When: February 19, 2019 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Where: Stotler Lounge - MU Memorial Union, Memorial Union, 518 Hitt St, Columbia, MO 65201, USA

The African American Press has a long history of agency and activism. Dating its founding from 1827 with the publication of Freedom’s Journal in New York, the press has a legacy of protest and a[...]

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When:
February 19, 2019 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
2019-02-19T18:00:00-06:00
2019-02-19T20:30:00-06:00
Where:
Stotler Lounge - MU Memorial Union
Memorial Union
518 Hitt St, Columbia, MO 65201
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
State Historical Society of MO, MU Dept of Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity

The African American Press has a long history of agency and activism. Dating its founding from 1827 with the publication of Freedom’s Journal in New York, the press has a legacy of protest and a history of the struggle for survival. Between 1875 and 1970, Missouri was home to more than 60 black-owned newspapers. Join Debra Foster Greene, professor emeritus of history from Lincoln University and a noted scholar of African American Business History, for a look into the lives and works of several African American newspaper publishers and editors in the Show-Me State.

Sponsored by the State Historical Society of Missouri’s Center for Missouri Studies; University of Missouri’s Division of Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity; and the Missouri Humanities Council.