African American newspapers

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African American newspapers are periodicals created by and for Black communities in the United States, historically serving as vital platforms for news, advocacy, and resistance against racial injustice.

All labels observed (5)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American media ⓘ
ethnic press ⓘ
newspaper genre ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
coveredTopic Black business and entrepreneurship ⓘ
Black culture and arts ⓘ
abolitionism ⓘ
church and religious life ⓘ
education access ⓘ
housing discrimination ⓘ
labor rights ⓘ
lynching ⓘ
police brutality ⓘ
segregation ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
voting rights ⓘ
developedFrom Black abolitionist press ⓘ
emergedAs response to exclusion from white mainstream press ⓘ
facedChallenge advertising discrimination ⓘ
censorship ⓘ
competition from mainstream media ⓘ
economic marginalization ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
functionedAs organ of civil rights organizations ⓘ
platform for political endorsements ⓘ
source of information ignored by mainstream press ⓘ
vehicle for community announcements ⓘ
hasAudience African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans

Black communities in the United States ⓘ
hasDigitalForm online African American newspapers ⓘ
hasRole advocacy ⓘ
civil rights activism ⓘ
community organizing ⓘ
counterpublic sphere ⓘ
cultural preservation ⓘ
news dissemination ⓘ
platform for Black intellectuals ⓘ
platform for Black journalists ⓘ
platform for Black writers ⓘ
political education ⓘ
resistance to racial injustice ⓘ
historicalPeriod Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
Jim Crow era ⓘ
linked to: Jim Crow laws

Reconstruction era ⓘ
antebellum era ⓘ
post–civil rights era ⓘ
influenced formation of Black public opinion ⓘ
migration decisions of African Americans ⓘ
national civil rights strategies ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
notableExample Amsterdam News ⓘ
Atlanta Daily World ⓘ
Baltimore Afro-American ⓘ
Cleveland Call and Post ⓘ
Freedom’s Journal ⓘ
Los Angeles Sentinel ⓘ
Michigan Chronicle ⓘ
Muhammad Speaks ⓘ
New York Age ⓘ
Norfolk Journal and Guide ⓘ
Pittsburgh Courier ⓘ
The Chicago Defender ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Defender

The Crisis ⓘ
The North Star ⓘ
The Philadelphia Tribune ⓘ
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
relatedTo African American magazines ⓘ
Black blogs and digital media ⓘ
Black radio ⓘ
Black television ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Red Summer → hasOppositionFrom → Black press ⓘ
linked to: African American newspapers
Chicago Conservator → ethnicPress → African American press ⓘ
linked to: African American newspapers
Mildred Brown → genre → African American press ⓘ
linked to: African American newspapers
Ethel L. Payne → wroteFor → Afro-American newspapers ⓘ
linked to: African American newspapers
Pittsburgh Courier → partOf → African-American press ⓘ
linked to: African American newspapers
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords → mainSubject → African American newspapers ⓘ