The Black-owned newspaper, Freedom’s Journal, was founded on this day in 1827. That same year, slavery was abolished. Then, the free Black men of New York City including executive editors Samuel E.
Fireworks light up the sky over Craig Park during the Greenwood Freedom Festival in 2022. This year’s festival will be from 4 to 11 p.m. Saturday. DAILY JOURNAL FILE PHOTO The darker it gets, the ...
Today in Media History: The first African-American newspaper, Freedom’s Journal, was founded in 1827
The Wisconsin Historical Society has created a Freedom’s Journal Online Archive. They have digitized and posted all 103 issues. Here is an excerpt from their archive page: “Freedom’s Journal provided ...
The oldest Black business industry in America began 190 years ago today. On March 16, 1827, the first edition of the Freedom’s Journal was published, thrusting African Americans into the bustling ...
John Brown Russwurm and Samuel Eli Cornish were the co-founders of Freedom’s Journal, the first Black newspaper in America. Historians have documented that it is one of the most preserved Black ...
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