St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-03-07
Negro Press Has Another Birthday

During American newspapers known
the Negro Press have been observing the 12Oh anniversary of the
founding Of the first edited and published by
African Negro ancestry
T % paper Freedoms Journal strange enough was founded
in protest the refusal Of the daily press
Negro Samuel Cornish opportunity reply
the Negro freedman and savel which were pubsb.J WIDELY with
out adequate reply in the New York daily Of the around
1871 Strange the which followed the Freed
mans Journal the fOsrunner Of the Negro Press remain
degree a protest press.
This press had n glorious history
that its largest nOnWhs racial has accorded
e liberty and the pursuit Of happiness and those rights guaranteed
by the nations sacred Bin of Rights
This has had glorious history of sacrifice and devotion
to the public good In pleading exhortng for the aenab
rights people always
In defense Of the rights Of all people not just black people, but peps
white brown yellow and red Jew GENTLE Protestant Catholic
1t ID the advocate Of human rights.
Its editors and publishers and workers through these 100
have had small compensation the knowledge that they
q necessary job and that history record
Frederick Douglass the Negro born slave
Following him came the pioneer editors who kept aloft the flag Of
freedom through the years. when
selves realized the Importance of their struggling
Today, 12O the Negro press special pleader
for the Negro onenth Of the count population performs the
double but often precariou duty nusce
the Negro visited him by the white majority and at the
time roundy condemns the Negro its
At least million of the cOunys Negroes the
weekly conservative estimate places the number Of white
persons reading the regularly
latter is found Of the alert leaders politics.
industry religion education and organized labor
Aside from the church
influence the people it has had terrific struggle
recognition phenomenal growth past
decade has forced from all Of American life admission Of its
strength, position and Importance.
Today there hardly community with 5000 without
kind of weekly monthly Among the regularly
issued papers r daies and six bi-weekles
These all successful publications. business
They exist from received from circulation and adve
ing.
For the advertisers have agreed that both
portion Of their budgets with the Negro
This has enabled that generally employ trained
the OF the various and spend
big advertisers who obtain
their from Negroes spend Of their
with this but each the number Of important adver
Users increases.
the have progressed Of their has
Of well
the emphasis rights necessary the publication field
has been pictures special departments coumns
strips the features which have made the American
paper envy Millions according the
each individual likes his newspapers.
job people There still papers
good large papers, easily
confidence.
people the which fights
This based theory
when the Negro accorded his full rights
will editors and of daily
editors publishers will be glad wher
because class journalism its best has its limits
the Negro Press going
hammerng which believes this
created and for the brotherhood Of man.
II has its out for it. It will not fail to do its best
the worlds esst and intends fight
way good ground good and solid The NeG
Press invites its fellows up here, to stand with it.