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Kansas City The Call, or The Call is an African-American weekly newspaper founded in 1919 in Kansas City, Missouri, by Chester A. Franklin. It continues to serve the black community of Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas .
Franklin also wrote for The Kansas City Call, the newspaper her husband founded and published. [5] After 1955, she was publisher of the paper, with Lucile Bluford as editor. [15] [16] "She was the true matriarch of black journalism in America," commented publisher Carlton Goodlett, on the occasion of Franklin's death. [17]
First Kansas African American newspaper to last more than a decade. [6] Kansas City: Daily American Citizen: 1897 [31] or 1898 [32] 1900 [31] Daily (except Monday) [31] LCCN 2012254316, sn85066912; OCLC 747744967, 12994512; Billed as “[t]he only Daily and Weekly Negro paper in this section of the Country.” [33] Kansas City: The Kansas ...
In, 1932, recognizing the unfair treatment of Black people, Sewing with four friends and $200 opened the Sentinel Loan Co., located in a room at The Kansas City Call newspaper.
Your Guide to KC: Star sports columnist Vahe Gregorian is changing uniforms this spring and summer, acting as a tour guide of sorts to some well-known and hidden gems of Kansas City.Send your ...
Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, right, talks strategy with head coach Andy Reid during Kansas City’s Jan. 21, 2024 AFC Divisional game against the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium ...
Chester A. Franklin, founder of the Call, contacted Bluford and told her he had an opening for her at his newspaper. [9] She began working for the Kansas City Call in 1932 . [ 10 ] She stayed at the Call for the entirety of her career, rising through the ranks until she was the second editor and publisher of the newspaper.
Most of the publishing activity has been concentrated in the St. Louis and Kansas City metropolitan areas, but many smaller cities and towns have had such newspapers as well. [ 2 ] Notable current African American newspapers in Missouri include the St. Louis Sentinel , St. Louis American , and Kansas City Globe .