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HOME   NEWS   HISTORY   archives   gallery   timeline   links   cartoons   responses   OP-ED   ABOUT US   LOCAL NEWS   MEDIA KIT	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. A
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