The Black Press in Pennsylvania
Posted by Justine Rector on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on The Black Press in Pennsylvania I The Black press in Pennsylvania played a leading role in the struggle for Afro-American freedom in the pre-Civil War period. After the war, Afro-American tabloids in the Commonwealth were among the first newspapers to call for the civil rights and enfranchisement of Afro-Americans in the South and North. Frequently, editors of these newspapers became elected politicians and they used their...read more