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Freedom's Journal was the first African-American owned and operated newspaper published in the United States. [1] [2] Founded by Rev. John Wilk and other free Black men in New York City, it was published weekly starting with the March 16, 1827, issue. [3]
African American newspapers (also known as the Black press or Black newspapers) are news publications in the United States serving African American communities. Samuel Cornish and John Brown Russwurm started the first African American periodical, Freedom's Journal , in 1827.
This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of New York. It includes both current and historical newspapers. New York was the birthplace of the African American press, with the publication of Freedom's Journal in 1827, and has remained a vibrant center of publishing ever since.
The first African American Newspaper to be launched in the United States was Freedom's Journal in 1827. [5] It provided information on international, national, and regional current events. The editors of Freedom's Journal voiced their concerns on racial attacks towards African Americans. [5]
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.
Freedom's Journal was the first newspaper in the United States to be owned, operated, published and edited by African Americans. [10] During his tenure as editor, Russwurm regularly included material about ancient and modern African history, providing readers on both sides of the Atlantic with a curated source of information about the continent.
African American News and Issues www.aframnews.com; Afro American Newspaper www.afro.com (possible redirect to Baltimore Afro-American) Aafranklin ; Chicago Defender www.chicagodefender.com; Columbus Post www.columbuspost.com; Dallas Weekly www.dallasweekly.com; Freedom's Journal wiki books loc JRandRosie EdPub 10:22, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Illinois' first African American newspaper was the Cairo Weekly Gazette, established in 1862. [1] The first in Chicago was The Chicago Conservator , established in 1878. An estimated 190 Black newspapers had been founded in Illinois by 1975, [ 2 ] and more have continued to be established in the decades since.