Evon Blake
Jamaican journalist
About Evon Blake
Lived 1906 – 1988 (aged 81–82).
Eyrell Blake, known as Evon Blake (7 February 1906 – 7 November 1988), was a Jamaican journalist who challenged the racial status quo in colonial Jamaica. Born in Salem, in Clarendon Parish to Cottilda and Joseph Blake, a farmer, he studied journalism in Panama. He gained a PhD from a university in Pennsylvania.
From 1928 to 1933, Blake worked in Panama, before returning to Jamaica where he established his reputation as a journalist, first for the Gleaner Company, and then for the Jamaica Standard and the Jamaica Times. In 1940, Blake established the Spotlight News Magazine, for which he served as editor for more than 16 years. In 1956, he launched the Newday News Magazine, which he ran until he retired in 1963. One of his daughters is the broadcaster and Rastafarian advocate Barbara Blake Hannah.
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Who was Evon Blake?
Jamaican journalist
When was Evon Blake born?
Evon Blake was born in 1906.
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Evon Blake died in 1988.
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