Afro-American Press and its Editors

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Item:: Book
Title:: Afro-American Press and its Editors
Author:: Irvine Garland Penn
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Printer:: Wiley & Company, Publishers; Clark W. Bryan & Co., Printers
Place of Printing:: Springfield, MA
Date of Printing:: 1891
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Author and Commentators

Irvine Garland Penn (1867-1930). American journalist and lay leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

The Book

This book examines Afro-American publications in the 19th century from 1827 through 1891, and also highlights Afro-American women in journalism. 565 pages plus appendix plus seven pages of book advertisements. There are also handwritten notes on the back endpaper.

Part. I.
Ch. I. First Afro-American newspapers - Freedom's journal and rights of all - 1827-30, New York --
Ch. II. Weekly advocate, 1837, New York --
Ch. III. Colored American, 1837-42, New York --
Ch. IV. Elevator, 1842, Albany, N.Y. --
Ch. V. National watchman and The clarion, 1842-45, Troy, N.Y. --
Ch. VI. People's press and the mystery, 1843-47, New York, and Pittsburg, Pa. --
Ch. VII. Genius of freedom, 1845-47, New York --
Ch. VIII. Ram's horn, 1847-48, New York --
Ch. IX. North star, 1847-65, Rochester, N.Y. --
Ch. X. Contemporaries of the North star, 1848-65, Syracuse, N.Y.; New York; Cleveland, O.; San Francisco, Cal., and Philadelphia, Pa. --
Ch. XI. The Anglo-African, 1859-65, New York --
Ch. XII. Contemporaries of the Anglo-African, 1861-69, Cincinnati, O., and San Francisco, Cal. --
Ch. XIII. The colored American, first newspaper published in the South, 1865-67, Augusta, Ga. --
Ch. XIV. Contemporaries of the colored American, 1865-66, Baltimore, Md.; Tenn. --
Ch. XV. A general view of Afro-American journalism, 1870-90 --
Ch. XVI. Afro-American magazines, 1833-90, New York; Philadelphia, Pa.; Evanston, Ill.; Harrisburg, Pa., and Salisbury, N.C. --
Ch. XVII. The daily Afro-American journals, 1882-91, Cairo, Ill.; Baltimore, Md.; Columbus, Ga., and Knoxville, Tenn. --
Part II.
Ch. XVIII. Sketches and portraits of Afro-American editors --
Ch. XIX. Illustrated Afro-American journalism --
Ch. XX. Prominent Afro-American correspondents, contributors and reporters --
Ch. XXI. Afro-American women in journalism --
Ch. XXII. Opinions of eminent men on the Afro-American press --
Ch. XXIII. The Afro-American editor's mission, by eminent journalists --
Ch. XXIV. The Anglo-Saxon and the Afro-American press --
Ch. XXV. Recognition of the Afro-American as a contributor to Anglo-Saxon journals --
Ch. XXVI. The freedom of the press --
Ch. XXVII. The Afro-American League --
XXVIII. The associated correspondents of race newspapers --
Ch. XXIV. The Anglo-Saxon and the Afro-American press --
Ch. XXV. Recognition of the Afro-American as a contributor to Anglo-Saxon journals --
Ch. XXVI. The freedom of the press --
Ch. XXVII. The Afro-American league --
Ch. XXVIII. The associated correspondents of race newspapers.

An online copy of this book in various formats can be found at the following website: https://archive.org/details/afroamericanpre00penngoog

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Contents

Printing

Newsboy

John B. Russwurm

Henry Highland Garnett

Dr. James McCune Smith

Samuel Ringgold Ward

Peter H. Clark

Rev. Richard Allen

Black Harry

Stephen Myer & Willis A. Hodges

M.R. DeLaney

Rev. J.P. Sampson

Phillip A. Bell

Charles B. Ray

J.T. Shuften

Bishop Richard Harvey Cain

Afro-American Journals

Afro-American Journals by State

Benjamin T Tanner & William Whipper

Rev. W.J. Simmons

Rev. J.C. Price

B.T. Harvey

W.S. Scott

Marshall W. Taylor

T. Thomas Fortune

Col. William Murrell

Rev. G.W. Gayles

Christopher J. Perry

Rev. W.S. Lowry

Rev. Daniel S. Bentley

M.L. Robinson

Jno W. Cromwell

Anderson, Pelham, Stowers, & Pelham Jr.

Editors & Proprietors of Plaindealer

Prof. J.E. Jone

Col. Joseph T. Wilson

John H. Williamson

John Mitchell Jr.

