''Afro-American Press and Its Editors'' is a book published in 1891 written by

Irvine Garland Penn Irvine Garland Penn (October 7, 1867 – July 22, 1930) was an educator, journalist, and lay leader in the Methodist Episcopal church in the United States. He was the author of ''The Afro-American Press and Its Editors'', published in 1891, and a ...

. Penn covers African-American newspapers and magazines published between 1827 and 1891. The book covers many aspects of journalism, and devotes a chapter to black female journalists.

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Penn believed that the black press played a crucial role in presenting the case to the broader American population that black people were fit for the full benefits of citizenship. The book is frequently referenced as an important early work on African-American journalism. John Ernest called Penn's book comprehensive and detailed and the foundation of many later studies. Penn wrote in part to encourage blacks to support black papers. Charles A. Simmons writes that Penn's book along with Armistead S. Prides, ''A Register and History of Negro Newspapers in the United States: 1827–1950'' and Warren Henry Brown's ''Check List of Negro Newspapers in the United States (1827-1946)'' are essential starting points for understanding the early history of African American newspapers.Simmons, Charles A. ''African American press: a history of news coverage during national crises, with special reference to four black newspapers, 1827–1965''. McFarland, 2006, p. 2.

List of individuals profiled in book

* John Quincy Adams (editor) * A. E. P. Albert * G. W. Anderson *

W. H. Anderson (journalist) William Henry Anderson (21 April 1882 – 12 April 1955) was a composer, choir director, tenor, and voice teacher of English birth. He produced a large amount of vocal music, including more than 150 songs and 40 anthems as well as a significant a ...

* William H. Anderson (journalist) * J. T. Bailey * S. J. Bampfield * Robert C. O. Benjamin * Daniel S. Bentley * Joseph A. Booker * J. Dallas Bowser * Mary E. Britton * William F. Brooks * Calvin S. Brown *

John Edward Bruce John Edward Bruce, also known as Bruce Grit or J. E. Bruce-Grit (February 22, 1856 – August 7, 1924), was an American journalist, historian, writer, orator, civil rights activist and Pan-African nationalist. He was born a slave in Maryland; ...

* William Buford (journalist) * Abel P. Caldwell *

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William Calvin Chase William Calvin Chase (February 2, 1854 – January 3, 1921) was an American lawyer and Editing, newspaper editor. A native of Washington, D.C., he attended Howard University. As well as gaining admission to the bar, he edited the ''Washington B ...

* Levi E. Christy * Matthew Wesley Clair *

George W. Clinton (journalist) Hon. George William Clinton (April 21, 1807 – September 7, 1885) was a New York (state), New York lawyer, politician, judge, author, and amateur naturalist. He served as mayor of Buffalo, New York from 1842 to 1843. Early life and family Clin ...

* T. W. Coffee *

Lucretia Newman Coleman Lucretia Newman Coleman (1856 – July 31, 1948) was an African-American writer born in British North America to a fugitive slave. Fluent at the end of the nineteenth-century, her works were praised by her contemporaries of the African-American n ...

* Edward E. Cooper *

John Wesley Cromwell John Wesley Cromwell (September 5, 1846 – April 14, 1927) was a lawyer, teacher, civil servant, journalist, historian, and civil rights activist in Washington, DC. He was among the founders of the Bethel Literary and Historical Society and the ...

John C. Dancy John Campbell Dancy (May 8, 1857 – December 5, 1920) was a politician, journalist, and educator in North Carolina and Washington, D.C. For many years he was the editor of African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion church newspapers ''Star of Zion ...

* D. W. Davis (journalist) *

Georgia Mabel De Baptiste Georgia Mabel DeBaptiste (1867–1951) was an African-American journalist, teacher and social worker from Chicago. After completing her education, she taught at various notable black schools before becoming the first woman of African descent to b ...

Richard DeBaptiste Richard DeBaptiste (November 11, 1831 - April 21, 1901) was a Baptist minister in Chicago, Illinois. Before the abolition of slavery, he was an abolitionist and worked with his close relative, George DeBaptiste in the Underground Railroad, mainl ...

Martin R. Delany Martin Robison Delany (May 6, 1812January 24, 1885) was an Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist, journalist, physician, soldier, and writer, and arguably the first proponent of black nationalism. Delany is credited with the Pan-Africani ...

William H. Dewey William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Eng ...

Henry Fitzbutler William Henry Fitzbutler (1842–1901), also known as Henry Fitzbutler, was an American educator, doctor, medical school founder, newspaper editor, and civil rights leader. He was the first African American to graduate from University of Michigan' ...

Timothy Thomas Fortune Timothy Thomas Fortune (October 3, 1856June 2, 1928) was an orator, civil rights leader, journalist, writer, editor and publisher. He was the highly influential editor of the nation's leading black newspaper ''The New York Age'' and was the leadin ...

* W. H. Franklin *

George W. Gayles George Washington Gayles (June 29, 1844 - March 5, 1924) was a Baptist minister and state legislator in Mississippi. He was in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1872 until 1875 and to the Mississippi Senate from 1878 until 1886. He w ...

* C. B. W. Gordon * F. M. Hamilton * Frances E. W. Harper *B. T. Harvey * Charles Hendley * Thomas T. Henry * S. N. Hill *

Augustus M. Hodges Augustus Michael Hodges (pen name B. Square, or B. Square Bluster; 1854–1916), was an American editor, writer, journalist, and political organizer. Biography Augustus Michael Hodges was born March 18, 1854, in Williamsburg, Virginia, to paren ...

