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Tag: Black Press History

Getting the Word Out: The Circulation of Black Power Newspapers

Posted on January 14, 2016 by KimGallon

http://aaihs.org/getting-the-word-out/


The Defender by Ethan Michaeli – Featured on NPR

Posted on January 14, 2016 by KimGallon

http://www.npr.org/2016/01/09/462481120/new-book-highlights-historic-black-newspaper  


Celebrity Culture in the Early Twentieth Century Black Press

Posted on January 14, 2016 by KimGallon

By Carrie Teresa The development of entertainment journalism in the Black press was an important factor in bolstering the circulations of Black  newspapers during the first half of the twentieth […]


Black Quotidian

Posted on January 12, 2016 by KimGallon

http://blackquotidian.com/anvc/black-quotidian/introduction?path=index  


Ethel Payne and Her Legacy in the Black Press

Posted on May 8, 2015 by KimGallon

Ethel Payne and her legacy in the black press by WBEZ’s Afternoon Shift


Celebrating the Legacy of the Black Press

Posted on May 8, 2015 by KimGallon

Celebrating the legacy of the Black Press by WBEZ’s Afternoon Shift


Ten Things to do on Black Press Day (March 16th)

Posted on March 16, 2015 by KimGallon

188 years ago, on March 16, 1827, John Brown Russwurm and Reverend Samuel Cornish published the first Black newspaper in the United States, Freedom’s Journal.  To commemorate this milestone, the National Newspaper […]


“On Texas, Old Newspapers, Race Music, and Two Black Lives That Shaped the History of Civil Rights”

Posted on February 27, 2015 by KimGallon

Though The Heavens Fall, Part 1


The Price Is NOT Right: Selling Black Press Archives

Posted on November 30, 2014 by KimGallon

In many ways Cornell University library’s purchase of the New York Amsterdam News’ archive is “old news.” Now over two years, since the sale, the guide for the collection was recently completed […]


Newly Released Digital African American Newspaper: The San Antonio Register

Posted on October 4, 2014 by KimGallon

San Antonio Register: About this Collection: The Portal to Texas History


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