Willis E. Mollison

Willis Elbert Mollison (1859—1924) was an American teacher, newspaper editor, politician, banker, businessman, lawyer, public official, and civil rights advocate in Mississippi.^[1]^[2]^[3] He was a Republican.^[4]

Early life and education

Willis Elbert Mollison was born on September 15, 1859 in Mayersville, Mississippi.^[1] Martha née Gibson and Robert Mollison were his parents.^[1] He studied at Fisk University's college preparatory school, and Oberlin College (class of 1883).^[5]^[6]

Career

He wrote a book The Leading Afro-Americans of Vicksburg, Miss., Their Enterprises, Churches, Schools, Lodges and Societies (1908), about prominent African Americans in Vicksburg, Mississippi.^[4]

Mollison was the president of Lincoln Park Land Company, a stockholder in the Lincoln Savings Bank of Vicksburg.^[3] He was also the director of the Mound Bayou Oil Mill and Manufacturing Company in Mound Bayou.^[3]

Mollison published The Golden Rule a four-page weekly newspaper in Vicksburg, Mississippi.^[7] He was also the owner of the National Star newspaper.^[3] He moved to Chicago in 1917.

He died on May 11, 1924.^[6]

His son, Irvin C. Mollison also was a lawyer and served as president of the Bar Association of Cook County, Illinois.^[6]

References

1 2 3"Who's Who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent". 1915. p. 95.
↑"Mollison, W. E. – MS Civil Rights Project".
1 2 3 4"Vicksburg Facts: Mollison fought for a better Mississippi". The Vicksburg Post. July 14, 2023. Archived from the original on December 13, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
1 2The leading Afro-Americans of Vicksburg, Miss., their enterprises, churches, schools, lodges and societies;. Library of Congress, Washington DC: Biographia publishing co. 1908.
↑"W.E. Mollison, Vicksburg, Miss. and Scott Bond, Madison, Ark". Archived from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
1 2 3Burke, W. Lewis (July 11, 2017). "Mollison, W. E."Mississippi Encyclopedia. Center for Study of Southern Culture.
↑"The Golden Rule (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1898-19??". Library of Congress. Retrieved February 5, 2022.

External links

[who-1] 1 2 3"Who's Who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent". 1915. p. 95.

[2] "Mollison, W. E. – MS Civil Rights Project".

[The_Vicksburg_Post-2023-3] 1 2 3 4"Vicksburg Facts: Mollison fought for a better Mississippi". The Vicksburg Post. July 14, 2023. Archived from the original on December 13, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.

[rep-4] 1 2The leading Afro-Americans of Vicksburg, Miss., their enterprises, churches, schools, lodges and societies;. Library of Congress, Washington DC: Biographia publishing co. 1908.

[5] "W.E. Mollison, Vicksburg, Miss. and Scott Bond, Madison, Ark". Archived from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2023.

[encyc-6] 1 2 3Burke, W. Lewis (July 11, 2017). "Mollison, W. E."Mississippi Encyclopedia. Center for Study of Southern Culture.

[7] "The Golden Rule (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1898-19??". Library of Congress. Retrieved February 5, 2022.

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Willis E. Mollison

Early life and education

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Mayersville, Mississippi

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Fisk University

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