African Americans in Journalism
Photo Essay
Ever since the first black newspapers were published in the nineteenth century, African American journalism has been synonymous with the struggle for civil rights. The contributions black journalists have made to the Fourth Estate as reporters, editors, publishers, photographers, broadcasters, commentators, and critics have been crucial in keeping Americans informed and upholding the promise of the First Amendment throughout the nation's history. This photo essay highlights the achievements of twelve journalists without whose achievements the black press and American journalism as a whole would not be the robust institutions they are today.
Featured Articles
The following entries have been selected to help guide readers who want to understand more about the history of the black press. (Access to the following articles is available only to subscribers.)
Subject Entries
- Freedom's Journal
- North Star
- New York Age
- Chicago Defender
- Pittsburgh Courier
- Negro World
- Associated Negro Press
- Amsterdam News
- Notes of a Native Son
- Ebony
- National Association of Black Journalists
- Jet
- The Crisis
- Black Press
- Black Press in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Print and Broadcast Journalism
- Early Journalism
- Modern Journalism
- Broadcast Journalism
- Sports Journalism
Biographies
- Samuel Cornish
- John Brown Russwurm
- Frederick Douglass
- William Lloyd Garrison
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett
- Thomas Fortune
- Ferdinand L. Barnett
- Philip Alexander Bell
- John Mitchell, Jr.
- Robert Sengstacke Abbott
- Robert L. Vann
- Marcus Garvey
- Ted Poston
- James Baldwin
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Moneta Sleet, Jr.
- John H. Johnson
- John P. Davis
- Anatole Broyard
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
- Jamaica Kincaid
- Max Robinson
- Oprah Winfrey
- Gwen Ifill
- Dean Baquet
- W. E. B. Du Bois
- Walter Francis White
- Louis E. Martin
- Daisy Bates
- Louis Lomax
- Mumia Abu-Jamal
- Malcolm Gladwell
