Joseph Everett Mitchell (August 1, 1876 – December 17, 1952)[1] was an American journalist known as a publisher, editor, and founder of the St. Louis Argus, a newspaper that advocated for the African-American community in St.
[3]: 2 In 1904, in part because of the World's Fair, the Mitchells relocated to St. Louis, Missouri, where J. E. completed school by taking night classes.
[5] In the 1930s, Mattie Mitchell died and, in 1940, J. E. married Edwina Wright, a St. Louis public school teacher and the daughter of banker Richard R.
[3]: 39 Soon after settling in St. Louis, Mitchell began employment with the Western Union Relief Association, an insurance company where he worked as general manager by 1905.
In 1919, he was a founding member of the Citizen's Liberty League, a political organization established to advance the interests of African-Americans in the Republican Party.