{"id":2678,"date":"2019-01-07T12:08:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T12:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/?p=2678"},"modified":"2019-06-06T14:36:30","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T14:36:30","slug":"new-to-the-library-the-baltimore-afro-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/2019\/01\/07\/new-to-the-library-the-baltimore-afro-american\/","title":{"rendered":"New to the Library: The Baltimore Afro-American"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m happy to let you know that the Library now has access to the digital archive of The<\/strong> Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988)<\/strong> from ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Founded in 1892 it is the most widely circulated black newspaper on the Atlantic coast and the longest-running family-owned African American newspaper in the United States.<\/p>\n

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You can access The<\/strong> Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988)<\/strong> via the Databases A-Z list<\/strong><\/a> and Newspapers & Magazines database list<\/a>. <\/strong>You can also access the title through DiscoverEd<\/a>*<\/p>\n

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Screenshot of ‘Looking ‘Em Over with Sam Lacy’ from Afro-American, March 31, 1945, p. 18.<\/p><\/div>\n

Often referred to as The Afro<\/em>, The<\/em> Baltimore Afro-American<\/em> was founded by John H. Murphy, Sr., a former slave and Civil War veteran. In addition to featuring the first black female correspondent (Murphy\u2019s grand-daughter, Elizabeth Murphy Phillips Moss) and female sportswriters (Nell Dodson), the paper\u2019s contributors have included writer Langston Hughes, intellectual J. Saunders Redding, artist Romare Bearden, and sports editor Sam Lacy, whose column influenced the desegregation of professional sports.<\/p>\n

Through the decades, the newspaper fought for equal employment rights, urged African American participation in politics, and advocated state-funded higher education for blacks. In the 1930s, The Afro-American<\/em> launched \u201cThe Clean Block\u201d campaign, which is still in existence today, to clean up inner-city neighborhoods and fight crime. It stationed correspondents in Europe and the Pacific during World War II, providing first-hand reports to readers.<\/p>\n

The Baltimore Afro-American<\/strong> from ProQuest allows you to search and browse issues from 1893-1988. Issues have been scanned from cover to cover so you also get to see advertisements, photographs and illustrations, obituaries, etc.<\/p>\n

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Screenshot from page 20 of Afro-American, September 19, 1936.<\/p><\/div>\n

Access The Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988)<\/strong> via the Databases A-Z list<\/strong><\/a> and Newspapers & Magazines database list<\/a>. <\/strong>You can also access the title through DiscoverEd<\/a>*<\/p>\n

*Due to various slight name changes over the years and different editions there are 3 separate entries for the Baltimore Afro-American<\/em> on DiscoverEd.<\/p>\n