Events
Why did the Freedom’s Journal close?
Disagreement between co-founders
This editor became the first black man to become a millionaire as a newspaper publisher.
Robert S. Abbott
The ___ defender was started by Abbott in 1905
Chicago
This was the main goal of the early Black press: to represent Black voices and defend their rights.
to plead our own cause
Female journalist ____ exposed the horrors of racial violence by reporting on lynching in the South.
Ida B Wells
Which president revoked federal protections for freed slaves?
(Rutherford B. Hayes
This journalist edited for Freedom’s Journal, The Rights of All, and Weekly Advocate.
Cornish
This was the first Black-owned newspaper in the United States.
Freedom's Journal
Early Black newspapers aimed to promote __________ among their readers.
racial uplift
Black newspapers also reported on freedom movements in other countries, such as __________.
Haiti
How did Robert Abbott ensure the distribution of The Chicago Defender in the South?
Hiring railway porters to distribute.
This editor created the first integrated paper
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass’s paper critiqued the US government's involvement in this war.
Mexican–American War
The main goal of the early Black press was to __________ their own cause.
plead
Early Black newspapers gave readers news about their own communities when __________ papers ignored them.
White
About how many Black newspapers were in print by 1910?
275
This key figure investigated Lynchings in the South
Before it changed names, this publication was called the Weekly Advocate.
Colored American
Many papers focused on education and progress to encourage __________.
self-improvement
Many articles urged readers to support the growing __________ movement in the United States.
abolition
What war led to the double V campaign?
WWII
This publisher became the first black woman to run for national political office
Charlotta Bass
This publication was founded by Cornish after he left Freedom's Journal
The Rights of All
The Black press created a __________ to challenge racist stories in white media.
counternarrative
During Reconstruction and beyond, Black newspapers followed national politics closely to expose injustice and defend __________.