Stories of the Great Railroads

CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL (1860-1941) was born in Iowa to an abolitionist newspaper editor, leading him to become a muckraking journalist and social activist. Following a race riot in Springfield, Illinois, in 1908, he co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Russell wrote a wide variety of influential articles and books, winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1928.