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Power in the Press: Black Publishers Righting History
Select an Honoree below to learn more about these remarkable people.
Robert S. Abbott
Founder of the
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Tireless leader of America's anti-lynching crusade
Charlotta Spears Bass
Fighter of racism and publisher of the
Cheryl Brown and Hardy Brown
Giving voice to voices that have been silenced
Samuel E. Cornish
Co-publisher of
Frederick Douglass
A principal leader of the abolitionist movement and publisher of the
Carl J. Murphy
Built the
John B. Russwurm
Founder of
Cornelius Adolphus Scott
Guided the country's oldest and first successful Black daily newspaper through the terror of segregation and racism
William Alexander Scott II
Founder of the first successful African-American daily in the nation
John H. H. Sengstacke
Defender of integration of the armed services and desegregation
Robert L. Vann
Newspaper publisher, lawyer and political statesman
Plummer Bernard Young Sr.
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