Good Morning POU! We continue our look at newspapers for African Americans in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The North Star was a nineteenth-century anti-slavery newspaper published from the Talman Building in Rochester, New York by abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The paper commenced publication on December 3, 1847 and ceased as the The North Star in June 1851 when it … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Little Known Black Media Publications of the 18th and 19th Centuries
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Thursday Open Thread: Little Known Black Media Publications of the 18th and 19th Centuries
We continue our look at black newspapers, magazines and other circulars published by and for African Americans in the 18th and early 19th century. Today's entry is another great read that further puts to bed the notion that African Americans were idly waiting for white saviors in the fight against slavery. Freedom's Journal was the first African-American owned and … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Little Known Black Media Publications of the 18th and 19th Centuries
Wednesday Open Thread: Little Known Black Media Publications of the 18th and 19th Centuries
Good Morning POU! We continue looking at trailblazing publications for and by African Americans in the 18th and 19th centuries. Again, "nothing new under the sun"...as you will see with today's post. The Woman's Era was the first national newspaper published by and for African-American women. It was founded in 1886 by Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, who served as its editor … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Little Known Black Media Publications of the 18th and 19th Centuries
Tuesday Open Thread: Little Known Black Media Publications of the 18th and 19th Centuries
Good Morning POU! We are continuing our look at newspapers, magazines and other circulars created for and by African Americans in the 18th and early 19th century. Finding out more and more some tidbits I wasn't aware of concerning the differing factions of African American leaders at that time through these publications and it sure isn't all pretty! I'm sure today's entry will … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Little Known Black Media Publications of the 18th and 19th Centuries