Charles Benjamin William Gordon Sr. (1861–1941) American newspaper publisher, author, journalist, and Baptist minister.

Charles Benjamin William Gordon was born on November 1, 1861, in Colerian, Bertie County, North Carolina.

[1][2][3] He attended education classes with Thomas Mixon in Roanoke Island, North Carolina.

[6] He died on September 15, 1941, in Petersburg City, Virginia, and is buried at Little Church Street Cemetery.

A profile of Gordon is included in the books, The Afro-American Press and Its Editors (1891), and Who's Who Among the Colored Baptists of the United States (1890).