Square Bluster;[2] 1854–1916), was an American editor, writer, journalist, and political organizer.

[3][4][5] Augustus Michael Hodges was born March 18, 1854, in Williamsburg, Virginia, to parents Sarah Ann (née Corprew) and Willis A.

[3] His family was considered "Black elite", they originated in Tidewater area of Virginia and had been free since the late-18th century.

[3] In his newspaper column he sometimes wrote about African-American aristocracy, and it a made clear distinction from "upstart nobodies" in the news.

[9] In 1910, he presided over the Colored Citizens League of the Fourth and Fifth Congressional Districts convention held at Mt.