William Cowper Brann
William Cowper Brann | |
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| Born | January 4, 1855 |
| Died | April 2, 1898 (aged 43) Waco, Texas, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Assassination by gunshot |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse | Carrie Belle Martin |
| Children | 3 |
William Cowper Brann (January 4, 1855 – April 2, 1898) was an American journalist also known as Brann the Iconoclast. During his life, he gained a reputation as a "brilliant though vitriolic editorialist." He defended lynching Black men accused of rape and called for opponents of this type of mob violence to be castrated.