By Jasmine Browley ·Updated July 27, 2023
The provision and protection of Black press is needed now more than ever.
As the 1999 PBS documentary The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords points out, African American newspapers acted as stewards of truth in times rife with abusive lies, ignorances and prejudices against Black people. Since the 1800s Black-focused journalism creates space for the stories that are largely ignored and misrepresented.
That’s why
