John Mitchell, Jr. (editor)
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John Mitchell, Jr. (July 11, 1863 to December 3, 1929) was a businessman, politician and newspaper editor.
Mitchell was a civic leader and civil rights activist in Richmond, Virginia's Jackson Ward community, a neighborhood of free African Americans and freed slaves which became known as the "Black Wall Street of America."
He was a long-time editor of the Richmond Planet, an African American newspaper. He also became president of a bank. In 1921, Mitchell ran unsuccessfully to become Governor of Virginia. He is the subject of an extensive exhibit at the Library of Virginia.
