EOTO reflections the black press

 EOTO Continued 

Based on all of the presentations we launched for our second EOTO project , there was at least one presentation that stood out to me 

If I recall, there were two groups that did a presentation on a topic called “The Black Press”. Based on the information that I gathered from watching two presentations there were some important things that I learned. The Black Press advanced black literature, reported black crimes, advocated for the African American community, sought to increase literacy and awareness of world events for black people, advertised black products, and hired influential writers. although  publications only lasted for 2 years, the black press reached 11 states and other editorials focused on antislavery, racial discrimination, and other injustices, more importantly, the black press depicted African Americans in a intellectual and positive light. 

This press is generally defined as black-owned and operated newspapers that focus on the interests and concerns of African Americans. In recent years, the black press has been the topic of books, scholarly and trade articles, monographs, and television documentaries. The press black paved the way for the establishment for over 40 black publishers by the start of the civil war. What makes the black press really essential is that they embraced the newspapers as a sign of their freedom, and as a source of information about their people and their communities. The black press of the Reconstruction era dedicated itself to building communities the of free black men and women in both the North and South.

Other most fascinating facts

According to https://nnpa.org/black-press-history over the years there were a list of publishers, editors, journalists, and cartoonists which included the greatest names in American history, such as  Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois, Ida B. Wells Barnett, Langston Hughes, Romare Bearden, James Weldon Johnson, Mary McLeod Bethune and Daisy Bates.

Frederick Douglass The North Star, 1847

According tohttps://niemanreports.org/articles/timeline-of-the-black-press/

The North star was founded by Fredrick Douglass and Martin Delany. Published in Rochester, New York, the North Star advocated for the abolition of enslavement and covered politics in Europe, as well as literature and culture. other important papers included, The California Eagle, founded by John J. Neimore, and Charlette Bass became the owner and publisher of the Los Angeles-based paper in 1912, making her the first female African-American newspaper publisher in the U.S. She established an activist tradition  campaigning   against D.W. Griffith’s film “The Birth of a Nation.” The Eagle also advocated for an end to segregation in housing, jobs, and transportation.