The Afro-American press and its editors . tements have morethan once brought him into the courts of justice, having beenfive times indicted for libel, and acquitted in every caseexcept one, in which he was fined fifty dollars. In theseexperiences he has a record not held by any one else of thefraternity. Mr, Chase delights in newspaper controversies, and seldom,if ever, comes out of one worsted. His Bee is known byevery Afro-American editor, correspondent, or writer, andwhile many do not agree with him, they all admire thesteadfastness with which he holds to what he thinks is has sai
The Afro-American press and its editors . tements have morethan once brought him into the courts of justice, having beenfive times indicted for libel, and acquitted in every caseexcept one, in which he was fined fifty dollars. In theseexperiences he has a record not held by any one else of thefraternity. Mr, Chase delights in newspaper controversies, and seldom,if ever, comes out of one worsted. His Bee is known byevery Afro-American editor, correspondent, or writer, andwhile many do not agree with him, they all admire thesteadfastness with which he holds to what he thinks is has said of Mr. Chase: He will never give up, as longas there is a fighting chance. He has read several papers at the various press conventions,the most noted of which was the one on Southern Outrages,which was favorably commented upon by the PhiladelphiaPress. He is now historian of the National Press Convention, It is our hope that The Bee will live long( and its editoicontinue to be honored as a true specimen of the Afro-American AUGUSTUS M. HODGES. 291 292 THE AFRO-AMERICAN PRESS. Augustus M. Hodges, Editor Brooklyn Sentinel. Augustus M. Hodges is the sou of Willis A. Hodges, oneof the early pioneer Afro-American journalists, and evidentlyinherits his fathers journalistic taste. He was born inWilliamsburg, Va., March 18, 1854, and attended theHampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, from which hegraduated in 1874. Mr. Hodges is one of the prominent young men of therace. He has few superiors in the journalistic field. Hewas a trusted and ready writer on The New York Globe, and,more recently, on The Indianapolis Freeman. Lately, he hasissued a journal of his own, called Hie Brooklyn Sentinel,which is meeting with much favor. The New York Pressof September 15, 1889, pays him this tribute: He waselected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1876, butwas counted out by the Democrats. He was connected withThe New York Globe a few years later, and is at presentupon the sta
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