The ''Black Chronicle'' is an

African-American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American ...

weekly newspaper in the state of

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

. Founded in April 1979 and based in Oklahoma City's Eastside, it is owned by Perry Publishing and Broadcasting and caters to Oklahoma City's black community. Today, the ''Black Chronicle'' has the largest paid circulation among Oklahoma's weekly newspapers.Russell Perry
, Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters (accessed February 17, 2010). The ''Black Chronicle'' is descended from its predecessor, the ''Black Dispatch'', which published since 1915, founded by Roscoe Dunjee and later published by John Dungee. After the death of John Dungee it was sold to a longtime employee, Russell Perry.

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