A. B. Cosey

Alfred Bonito Cosey (c. 1862 – March 20, 1921), better known as A. B. Cosey, was an American writer, politician, recorder of deeds, and lawyer.[1][2][3] He was nicknamed the "Negro lawyer of Newark", Cosey hosted the pivotal 1912 meeting in which then-presidential candidate Woodrow Wilson pledged that he would help with the advancement of the Black community.[4][5] Cosey was disbarred in 1915 by the state of New Jersey.[6] He wrote various publications including The Negro A to Z.[7]

Life and career

Alfred Bonito Cosey was born in c. 1862, in Maryland, his father was from Cuba and mother was from District of Columbia. In 1899, he married Anna S. Bailey in Washington, D.C.

Cosey was the president of the First District Colored Republican club in 1889;[8] president of the newly formed Afro-American League of America in 1889;[9] president of the United Negro Democrats of New Jersey in 1912;[10] and chairman of the Joint Organizational Movement in Brooklyn in 1920.[11]

Publications

  • Cosey, A. B. (1914). American and English Law on Titles of Record, 1535–1911. New York City, NY.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)[12]
  • Cosey, A. B. (1897). The Negro from A to Z. Washington, D.C.: Press of Robert Lewis Pendleton. LCCN 91898156.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Colored Lawyer Charged With Theft East Orange". Courier-Post. 1911-04-06. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-03-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Meier, August; Rudwick, Elliott M. (1967). "Early Boycotts of Segregated Schools: The East Orange, New Jersey, Experience, 1899-1906". History of Education Quarterly. 7 (1): 22–35. doi:10.2307/367231. ISSN 0018-2680. JSTOR 367231.
  3. ^ "Jerseymen After Office". Atlantic City Gazette-Review. 1913-03-26. p. 10. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
  4. ^ Bundles, A'Lelia (2002-01-01). On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker. Simon and Schuster. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-7434-3172-9.
  5. ^ "Wilson Tells Where He Stands on Race Question". The Afro-American. 1912-08-17. p. 7. Retrieved 2025-03-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Four Jersey Lawyers Disbarred". The New York Times. April 30, 1915. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
  7. ^ "The Negro from a to Z | Library of Congress". Library of Congress.
  8. ^ "Col. Murrell Honored". The Washington Bee. October 26, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
  9. ^ "Rights Denied The Negro". The Jersey City News. December 20, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
  10. ^ "Colored Wilson Men Hold A Rally". The Jersey Journal. October 17, 1912. p. 6. Retrieved 2025-03-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Article clipped from The New York Age". The New York Age. May 15, 1920. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
  12. ^ Negro Yearbook. Negro Year Book Publishing Company. 1925. p. 486.
  13. ^ Mellby, Julie (2020-07-14). "Robert Lewis Pendleton, Pioneer Printer of Washington". Graphic Arts.
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