Afro-American Press and Its Editors is a book published in 1891 written by Irvine Garland Penn. Penn covers African-American newspapers and magazines published between 1827 and 1891.Simons, William M., and Alvin L. Hall, eds. The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2002. Vol. 6. McFarland, 2003, p. 217. The book covers many aspects of journalism, and devotes a chapter to black female journalists.Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks, The Black Church, in West, Cornel, and Eddie S. Glaude, eds. African American religious thought: An anthology. Westminster John Knox Press, 2003, p. 198.
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Penn believed that the black press played a crucial role in presenting the case to the broader American population that black people were fit for the full benefits of citizenship.Hornsby Jr, Alton, ed. A companion to African American history. John Wiley & Sons, 2008, pp. 334–335.
The book is frequently referenced as an important early work on African-American journalism. John Ernest called Penn's book comprehensive and detailed and the foundation of many later studies. Penn wrote in part to encourage blacks to support black papers.Ernest, John. Liberation historiography: African American writers and the challenge of history, 1794–1861. University of North Carolina Press, 2004, p. 276. Charles A. Simmons writes that Penn's book along with Armistead S. Prides, A Register and History of Negro Newspapers in the United States: 1827–1950 and Warren Henry Brown's Check List of Negro Newspapers in the United States (1827-1946) are essential starting points for understanding the early history of African American newspapers.Simmons, Charles A. African American press: a history of news coverage during national crises, with special reference to four black newspapers, 1827–1965. McFarland, 2006, p. 2.
List of individuals profiled in book
John Quincy Adams A. E. P. Albert G. W. Anderson W. H. Anderson (journalist) William H. Anderson (journalist) J. T. Bailey Samuel J. Bampfield Robert C. O. Benjamin Daniel S. Bentley Joseph Albert Booker J. Dallas Bowser Mary E. Britton William F. Brooks Calvin S. Brown John Edward Bruce William Buford (journalist) Abel Payne Caldwell David C. Carter William Calvin Chase Levi E. Christy Matthew Wesley Clair George W. Clinton (journalist) T. W. Coffee Lucretia Newman Coleman Edward E. Cooper John Wesley Cromwell John C. Dancy D. W. Davis (journalist) Georgia Mabel De Baptiste Richard DeBaptiste Martin R. Delany William H. Dewey Henry Fitzbutler Timothy Thomas Fortune William Henderson Franklin George W. Gayles Charles Benjamin William Gordon Sr. F. M. Hamilton Frances E. W. Harper B. T. Harvey Charles Hendley Thomas T. Henry S. N. Hill Augustus M. Hodges J. Alexander Holmes J. E. Jones (journalist) R. A. Jones (journalist) Amelia E. Johnson Charles A. Johnson (journalist) W. B. Johnson (journalist) William E. King Lillian A. Lewis Matthew M. Lewey Edward Hart Lipscombe R. D. Littlejohn William S. Lowry Victoria Earle Matthews Alice E. McEwen A. N. McEwen John Mitchell Jr. W. H. Mixon J. T. Morris Gertrude Bustill Mossell William Murrell (journalist) Richard Nelson (journalist) Mary Virginia Cook Parrish E. W. S Peck Benjamin B. Pelham Meta E. Pelham Robert Pelham Jr. Christopher J. Perry R. S. Ransom I. Randall Reid Magnus Lewis Robinson S. D. Russell John Brown Russwurm D. J. Saunders John T. Shuften William F. Simpson Harry C. Smith Lucy Wilmot Smith W. C. Smith (journalist) Lavinia B. Sneed James J. Spellman John Gordon Street Walter H. Stowers Elizabeth Stumm Chasteen C. Stumm W. Allison Sweeney Charles H. J. Taylor Marshall W. Taylor Robert T. Teamoh Amelia L. Tilghman Katherine D. Tillman William B. Townsend Henry McNeal Turner Sheadrick Bond Turner Samuel Ringgold Ward Josephine T. Washington John L. Waller Ida B. Wells William J. White Daniel Barclay Williams E. A. Williams D. A. Williamson John H. Williamson Joseph T. Wilson Ione E. Wood
List of newspapers and magazines profiled in book
Detroit Plaindealer (1883–1894) Freedom's Journal (1827–1829) Southwestern Christian Advocate (1877–1929) The Appeal (1885–1923) The Baptist Vanguard (–present) The Colored American (1837–1842) The North Star (1847–1865) The Rights of All (1829–1830)
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External links
Edition at archive.org via Google Books