Three prominent black ministers, Richard Allen, Absalom Jones and John Gloucester, spoke in favor of immigrating to Africa. However, when Forten decided to register a vote in favor of blacks moving to Africa, not a single sound was heard, but when he called for those opposed a loud "no" was heard. ...
It maybe a cliche, but it was too true for journalist at the turn of the century. A Muckraker is a brave organization exposing injustices; so grave they made the blood of the average America run cold. Publishing a series of articles had a much more immediate impact. America is still facing uncoverin...
"I had heard reports to the extent that he was a white man who lived on the nearby plantations. Whoever he was, I never heard of his taking the least bit interest in me or providing in any way for my rearing" (Washington 4). ... Jane moved Booker and his 2 siblings, his older brother John and his sister Amanda, to work with her husband. ...
Henry Grady goes down in Georgia's hall of fame as one of their greatest and most influential journalists and orators. After graduation from the University of Georgia, he went on to his career as general editor and part-owner of the successful newspaper, the Atlanta Constitution1. Grady used the Atl...
