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Article: EYEWITNESS TO A CENTURY: THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER
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- Indianapolis Recorder
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- September 2, 2005
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Gibbs, Wilma L.
Indianapolis Recorder
09-02-2005
This year, the Recorder is observing its 110 anniversary. A special
celebration will be held in October. Amos Brown's column, which usually
appears in this space, will return next week.
The Black press began in New York City with the publication of Freedom's
Journal by Samuel Cornish and John Russworm in 1827. Another partnership,
George P. Stewart and Will Porter, co-founded The Indianapolis Recorder
about 70 years later.
The forerunner of the Recorder was a news sheet and a church and business
directory. By 1897, the co-founders of the newspaper decided to expand
their already successful news sheet into a weekly newspaper. The earliest
existing ...