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Trezzvant
W. Anderson Papers
1932-1963
14 linear
feet
NOTE: A paper copy
of the finding aid,
with container list,
is available at the
Atlanta University
Center Archives for
in-house consultation
and may be obtained
for a fee.
Trezzvant William Anderson
(b. 1906 d. 1963) was
an author and journalist
best known for reporting
on the injustices and inequalities of the Jim
Crow South at the height of the Civil Rights
Movement. For most of his career as a journalist,
Anderson was affiliated with the Pittsburgh Courier,
first as a desk reporter in Pittsburgh in 1947,
and eventually as the "Courier Roving Reporter" traveling
throughout the Southeastern United States. His
writings, as evidenced in this collection, concentrate
mainly on civil rights issues such as boycotts,
trials, and glaring examples of discrimination
in the justice system. A member of the 761st
Tank Battalion of the U.S. Army during World
War II, Anderson wrote the unit's history, Come
Out Fighting: The Epic Tale of the 761st Tank
Battalion, 1942-1945. A lifelong Elks member,
Anderson was the editor of their magazine Elkdom.
He was also a member of various organizations
and unions such as the Washington Negro Press
Club (serving as its president from 1931 to 1934),
the American Newspaper Guild, and the American
Federation of Labor. This collection consists of the papers of
Trezzvant W. Anderson from 1932 to 1963,
with the bulk of
it documenting the last few years of his life.
It consists mainly of typescripts of his articles
submitted in the latter part of his career as a
reporter for the Pittsburgh Courier. Most of the
articles were written under the bylines "Courier
Press Service", "Courier Roving Reporter", "Dateline:
Georgia", and "Report from Dixie".
Also included in the collection are notebooks and
printed materials Anderson used in writing and
researching his articles. The earliest materials
relate to his service in the U.S. Army during World
War II, and his affiliation with the Elks. A significant
amount of the correspondence is letters between
Anderson and his managers at the Pittsburgh Courier.
Of interest are the letters from William G. (Bill)
Nunn, Executive Editor, and Managing Editor P.L.
Prattis that concern story assignments and comments
on his articles. Most of the correspondence dated
1958-1959 regards sales of the Courier and highlight
the efforts of a Black newspaper to increase its
circulation, especially in the segregated towns
of the South.
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