Chester Lloyd Washington Jr. (April 13, 1902 – August 31, 1983) was an American journalist, newspaper publisher and editor. He was owner of Central News-Wave Publications, which at one time published over a dozen newspapers.
Chester Washington was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania on April 13, 1902, the second child and oldest son of Chester Lloyd Washington Sr., a mail carrier, and his wife, the former Bessie Willis, a homemaker.
Washington began his newspaper career in the 1920s as a stenographer and journalist in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He went on to serve as sports editor of the Pittsburgh Courier.

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