| 词条 | Susie Revels Cayton |
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BiographyEarly lifeSusie Sumner Revels was born to free parents in Mississippi in 1870, the same year her father, Hiram Revels, became the first black senator in US history.[2] Revels graduated from Rust College, teaching for three years, before returning to school to pursue a degree in nursing.[3] SeattleRevels met her future husband, Horace Cayton, in Mississippi and after a period of long distance letter writing,[3] later followed him to Seattle in 1896, where they were married in July of the same year. She began writing for his Seattle-based newspaper, The Seattle Republican, before departing Mississippi. She eventually became associate editor in 1900 and continued working at the paper until it folded in 1913.[3][2][4] Revels and her husband started the newspaper, Cayton's Weekly in 1916 targeted at a black readership. They promoted the great accomplishments and contributions of blacks as well as the atrocities committed against black members of the community. This paper ran until 1920 when it was replaced by Cayton's Monthly which only ran for two issues.[4] In addition to her journalistic writing, Revels wrote short stories which appeared in The Seattle Republican, Cayton's Weekly, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.[5] Revels was a founding member and leader of a charity group called the Dorcas Club.[4] In her sixties, Revels became politically active and joined the Communist Party, after being introduced to the organization by her son, and was considered "one of the state's most prominent African American radicals".[3] She became friends with activists Paul Robeson and Langston Hughes, and was admired by Richard Wright. ChicagoRevels moved to Chicago in 1942, two years after her husband died, to be closer to her children. She continued advocating for progressive politics to promote equality until she died in 1943. ChildrenSusie Revels Cayton was the mother of activists Horace Cayton, Jr. and Revels Cayton. LegacyIn 1992 the Cayton Scholarship was established to honor the contributions of these great Seattle journalists. This scholarship is available to minoritized college students in Washington state.[4] Published works
References1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://blackpast.org/aaw/cayton-susie-revels-1870-1943|title=Cayton, Susie Revels (1870–1943) {{!}} The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed|website=blackpast.org|language=en|access-date=2019-01-13}} {{improve categories|date=January 2019}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Cayton, Susie}}2. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=https://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-Ca-Fi/Cayton-Susie-Sumner-Revels.html|title=Susie Sumner Revels Cayton Biography|website=www.notablebiographies.com|access-date=2019-01-13}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{Cite web|url=http://depts.washington.edu/labhist/cpproject/whos_who.shtml|title=Who's Who in Communist Party|website=depts.washington.edu|access-date=2019-02-28}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70230638|title=African American women of the Old West|last=Martineau.|first=Wagner, Tricia|date=2007|publisher=TwoDot, an imprint of The Globe Pequot Press|isbn=9780762739004|edition= 1st|location=Guilford, Conn.|oclc=70230638}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackpast.org/aaw/vignette_aahw/cayton-susie-revels-1870-1943/|title=Susie Revels Cayton (1870-1943) • BlackPast|date=2007-01-22|website=BlackPast|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-28}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/susie_cayton.htm|title=Susie Revels Cayton: "The Part She Played" – Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project|website=depts.washington.edu}} 7 : African-American women writers|People from Mississippi|1943 deaths|1870 births|Writers from Seattle|Rust College alumni|African-American history of Washington (state) |
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