Television and Print Organizations
The Colored Citizen, Helena, Montana (1894)
The Colored Citizen published weekly in Helena, Montana, for a little over two months during the electoral campaign season, September to November 1894....
The Montana Plaindealer, Helena, Montana (1906-1911)
On March 16, 1906, Joseph B. Bass printed the first issue of The Montana Plaindealer in Helena, Montana, a community that included...
William Francis Yardley (1844-1924)
Image Ownership: Fair Use William Francis Yardley was a politician, businessman, lawyer, and civil rights advocate in post-Civil War Tennessee....
La Tribune de la Nouvelle-Orléans (1864-1868)
The New Orleans Tribune was the first African American daily newspaper in the United States. Started in 1864 by Charles...
The Underground Railroad (1820-1861)
The Underground Railroad was established to aid enslaved people in their escape to freedom. The railroad was comprised of dozens...
Rap/Hip Hop
Rap Music, and the culture that surrounds rapping itself, hip-hop, is a genre of music and a lifestyle which originated...
The Advocate, Portland, Oregon (1903-1936)
“With this issue The Advocate makes its initial bow to the Portland public as an independent, non-partisan, non-sectarian weekly newspaper...
The New Age, Portland, Oregon (1896-1907)
Between 1860 and 1900, Portland, Oregon‘s African American population increased from sixteen to 775, still small, but large enough to...
