Jack L. Cooper

Sep 18, 1888 - Jan 12, 1970

Jack Leroy Cooper was the first African-American radio disc jockey, described as "the undisputed patriarch of black radio in the United States." In 2012, he was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame.
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