Horace Roscoe Cayton Sr. (February 3, 1859 – August 16, 1940) was an American journalist and political activist.

Unlike its predecessor, this four-page tabloid was focused upon national and local news of interest to a black readership.

Horace found employment at the Seattle Standard, the city’s first newspaper for African Americans, working at that paper until Its failure in 1893.

The resulting controversy was a factor in escalating a scandal that led Meredith to resign and to attempt to gun down another of his accusers, John Considine.

On May 2, 1913, the Seattle Republican ceased operations after Cayton lost a court case where he sued a restaurant for telling him not to return after they had served him.

Cayton sold his home on Capitol Hill and moved to an apartment house, which he owned and produced income.

Ultimately, Cayton and Drake concluded their book with a call for the government to work more aggressively to help African Americans achieve equality.

Like his father, Cayton expressed an ongoing concern for racial equality and civil rights, a theme to which he repeatedly returned in his regular column for the Pittsburgh Courier.