Earl Mann

Earl W. Mann was a state legislator and columnist in Colorado in the United States. The Denver Public Library has a collection of his papers.
He was born in Lyons, Iowa. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I and was badly injured by poison gas. He was treated at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital in Denver, Colorado. He was first elected to the Colorado [House of Representatives] in 1942 and served five consecutive terms. He was a Republican.
He wrote newspaper columns. His columns expressed opposition to lynching and disbelief that legislation to make it a federal crime failed. He also wrote in opposition to the Alien Land Act. His February 19, 1944 column stated the act was "fascism appearing in a new suit of clothes, without bathing, permitting the noxious body odors to disclose its identity, and its subtle purpose: Japanese and then Negroes and Jews."
His name was recorded as Edward W. Mann. He was inducted into the Colorado Black Hall of Fame.
He served in the Colorado [House of Representatives] from 1943-49 and 1951-54.