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Title: The Afro-American press and its editors
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Penn, I. Garland (Irvine Garland), 1867-1930
Subjects: Press African Americans
Publisher: Springfield, Mass. Willey & co.
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
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ompetentjournalists, who once stood as uncompromising critics, andnon-believers in the capacity of the negro for intellectualadvancement. The Press, in the hands of the negro, hasbeen a success in the work of the education of whiteAmericans respecting the manhood and capacity for advance-ment of the negro. The second question is so intimately connected with theformer, that the answer to it must be regarded as a continua-tion of that to the first. The achievements of the Press inthe hands of the negro have been numerous. After theschools, the Press has done more for the intellectual advance-ment of the negro than anything else; and in his moraladvancement it has been the efficient handmaid of the church.Before the publication of newspapers by the Afro-American,little or nothing was known of the true status of the negroin America. Prejudice and blind unbelief of others placedhim on the lowest round of the ladder. We were unknownin history, in art, in science and in industry. Through the
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PROF. D. AUGUSTUS STRAKER, LL. D. 446 THE AFRO-AMERICAN PRESS. work of the Afro-American editor, the public to-day under-stands to what extent the negro is a tax-payer. In regard tohis millions of dollars in property, his school-houses, churches,private dwellings and his bank deposits, the country is nowwell informed. His place and achievements in the schoolsand universities are known. If his rights are violated, thefact is proclaimed and his oppressor denounced. Hiswritings are published. Indeed, to my mind, the Press, inthe hands of the Afro-American editor, is doing the work ofreviving the lost arts among us, and pointing us to the wayto success on the one hand and the achievements of the raceon the other. Unquestionably, I answer No to the third question. Iattribute the cause, first, to our financial weakness as a race,and, secondly, because our journals are too much African,instead of American, thus keeping our minds, as a race,isolated from the great mass of American citizens, i

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