#BlackPressDay

Black Press Day Each year on March 16, we recognize Black Press Day, honoring the powerful legacy of Black-owned newspapers across the country — publications that have informed, advocated for and uplifted our communities for generations. For nearly a century, The St. Louis American has proudly carried that tradition forward. Through independent journalism and community storytelling, The St. […]

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📰✊🏾 Since 1827, the Black Press has told the stories mainstream media refused to touch. That same spirit builds Black futures. Every book on our shelves is proof.📚

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Today, we recognize #BlackPressDay.

On March 16, 1827, Freedom's Journal became the first Black-owned newspaper in the US, ensuring that Black communities could tell their own stories.

Storytelling has always been a powerful force for truth and change.

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#BlackPressDay #Nebraska support the @omahastar.bsky.social by picking up a local copy, starting a subscription, and/or engaging as a writer. The local newspaper captures the voice they serve at a time when they are needed most. #democracy

This morning, churches across Sacramento recognized Black Press Day during their services. If you weren’t in a pew today, you can still show your support. Subscribe, support us, or sign up for our free newsletter. Link in bio. #BlackPressDay #BlackPressSunday

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Black and white photo of Mary Ann Shadd Cary

It's #BlackPressDay and I want to say thank you to Mary Ann Shadd Cary, the first woman to publish a newspaper in Canada, and the first Black woman to publish a paper in N. America - The Provincial Freeman.

Today is #BlackPressDay! Join us in reading an article in Journal of Sport History 50.1 by Samantha White on the representations of tomboys and Black athletic girlhood in the early twentieth-century Black Press.
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#BlackPressDay commemorates the day the first Black newspaper, the Freedom's Journal, was published in 1827. President Jimmy Carter proclaimed Black Press Day in 1977. AmNews publisher at the time, John L. Procope, was on hand a the White House for the occasion.

Make sure to support Charlotte's Black Press like the Charlotte Post, QCity Metro, Pride Magazine, and others. #BlackPressDay

Happy #BlackPressDay from Black Catholic Messenger! #OTD in 1827 came the first issue of "Freedom's Journal", the nation's first Black newspaper. We celebrate its legacy this day and always.

Consider donating to the Black Catholic press movement: blackcatholicmessenger.org/donate