The Washington Afro American
- The Washington Afro American
The Washington Afro-American newspaper is the Washington, D.C. edition of 'The Afro American Newspaper'
History
The newspaper was founded in 1892 by a former slave, John H. Murphy, Sr. Murphy merged his church publication, "The Sunday School Helper" with two other church publications, "The Ledger" and "The Afro-Anerican" and the publication rose to prominence under the control of Carl Murphy, who served as its editor for 45 years. There have been as many as 13 editions of the newspaper in major cities across the country; today there are just two. One in Baltimore, the other in Washington, D.C. [cite journal|date=Summer, 2008|title=Mining the "Afro-American" Archives|publisher=Johns Hopkins University|location=Baltimore|accessdate=2008-06-18]
References
External links
* [http://www.afro.com/washnewsfp.htm Online edition]
* [http://www.afro.com The Afro American Newspapers]
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