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Percival Leroy (P.L.) Prattis, was born on April 27, 1895 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the Hampton Institute from 1912 to 1915 and graduated in 1916 from the Ferris Institute. Prattis served as a Battalion Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army during World War I, headquartered in the Company 813 Pioneer Infantry, stationed in France for nearly a year in 1918 and 1919. He was honorably discharged from his duties on July 23, 1919. P.L. Prattis began his journalism career in 1919 as the editor of the newly formed Michigan State News in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1921, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to become the city editor of the Chicago Defender, which was the most influential African American weekly newspaper in the country at the beginning of World War I. In 1923, Prattis was hired as the city editor of the Associated Negro Press in Chicago, a position for which he travelled internationally on assignment and interviewed prominent world figures. He moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1936 to take a position with the ''Pittsburgh Courier''.〔( Percival L. Prattis Papers Finding Aid ), 1916-1980, AIS.2007.01, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh〕 His wife, Helen Prattis, wrote poetry, some of which was printed in the ''Pittsburgh Courier'' during the 1950s. Their daughter, Patricia Prattis Jennings, became a renowned pianist for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. When the ''Pittsburgh Courier'' was in financial jeopardy during the 1960s, Prattis donated $33,000 of his own money to help stabilize the paper. On February 29, 1980, Prattis died at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Aspinwall, Pennsylvania.〔 Burial was at Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh. Prattis was honored posthumously for his part in African American media and service to the ''Pittsburgh Courier'' at the 100th anniversary celebration for the ''Courier.'' ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「P.L. Prattis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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