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Andrew Smitherman
Andrew Smitherman, the African American lawyer who founded the Tulsa Star Newspaper
Andrew Smitherman was a man of many talents who developed a keen interest in journalism when he completed his law degree and decided to work with Attorney, W.H. Twine. He persuaded the owner of the law firm to grant him permission to run the affairs of his other business, a newspaper called the Muskogee Cimiter….
