Oscar W. Adams Sr.
Oscar Adams Sr.
Born
Oscar William Adams Sr.

October 24, 1882
DiedMay 14, 1946
Alma materNormal A&M College
OccupationJournalist

Oscar William Adams Sr. (October 24, 1882 May 14, 1946) was a journalist and publisher in the United States.[1] He published the Birmingham Reporter.[2] His son Oscar William Adams Jr. became an Alabama Supreme Court Justice.

He was from Gulfcrest, Alabama. Adams and his brother Frank were members of the Knights of Pythias.[3]

He graduated from Normal A&M College in Normal, Alabama.[4]

References

  1. https://findingaids.library.emory.edu/documents/adams931/printable/
  2. Richardson, Clement (May 2, 1919). "The National Cyclopedia of the Colored Race". National Publishing Company via Google Books.
  3. Peebles, Marilyn T. (August 16, 2012). The Alabama Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia: A Brief History. University Press of America. ISBN 9780761858157 via Google Books.
  4. Richardson, Clement (1919). "The National Cyclopedia of the Colored Race".


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