St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1955-11-18
Negro Press Will Be Around Awhile

Negro Press Will Be Around Awhile
In the gse of commenting the
Magazine and other johnson publications. TIME
proceeded Negro specializing
is precarious and uncertain.
Ordinarily discussing any like subjects are used for com
parison The while
is not TIME piece
LOOK, SATURDAY EVENING POST compared TIMES
the New York DAILY NEWS or the Chicago TRIBUNE
discussing prestige circulation OF the John
publications. progress
johnson magazines In doing this did that press
playing the negative odays
truly democratic pamphlets
80 employing thousands Of with millions
lars In plants and equipment
editors also suggested that Negro newspaper. ...
the negative public
jecting them for this a cose Negro
papers only percent the
news carried emphasized repocd what TIME might consider
reports
of tho Negro locally and nationally
TIME papers deliberately attempt
charge win be made against every
influence which change quo
The Negroes Of this country dissatisfied with
xenshp press TO report such 4,
would doing Its duty The British in colonial times
editor John Peter zenge They said his deliberately
to create dscord by printing criticism OF British conduct OF the
onics zenger
Of tho Negro press, that what both bad
TIMES daily newspapers doing job
reporting
generally
daes have fair of the Negro community but
those cities tho Negro vibrant OF the field
Ism Az matter Of fact the better treatment which the daily
whole In this nation giving the Negro
factors including the continuing proddng
milton OF the Si5 billion the
munty many daily publishers
family vunerabity
ing to practice what also has daily editors
publishers getting
yard In decent order
No metropolitan daily fully
class tho community Tho English language
Jewish has had long glorious history In this and
s going the Jews of this nation need their
win be quite awhile before tho Negro viii need his much less
Magazine spent good portion reporting
decline In the OF the larger Negro papers which
figures
Negro bought
different Negro papers weekly to show the loss which papers have
suffered The truth OF the matter that LIFE TIMES sister
publication which reached and half million during the World
War period has shown greater newsstand loss percentage wise
than the Negro papers mentioned IN the article,
As has pointed before the
ton national Negro bound to later
practically Negro community people
weekly has and OF them excellent
and doing good Jobs,
larger papers
have developed sister editions In their home towns
they concentrating getting local circulation making
bids advertising
Negro purchases and most OF them In good financial
shape
TINE made one statement which could denied namely
papers capital
employ adequate Negro newspapers
any type trouble capital
capital seeking
percent the Negroes
today successful had capital worthy
the the This paper started with SS5 cash.
rented typewriter. NEGRO DIGEST the
OF the Johnson publications he second being EBONY start
with $500 borrowed his mothers household furniture by John
Johnson
a expect the Negro to continue
grow public the
citizenship
full equality which Inevitably Negro and the nation
whole win press.
Today press to take OF
the powerful influences developed single nation in be
half Of the Negro strength nation deat
which reach tina
pinnacle Its chief being that country has not u
decided that the land freedom and
where achieves
Negro will be right here urging America on TO her best
the hope OF the free world
COuraUeOus SOutherners