Black Press needed now, and forever

Black Press needed now, and forever

In 1827 the Black Press was founded with a clearly defined challenge and directive: “Too long have others spoken for us… We wish to plead our own cause.”In other words, Black people were tired of people who didn’t have our best interests at heart, along with those who paternalistically thought they knew what we needed better than we did, making their misguided declarations to the world.And today, nearly 200 years after that first Black newspaper…