* J. Alexander Holmes * J. E. Jones (journalist) * R. A. Jones (journalist) * Amelia E. Johnson * Charles A. Johnson (journalist) * W. B. Johnson (journalist) *

William E. King William E. King (1885-1967) was an American lawyer and politician in Illinois. He served as a state legislator in the Illinois House of Representatives for eight years, followed by a full term as a state senator. He represented Illinois's 1st Hous ...

* Lillian A. Lewis * M. M. Lewey * Edward Hart Lipscombe * R. D. Littlejohn * William S. Lowry *

Victoria Earle Matthews Victoria Earle Matthews (''née'' Ella Victoria Smith, May 27, 1861 – March 10, 1907) was an American author, essayist, newspaperwoman, settlement worker, and activist. She was born into slavery in Fort Valley, Georgia and moved to New York City ...

* Alice E. McEwen * A. N. McEwen * John Mitchell Jr. * W. H. Mixon * J. T. Morris *

Gertrude Bustill Mossell Gertrude Emily Hicks Bustill Mossell (July 3, 1855 – January 21, 1948) was an African-American journalist, author, teacher, and activist. She served as the women's editor of the ''New York Age'' from 1885 to 1889, and of the '' Indianapolis World ...

William Murrell (journalist) William Murrell may refer to: * William Murrell (physician) (1853–1912), English physician, clinical pharmacologist, and toxicologist * William Murrell (politician, died 1892), state legislator in Louisiana * William Murrell Jr. (1845–1932), sta ...

* Richard Nelson (journalist) * Mary Virginia Cook Parrish * E. W. S Peck * Benjamin B. Pelham * Meta E. Pelham * Robert Pelham Jr. * Christopher J. Perry * R. S. Ransom *

I. Randall Reid I is the ninth letter of the Latin alphabet. I or i may also refer to: Language * I (pronoun), the first-person singular subject pronoun in English * I (Cyrillic), a letter used in almost all ancient and modern Cyrillic alphabets * ı, dotless I ...

* Magnus L. Robinson * S. D. Russell *

John Brown Russwurm John Brown Russwurm (October 1, 1799 – June 9, 1851) was an abolitionist, newspaper publisher, and colonizer of Liberia, where he moved from the United States. He was born in Jamaica to an English father and enslaved mother. As a child he t ...

* D. J. Saunders * John T. Shuften * William F. Simpson * Harry C. Smith * Lucy Wilmot Smith * W. C. Smith (journalist) * Lavinia B. Sneed *

James J. Spellman James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguati ...

* John Gordon Street * Walter H. Stowers * Elizabeth Stumm * Chasteen C. Stumm * W. Allison Sweeney * Charles H. J. Taylor * Marshall W. Taylor (minister) *

Robert T. Teamoh Robert Thomas Teamoh (March 25, 1864 - 1912) was a newspaper reporter for The Boston Globe and state legislator in Massachusetts. He was the nephew of Virginia state senator George Teamoh. Personal life Teamoh was born in Massachusetts to pa ...

* Amelia L. Tilghman *

Katherine D. Tillman Katherine Davis Chapman Tillman (February 19, 1870 – November 29, 1923) was an American writer. Early life Katherine Davis Chapman was born in Mound City, Illinois, the daughter of Laura and Charles Chapman.Claudia Tate, ed.''The Works of Kat ...

* William B. Townsend *

Henry McNeal Turner Henry McNeal Turner (February 1, 1834 – May 8, 1915) was an American minister, politician, and the 12th elected and consecrated bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME). After the American Civil War, he worked to establish new A.M ...

* Sheadrick Bond Turner *

Samuel Ringgold Ward Samuel Ringgold Ward (October 17, 1817 – ) was an African American who escaped enslavement to become an abolitionist, newspaper editor, labor leader, and Congregational church minister. He was author of the influential book ''Autobiograph ...

* Josephine T. Washington * John L. Waller *

Ida B. Wells Ida B. Wells (full name: Ida Bell Wells-Barnett) (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for ...

William J. White (journalist) William Jefferson White (December 25, 1831 – April 17, 1913) was a civil rights leader, minister, educator, and journalist in Augusta, Georgia, Augusta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. He was the founder of Harmony Baptist Church in Augusta, Geor ...

* Daniel Barclay Williams * E. A. Williams * D. A. Williamson * J. H. Williamson * J. T. Wilson * Ione E. Wood

List of newspapers and magazines profiled in book

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Detroit Plaindealer Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the ...

'' (1883–1894) *''

Freedom's Journal ''Freedom's Journal'' was the first African-American owned and operated newspaper published in the United States. Founded by Rev. John Wilk and other free Black men in New York City, it was published weekly starting with the 16 March 1827 issue. ...

'' (1827–1829) *''

The Rights of All ''The Rights of All'' (May 1829 to 1830) was an African-American abolitionist newspaper, founded in New York City by Samuel Cornish, a black Presbyterian minister and antislavery activist. ''The Rights of All'' replaced ''Freedom's Journal,'' the n ...

'' (1829–1830) *''

The Colored American (New York City) ''The Colored American'' was an African-American newspaper published in New York City from 1837 to 1842 by Samuel Cornish, Phillip Alexander Bell, and Charles Bennett Ray. When Cornish retired, James McCune Smith joined as co-editor. Initially ...

'' (initially the ''Weekly Advocate'') (1837–1842) *''

The North Star (anti-slavery newspaper) ''The North Star'' was a nineteenth-century anti-slavery newspaper published from the Talman Building in Rochester, New York, by abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The paper commenced publication on December 3, 1847, and ceased as ''The North Star'' ...

'' (1847–1865)

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