Contributor to Resource
PBS Online, Halsell New Media (Firm)

Date of Original
1999

Subject
Newspapers
African American newspapers
Race relations
United States--Race relations--History--20th century
Reporters and reporting--United States
African American authors
African American newspaper editors
African American journalists

People
Bass, Charlotta A., 1880-1969
Vann, Robert L., 1879-1940
Murphy, John Henry, 1840-1922
Murphy, Carl, 1889-1967
Abbott, Robert S. (Robert Sengstacke), 1868-1940
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931
Mossell, N. F., Mrs., 1855-
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-

Location
United States, 39.76, -98.5

Medium
instructional materials
web sites
texts (document genres)
timelines (chronologies)
documentaries and factual works
study guides
biographies
sound recordings
interviews

Type
Sound, Text

Description
Web site companion to a film of the same name by Stanley Nelson. Includes information about the film and a transcript from the production. Provides background information on several African American newspapers, including the Chicago Defender, The California Eagle, The Afro-American, and The Pittsburgh Courier. Also includes biographies of African American reporters and writers including Charlotta Bass, Robert Lee Vann, John Henry Murphy, Robert S. Abbott, Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, Gertrude Mossell, and Oliver Harrington. The site also includes a timeline of important events in the history of African American newspapers, information about modern African American journalists, interactive activities, and a list of events and resources., The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.

Metadata URL
http://www.pbs.org/blackpress/

Language
eng

Contributing Institution
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

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