John L. Waller

Charles B. W. Gordon

John C. Dancy

Rev. W.H. Mixon

G.W. Anderson

I. Randall Reid

Prof. E. H. Lipscombe

Abel P. Caldwell

Rev. L.J. Coppin

Rev. A.E.P. Albert

R.D. Littlejohn

James J. Spelman

John Q. Adams

Prof. Julian Talbot Bailey

Rev. W.H. anderson

Rev. C.C. Stumm

C.H.J. Taylor

Rev. E.W.S. Peck

S.B. Turner

Jospeh A. Booker

Rev. Richard De Baptiste

Rev. T.W. Coffee

Rev. S.D. Russell

W.C. Smith

Richard Nelson

Rev F.M. Hamilton

H.C. Smith

Chas. Hendley

William Calvin Chase

Augustus M. Hodges

R.A. Jones

John T. Morris

Rev. A.N. McEwen

Rev. Calvin S. Brown

Rev. George W. Clinton

William Bolden Townsend

Henry Fitzbutler

R.C.O. Benjamin

E.A. Williams

D. Webster Davis

Rev. and Mrs Clare

Daniel B. Williams

John Edward Bruce

Rev. W.H. Franklin

J. Gordon Street

Bishop Henry McNeil Turner

Wl. Allison Sweeney

John Durham

R.W. Rose

John G. Whiting

R.H. Hamilton

W.E. Mathews

Lillian A. Lewis

Georgia Mabel De Baptiste

Kate D. Chapman

Josphine Turpin Washinton

Alice E. McEwen

CC. Stumm

A. L. Tilhman

Ida B. Wells

Ione E. Wood

Lavinia B. Sneed

Mary E. Britton

Frances E. W. Harper

W.S. Scarborough

John Mercer Langston

John R. Lynch

William H. Johnson

Prof. Frank Trigg

Prof D. Augutus Straker

Prof. B. T. Washinton

Frederick Douglass

Rev A.A. Burleigh

P.B.S. Pinchback

Bishoop Benjamin W. Arnett

Prof. George E. Stephens

Josiah T. Settle

Jere A. Brown

Rev. T. G. Stewart

Prof. J.H. Lawson

N.F. Mossell

Edward Lofton Thorton

Johnson & Teamoh

Charles Carroll Stewart

Whiting & Carter

Rev. J. Alexander Holmes

Samuel A. Rudd

Bishop Jabez Pitt Campbell

Bishop John M. Brown

Alexander Crummell

Rev. Benjamin F. Lee

Mifflin W. Gibbs

Reading the Paper

Front Cover

Flyleaf & Inscription

Frontispiece & Title

Copyright & Dedication

Introduction

Introduction & Preface

Preface & Contents

Contents

Chp 1

Chp 2

Chp 3

Chp 4

Chp 5

Chp 6

pg 56-57

Chp 7

Chp 8

Chp 9

Chp 10

pg 72-73

pg 76-77

pg 78-79

pg 80-81

Chp 11

pg 84-85

pg 88-89

Chp 12

pg 92-93

pg 96-97

Chp 13

pg 102-103

Chp 14

Chp 15

pg 108-109

pg 112-113

pg 114-115

Chp 16

pg 120-121

pg 122-123

pg 124-125

Chp 17

pg 128-129

Chp 18

pg 134-135

pg 138-139

pg 142-143

pg 146-147

pg 148-149

pg 150-151

pg 152-153

pg 154-155

pg 158-159

pg 164-165

pg 174-175

pg 180-181

pg 184-185

pg 188-189

pg 194-195

pg 198-199

pg 202-203

pg 206-207

pg 208-209

pg 210-211

pg 214-215

pg 216-217

pg 224-225

pg 228-229

pg 232-233

pg 238-239

pg 240-241

pg 246-247

pg 248-249

pg 252-253

pg 256-257

pg 258-259

pg 260-261

pg 262-263

pg 264-265

pg 268-269

pg 270-271

pg 274-275

pg 278-279

pg 280-281

pg 284-285

pg 288-289

pg 290-291

pg 292-293

pg 296-297

pg 300-301

pg 306-307

pg 310-311

pg 312-313

pg 314-315

pg 320-321

pg 324-325

pg 326-327

pg 332-333

Chp 19

Chp 20

pg 344-345

pg 348-349

pg 352-353

pg 358-359

Durham & Rose

pg 364-365

Chp 21

pg 368-369

pg 376-377

pg 378-379

pg 389-387

pg 388-389

pg 394-395

pg 396-397

pg 398-399

pg 402-403

pg 408-409

pg 410-411

pg 414-415

pg 416-417

pg 420-421

pg 422-423

Chp 22

pg 432-433

pg 434-435

pg 436-437

pg 440-441

pg 442-443

pg 444-445

pg 4456-447

pg 448-449

pg 450-451

pg 452-453

pg 454-455

pg 464-465

pg 468-469

pg 472-473

pg 476-477

Chp 23

pg 488-489

Chp 24

Chp 25

Chp 26

Chp 27

Chp 28

pg 540-541

pg 542-543

pg 544-555

pg 546-547

pg 548-549

Holmes & Rudd

Campbell & Brown

Crummel & Lee

Mifflin W. Gibbs & Index

Index

Appendix

Handwritten Notes

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