Political Quotes

“I rise in tribute to the life and legacy of Mr. Lutrelle Palmer, better known as Lu, one of the greatest and most prolific journalists known in this country during the last half of the 20th century. Mr. Palmer was born in 1922 in Newport News, Virginia. He attended the local schools, went to Virginia Union where he earned a bachelor's degree, then to Syracuse University where he was awarded a master's degree in communications. He then went on to the University of Iowa where he completed course work for a Ph.D. but lost his dissertation materials on a train and consequently never received his doctoral degree. Lu worked for several newspapers and taught at a number of colleges and universities. He wrote for the Chicago Daily Defender, the Chicago Courier, the Chicago Daily News, the Tri state Defender, and he developed and owned the Chicago Black X Express and wrote freelance articles for other newspapers and magazines. Lu had a unique and provocative style of writing and was known as 'the Panther with a pen.' He spent 50 years informing, stimulating, motivating and activating the African American community as a reporter, syndicated columnist, newspaper publisher, radio commentator, activist, community organizer and political strategist.”