Henry Lewis Suggs (born 1942) is an emeritus professor of history, author, and editor in the United States. He has written about African American newspapers and journalists. His books include a biography of P. B. Young, and a biography of James Edward Shepard who helped found North Carolina Central University. He has also written articles.http://www.hlsuggs.com
Education and career He was born in Winterville, North Carolina. He graduated with a B.A. and M.A. from North Carolina Central University. He received a PhD from University of Virginia.
He was the first African American faculty member at Western Carolina University and the second to become a full professor at Clemson University.
He corresponded with Lenwood G. Davis and John Hope Franklin. Clemson has a collection of his papers.
Personal life On June 16, 1973, Suggs married Sharon Faye White of Charlottesville, Virginia, who was herself a professor of elementary education at the Hampton Institute.
Writings Books The Black Press in the South 1865-1879, editor Greenwood Press (1983) P.B. Young, Newspaperman: Race, Politics and Journalism in the New South, 1910–1962 (1988) The Black Press in the Middle West, 1865-1985 Cecil Newman and the Minneapolis Spokesman: Journalism, History, and Culture in Minnesota 1865-1985 James Edward Shepard: A History of North Carolina Central University (NCCU): 1875-1947; The Noble Warrior: Chester Arthur Franklin and the Kansas City Call, 1919-1955 The Right Man Clemson University Press (2025)
Articles "The Response of the African American Press to the United States Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934"
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