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Pittsburgh Reformers and the Black Freedom Struggle
Historian Adam Lee Cilli effectively illustrates the centrality of Black Pittsburgh within the larger Black Freedom Struggle.
by
Ashley Everson
via
Black Perspectives
on
February 9, 2023
This Radical Reporter Dedicated Her Life to Fighting the System
"I idolized women like Marvel Cooke," Angela Davis tells Teen Vogue.
by
Olivia Lapeyrolerie
via
Teen Vogue
on
February 8, 2023
Reading Langston Hughes’s Wartime Reporting From the Spanish Civil War
Several years before the United States officially entered World War II, Black Americans were tracking the international spread of fascism.
by
Matt Delmont
via
Literary Hub
on
November 2, 2022
Framing the Computer
Before social media communities formed around shared concerns, interests, politics, and identity, print media connected communities.
by
Kelcey Gibbons
via
Charles Babbage Institute
on
August 1, 2022
Contending Forces
Pauline Hopkins, Booker T. Washington, and the Fight for The Colored American Magazine.
by
Tarisai Ngangura
via
The Believer
on
March 29, 2022
partner
The Black Press Provides a Model for How Mainstream News Can Better Cover Racism
Digging deeper, offering historical context and going beyond official narratives will better serve the audience.
by
Olivia Paschal
via
Made by History
on
February 17, 2022
partner
Muhammad Speaks for Freedom, Justice, and Equality
The official newspaper of the Nation of Islam—published from 1960-1975—combined investigative journalism and Black Nationalist views on racial uplift.
by
Khuram Hussain
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JSTOR Daily
on
May 13, 2021
The Magazine That Helped 1920s Kids Navigate Racism
Mainstream culture denied Black children their humanity—so W. E. B. Du Bois created The Brownies’ Book to assert it.
by
Anna E. Holmes
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The Atlantic
on
February 12, 2021
The World-Class Photography of Ebony and Jet is Priceless History. It's Still Up For Sale.
There's a lot more than money at stake in the impending auction.
by
Allison Miller
via
Perspectives on History
on
July 9, 2019
‘An Essential Force in American History,’ Chicago Defender to Stop Print Publication
The storied African American newspaper will switch to a digital-only platform starting July 11.
by
Mitchell Armentrout
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Chicago Sun-Times
on
July 5, 2019
The Black Radical You’ve Never Heard Of
T. Thomas Fortune changed Black History, and seems to have been forgotten.
by
Adam Serwer
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Jasmine Walls
via
The Nib
on
February 22, 2019
Roller Skating Socials and a Black Rosie the Riveter
Uncovering black newspapers from the 19th and 20th centuries can open up new possibilities for teaching African American history.
by
Rebecca Onion
via
Slate
on
March 8, 2016
Though The Heavens Fall, Part 1
The Texan newspaperman who was born into slavery and helped shape the history of civil rights.
by
John Jeremiah Sullivan
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Joel Finsel
via
Oxford American
on
February 26, 2015
The First African American Newspaper Appears, 1827
A letter from the creators of Freedom's Journal to their initial patrons.
by
Samuel Cornish
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John Brown Russwurm
via
Freedom's Journal
on
March 16, 1827
partner
Black Freedom and Indian Independence
Activists including W. E .B. Du Bois in the United States and Lajpat Rai in India drew connections between Black American and Indian experiences of white rule.
by
Livia Gershon
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Andrea M. Slater
via
JSTOR Daily
on
July 5, 2024
partner
Finding Lucretia Howe Newman Coleman
Once a powerful voice in the Black press, Coleman all but disappeared from the literary landscape of the American Midwest after her death in 1948.
by
Ashawnta Jackson
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Jennifer Harris
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H. A. Tanser
via
JSTOR Daily
on
May 27, 2024
Majority-Black Wilmington, N.C., Fell to White Mob’s Coup 125 Years Ago
The 1898 Wilmington massacre overthrew the elected government in the majority-Black city, killed many Black residents and torched a Black-run newspaper.
by
DeNeen L. Brown
via
Retropolis
on
November 10, 2023
The Untold Story of the Zoot Suit Riots: How Black L.A. Defended Mexican Americans
The unity of two long-neglected communities during trying times is a reminder of what we desperately need in Los Angeles.
by
Gustavo Arellano
via
Los Angeles Times
on
June 2, 2023
How African Americans Entered Mainstream Radio
For nearly 50 years, commercial radio companies only employed white broadcasters to target information and entertainment to mainstream America.
by
Bala James Baptiste
via
Black Perspectives
on
December 6, 2022
Hubert Harrison, Giant of Harlem Radicalism
A two-volume biography tracks the life and times of one of Harlem’s leading socialists.
by
Robert Greene II
via
The Nation
on
June 1, 2022
partner
Black Internationalism Is the Antidote to America’s Love of War
How Charlotta Bass, a Black woman and peace activist, anticipated America’s path to militarism.
by
Denise Lynn
via
Made by History
on
February 15, 2022
‘The Failed Promise’ Review: The Mad King and the Lost Cause
Frederick Douglass and Republican legislators had high hopes for Andrew Johnson—but ended up impeaching him.
by
Randall Fuller
via
The Wall Street Journal
on
August 20, 2021
The Color Line
W.E.B. Du Bois’s exhibit at the 1900 Paris Exposition offered him a chance to present the dramatic gains made by Black Americans since the end of slavery.
by
Annette Gordon-Reed
via
New York Review of Books
on
August 5, 2021
partner
The Irony of Complaints About Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Advocacy Journalism
The White press helped destroy democracy in the South. Black journalists developed an activist tradition because they had to.
by
Sid Bedingfield
via
Made by History
on
June 24, 2021
A Mother’s Influence
How African American women represented Black motherhood in the early nineteenth century.
by
Crystal Webster
via
Lapham’s Quarterly
on
June 9, 2021
Skewed View of Tulsa Race Massacre Started on Day 1 With 'The Story That Set Tulsa Ablaze'
A Tulsa Tribune newspaper story of an alleged assault attempt helped instigate the Tulsa Race Massacre, leaving hundreds dead along Black Wall Street.
by
Dave Cathey
via
The Oklahoman
on
May 26, 2021
The Game Is Changing for Historians of Black America
For centuries, stories of Black communities have been limited by racism in the historical record. Now we can finally follow the trails they left behind.
by
William Sturkey
via
The Atlantic
on
May 4, 2021
Why Honor Them?
In the decades after the Civil War, Black Americans warned of the dangers of Confederate monuments.
by
Karen L. Cox
via
Lapham’s Quarterly
on
April 12, 2021
What Are Magazines Good For?
The story of America can be told through the story of its periodicals.
by
Nathan Heller
via
The New Yorker
on
February 16, 2021
A Priceless Archive of Ordinary Life
To preserve Black history, a 19th-century archivist filled hundreds of scrapbooks with newspaper clippings and other materials.
by
Cynthia R. Greenlee
via
The Atlantic
on
February 9, 2021
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