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Ralph Waldo Tyler

1860–1921

United States

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Ralph Waldo Tyler (1860–1921) was an African-American journalist, war correspondent, and government official. He was the only accredited black foreign correspondent specifically reporting on African-American servicemen stationed in France during World War I. He was Auditor of the Department of the Navy from 1907 until 1913.

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