A Reliable
Voice in the
Community
Volume 7
Issue 5
April 14 - 20, 2010
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The 100 Black Men of America has selected San Francisco as the site of its 25th annual conference in 2011. The group made the announcement during a press conference last Wednesday at the African American Arts and Cultural Complex. “We are extremely excited to announce San Francisco as the home of our milestone 25th annual conference,” said Chairman Al Dotson. |
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The first black American newspaper was founded in 1827 by Samuel Cornish and John B. Russwam the very year that slaves were set free in the state of New York. It came to life in a small office in downtown New York City. The name of the paper was Freedom’s Journal. Its purpose was to serve as a medium of expression for black and white abolitionists 34 years before the first shot was fired in the Civil War and 36 years before President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Freedom’s Journal initiated a new phenomena in America: the use of the pen as a bold weapon in support of the fight for the emancipation of African slaves, a weapon for liberation and rights, a public campaign to inspire racial pride and to inform those who could read about events affecting the African-American community. It was a tool to fight ignorance and to separate fact from fiction. It was an audacious undertaking — it was a dangerous undertaking! It was an undertaking with little financial support and few resources to sustain its growth. Four short years later, in 1830, Freedom’s Journal stopped printing. But, its legacy lived and newspapers sprang up across the country, boldly establishing stakes in the ground before the Civil War began. Continue to the 2010 Black History Edition - |
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