Samuel Cornish and John Russwurm
Freedom's Journal
John Brown Russwurm co-founded Freedom's Journal, the first African American owned newspaper in the United States.
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The newspaper Freedom's Journal was the first African-American owned and operated newspaper in the United States. It called for the abolition of slavery, equal rights for African Americans, and the promotion of education and political participation within the black community.
The first African American newspaper was the Freedom's Journal published its first edition in 1827.
It was called Freedom's Journal.
On March 16 a in 1827, Samuel Cornish and John B. Russwarm started the first African American owned and operated newspaper in the United States � it was called Freedom's Journal. Freedom's Journal initiated the trend of African-American papers throughout the US to fight for liberation and rights, demonstrate racial pride, and inform readers of events affecting the African American community. Unfortunately, due to small readership, the paper ended its circulation in 1830. Another African-American newspaper, The North Star, founded by Frederick Douglass, suffered the same fate as Freedom's Journal . The Philadelphia Tribune is currently the oldest, continuously published black newspaper in the country, now celebrating its 125th year. It was founded in 1884 as a way for African Americans to speak against injustice.
1855The Mirror of the Times is the first black paper in California), published in San Francisco, CA by Melvin GibbThe California Eagle which began in 1879 as The Owl.
The first black newspaper was "Freedom's Journal." It was begun in 1827 by John Russwurm and Samuel Cornish.