Gurley Brewer

[3] Brewer would regularly speak on behalf of the Republican Party during political campaign season for the rest of his life.

[6] From the first years of the 20th Century Brewer was editor of the Indianapolis World, one of the first black newspapers in the state of Indiana.

In July 1903 Brewer publicly declared: It is very easy to determine who the shiftless, worthless negroes are, for they are found almost altogether in the Indiana Avenue district.

Agents of the Negro Business League will make inquiry concerning them, and those who will not work will be reported to the authorities with a request that they be driven out of town.

[5] A memorial service was held for Brewer on April 4, 1919, a gathering addressed by prominent Republicans including Indiana Governor James P. Goodrich and Indianapolis Mayor Charles W.