1. Blacks In The Newspapers
Black Americans have been providing information to the masses through newspapers since the early 1800s. ... For the entire first century of black newspapers, they fought for an end to violence against Black Americans and provided leadership for obtaining equal civil rights (Simmons 1). As time progressed and situations such as segregation and the civil rights movement no longer existed, these newspapers began to simply report information to the world, as most newspapers do today. ... Abbott founded The Chicago Defender on May5, 1905 ("Newspapers" 1). ... Abbott helped his newspaper become the ...
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