The ''Sun-Reporter'' is an American weekly newspaper serving the

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 ...

community of

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...

History

The newspaper was founded in 1943. When

Carlton Benjamin Goodlett Carlton Benjamin Goodlett (July 23, 1914 – January 25, 1997) was an American physician, newspaper publisher, political power broker, and civil rights leader in San Francisco, California. From 1951 until his death, he was the owner of Reporter ...

, the paper's longtime owner, died in 1997, Amelia Ashley-Ward became the paper's proprietor. The ''Sun-Reporter'' owns the regions two other black weeklies, the ''California Voice'' and the ''Metro Reporter''. Notable journalists associated with the paper include Thomas C. Fleming.

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