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It will aim to present, objectively, facts of Negro life. It hopes, thru an analysis of these social questions, to provide a basis of understanding; encourage interracial co-operation in the working out of these problems." [1] While the journal was published from 1923 to 1949, its main influence on African-American literature was from 1923 to 1928.
The National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent Supplement revealed that 46.8% of African Americans under 18-years-old may have a mental health disorder. [2] Additionally, African American children between the ages of five- and twelve-years old commit suicide at approximately double the rate of their White counterparts. [3]
This is a list of African American newspapers and media outlets, which is sortable by publication name, city, state, founding date, and extant vs. defunct status. For more detail on a given newspaper, see the linked entries below. See also by state, below on this page, for entries on African American newspapers in each state.
The Great Depression had a devastating effect on his company, as widespread financial problems caused his customers to cut back on bus orders. [ citation needed ] Patterson died in 1932. [ 4 ] His son, Postell Patterson (1906–1981), who had worked with him, closed the business in 1939.
African American slaves in Georgia, 1850. African Americans are the result of an amalgamation of many different countries, [33] cultures, tribes and religions during the 16th and 17th centuries, [34] broken down, [35] and rebuilt upon shared experiences [36] and blended into one group on the North American continent during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and are now called African American.
Jet is an American weekly digital magazine focusing on news, culture, and entertainment related to the African-American community. Founded in print by John H. Johnson in November 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, [3] [4] the magazine was billed as "The Weekly Negro News Magazine".
On Oct. 22, Audacy will host its ninth annual We Can Survive concert — part of Audacy’s I’m Listening mental health initiative in support of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention ...
These anti-slavery sentiments were popular among both white abolitionists and African-American slaves. Enslaved people rallied around these ideas with rebellions against their masters as well as white bystanders during the Denmark Vesey Conspiracy of 1822 and the Nat Turner's Rebellion of 1831. Leaders and plantation owners were also very ...