Daily Archives: February 8, 2012
Feb 8. In Honor of Freedom’s Journal
Posted on February 8, 2012 In: Lexicon
Freedom’s Journal March 16, 1827 to March 28, 1829 (weekly) 1st African American owned and operated newspaper in the United States According to African American journalist, Garland Penn, Cornish and Russwurm’s objective with Freedom’s Journal was to go up against other local newspapers published in New York City that attacked African-Americans and encouraged slavery (see Wikipedia link below). For more… Read more »