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Robert Sengstacke Abbott and the Black Press : Videos

Robert Sengstacke Abbott, a pioneer of America's black press, was born on St. Simons Island, Georgia. This Research Guide is an introduction to his life and and serves as a starting point for more research on the history of the black press in America.

A Voice for Black People

A newsboy sells The Chicago Defender in Chicago, Ill., in 1942. Photograph by Jack Delano, courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.  The Defender relied on a quiet network of African-Americans, the Pullman Porters, to distribute newspapers and information.

Black Press: Soldiers without Swords (trailer)

PBS has a website to accompany its 1998 documentary, The Black Press: Soldiers without Swords. It includes biographies, a timeline, a film transcript and other resources. Go to: http://www.pbs.org/blackpress/.

Alexander Street

USC, C. E., & Makematic (Producers), & . (2021). Ethel Payne: First Lady of the Black Press. [Video/DVD] Makematic. Retrieved from https://video.alexanderstreet.com/watch/ethel-payne-first-lady-of-the-black-press

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