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David Goodman Croly (1829–1889) was an American
United States

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 journalist
Journalism

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, born in New York
New York City

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 and educated at New York University
New York University

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. He was associated with the Evening Post
New York Post

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 and the Herald
New York Herald

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 (1854–58), and then became an editor
Editing

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 and subsequently the managing editor
Managing editor

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 of the World
New York World

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. He married Jane Cunningham
Jane Cunningham Croly

Jane Cunningham Croly was an United States author and journalist, better known as "Jennie June."She was born in Great Britain, came to the United States when a girl, and at an early age became a contributor to newspapers and magazines....
, known as "Jennie June", in 1856. In 1863, during the Civil War, he co-authored the anonymous pamphlet Miscegenation, which tried to discredit the Abolitionist movement and the Lincoln Administration by playing on racist fears common among whites.






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David Goodman Croly (1829–1889) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 journalist
Journalism

Journalism is the craft of conveying news, descriptive material and editorial via a widening spectrum of Media . These include newspapers, magazines, radio and television, the internet and, more recently, the cellphone....
, born in New York
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 and educated at New York University
New York University

New York University is a private university, nonsectarian, research university in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan....
. He was associated with the Evening Post
New York Post

The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continually as a daily, although -- like most other papers -- its publication has been interrupted by labor actions....
 and the Herald
New York Herald

The New York Herald was a large distribution newspaper based in New York City that existed between May 6, 1835 and 1924....
 (1854–58), and then became an editor
Editing

Editing is the process of preparing language, s, sound, video, or film through correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications in various media....
 and subsequently the managing editor
Managing editor

A managing editor is a senior member of a publication's management team. The title also applies to the evening televised News broadcasting on ABC, CNN, CBS, NBC and the FOX News Channel....
 of the World
New York World

The New York World was a newspaper published in New York from 1860 until 1931. It played a major role in the history of American newspapers....
. He married Jane Cunningham
Jane Cunningham Croly

Jane Cunningham Croly was an United States author and journalist, better known as "Jennie June."She was born in Great Britain, came to the United States when a girl, and at an early age became a contributor to newspapers and magazines....
, known as "Jennie June", in 1856. In 1863, during the Civil War, he co-authored the anonymous pamphlet Miscegenation, which tried to discredit the Abolitionist movement and the Lincoln Administration by playing on racist fears common among whites. The anonymous author of the pamphlet claimed to be an Abolitionist in favour of promoting the intermarriage of whites and blacks, a taboo practice that at the time was seen as a threat to white supremacy
White supremacy

White supremacy is the belief that white people are superior to people of other Race . The term is sometimes used specifically to describe a political ideology that advocates the Society and Politics dominance of whites....
. The pamphlet coined the term miscegenation
Miscegenation

Miscegenation is the mixing of different Race , that is, marriage, cohabitation, having human sexuality and having children with a partner from outside one's racially or ethnically defined group....
 for the intermixing of races. In 1872, Goodman predicted the Panic of 1873
Panic of 1873

The Panic of 1873 was the start of the Long Depression, a severe nationwide economic depression in the United States that lasted until 1879. It was precipitated by the bankruptcy of the Philadelphia banking firm Jay Cooke & Company on September 18, 1873, following the crash on May 9, 1873 of the Wiener B?rse in Austrian Empire ....
, along with the failures of Jay Cooke & Co.
Jay Cooke

Jay Cooke , United States financier, was born at Sandusky, Ohio, the son of Eleutheros Cooke , a pioneer Ohio lawyer and Whig Party member of Congress from that state in 1831-1833 and member of the Ohio General Assembly....
 and the Northern Pacific Railroad
Northern Pacific Railway

The Northern Pacific Railway was a railway that operated in the north-central region of the United States. The railroad served a large area, including extensive trackage in the states of Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin....
. From 1872 to 1878 he was editor of the Daily Graphic.

Croly's published works include Seymour and Blair: Their Lives and Services (1868), about the 19th century politicians Horatio Seymour
Horatio Seymour

Horatio Seymour was an United States politician. He was List of Governors of New York of New York from 1853 to 1854 and from 1863 to 1864. He was the United States Democratic Party nominee for president of the United States in the U.S....
 and Montgomery Blair
Montgomery Blair

Montgomery Blair , the son of Francis Preston Blair, elder brother of Francis Preston Blair, Jr. and cousin of B. Gratz Brown, was a politician and lawyer from Maryland....
 (which included an appendix containing a "History of Reconstruction"); and a Primer of Positivism (1876). This refers to Comtean positivism as he was a founding figure in the New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 branch of the Church of Humanity
Church of Humanity

Church of Humanity was a positivist church influenced by August Comte's "religion of humanity." Comte's "religion of humanity" in France, although small, inspired the rise of the "Church of Humanity" in England....
 and referred to the "faith" as "the only true church." He was the father of the writer Herbert D. Croly
Herbert Croly

Herbert David Croly was an American liberalism political author....
 (co-founder of The New Republic
The New Republic

The New Republic is an United States magazine of politics and the arts. It is published semimonthly and has a circulation of approximately 60,000....
 magazine).