The Colored American Newspaper 1904- High Quality 8x10 New Photo Reprint

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This item is a professional quality New 8x10 photo of the front page of this historic newspaper. The text print is completely readable.
The Colored American
(Washington, D.C.), January 16, 1904
The Front-page article and Photo regarding the Honorable Edward H. Morris, Ex-member of Illinois legislature, Ex-Grand Master of the Grand Order of Odd Fellows and Chicago's Leading Barrister
The Colored American
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as a weekly newspaper published in Washington, D.C.from 1893 to 1904 by Edward Elder Cooper. It featured journalists such as John Edward Bruce and Richard W. Thompson.
It had stories on the accomplishments of African Americans in the United States. It often contained much original reporting, which differed from many contemporary newspapers that would reprint content from others. Prominent black journalists contributed to the
Colored American
. Annual subscriptions cost .00.
Editorials in the paper favored expanded rights and better conditions for blacks and supported many of the positions of Booker T. Washington, who may have provided financial support. Mary Church Terrell, a lecturer and civil rights advocate gave monetary support and wrote a column for the newspaper
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Publication ended in November 1904.
Edward H. Morris - Attorney - Barrister - Illinois Legislature - Black Newspapers-  African Americans--Washington (D.C.)--Newspapers - Black History