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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]

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