The Black Press of America Celebrates 195 Years of Pleading the Cause of African Descendants Everywhere By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia On March 16, 1827, Samuel E. Cornish and John B. Russwurm founded the first Black-owned newspaper in the U.S. They did so because there were no Black voices in the debate over the abolition of slavery. In their first editorial, Cornish and Russwurm wrote: “in | By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia On March 16, 1827, Samuel E. Cornish and John B. Russwurm founded the first Black-owned newspaper in the U.S. They did so because there were no Black voices in the debate over the abolition of slavery. In their first editorial, Cornish and Russwurm wrote: “in
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By: Stacy Brown, NNPA From Freedom’s Journal to the North Star to John Abbott’s Chicago Defender, African American-owned newspapers have sparked fires for truth and equality that have burned with the passion of fighting for freedom throughout history. On March 16, 1827, Samuel E. Cornish and John B. Russwurm founded the first Black-owned newspaper in