B. Pelham, Ben Pelham
Occupation(s)	Lawyer, accountant, political organizer, journalist, newspaper publisher
Relatives	Robert Pelham Jr. (brother), Meta E. Pelham (sister)

Benjamin Burnside Pelham (1862–1948) was an American lawyer, accountant, political organizer, journalist, and newspaper publisher.^[1][2]

Biography

Benjamin Burnside Pelham was born on February 7, 1862, in Detroit, Michigan.^[3] He attended Everett School in Detroit, followed by Detroit High School.^[3]

He was a journalist and edited the newspapers The Venture and Detroit Plaindealer.^[2][3] He served as president of the county's Board of Supervisors and was one of the most powerful African American politicians in the United States during the early 1900s.^[4] Aris A. Mallas wrote Forty Years in Politics - The Story of Ben Pelham (Wayne State University Press, 1957) about him.^[5]

References

1. Bradley, Jonathan (December 30, 2010). "Benjamin Pelham (1862-1948) •".
2. "Benjamin Burnside Pelham". Digital Collections Detroit Public Library (DPL DAMS).
3. Penn, Irvine Garland (1891). The Afro-American Press and Its Editors. Willey & Company. pp. 161–162. ISBN 978-0-598-58268-3.
4. Farley, Reynolds; Danziger, Sheldon; Holzer, Harry J. (May 25, 2000). Detroit Divided. Russell Sage Foundation. ISBN 9781610441988 – via Google Books.
5. "Forty years in politics; the story of Ben Pelham., by Aris A. Mallas | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.