''The Charlottesville Tribune'' was a weekly newspaper in

Charlottesville, Virginia Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the county seat of Albemarle County, which surrounds the city, though the two are separate legal entities. It is named after Queen Ch ...

, that began in 1950 and ran through at least 1951. It is distinct from the ''

Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune The ''Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune'' was a weekly newspaper in Charlottesville, Virginia published by and for African-American residents of the city. While the title suggests that the paper covered Charlottesville and Albemarle County, the ...

'', a separate newspaper with different founders that began publication in 1954. Written by and for members of Charlottesville's

African American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...

community, the ''Tribune'' covered local news and events; national news; and commentary, much relating to the status of Black Americans. It is notable for its editorials, often composed by T. J. Sellers, who was a prominent member of the community and a strong voice for integration and interracial collaboration in Charlottesville. The paper was an offshoot of the ''

Roanoke Tribune The ''Roanoke Tribune'' is a weekly newspaper in Roanoke, Virginia. History Fleming Alexander founded the ''Roanoke Tribune'' newspaper in 1939 at 5 Gilmer Avenue, later moved to 312 Henry Street, and then to Melrose Avenue in Roanoke. As an A ...

'' and was edited by F. E. Alexander, founder of the ''Roanoke Tribune'', and Charlottesville-born journalist

T. J. Sellers Thomas Jerome Sellers (1911 - 2006 ), was an African American journalist, newspaper editor, newspaper publisher, and educator from Charlottesville, Virginia. Life Sellers was born in 1911 and grew up in Charlottesville and nearby Esmont, Virgin ...

. F. E. Alexander also composed editorials, and these are significant for the precision of arguments and evidence of his particular perspective of how realistic integration efforts are: in one published in January 1951 he noted "our people need a deeper sense of race pride and self respect. Above all they need a sane, sober, and deeper respect for womanhood, particularly the womanhood of our own race." The broader significance of Sellers' and Alexanders' editorials has to do with their illumination of mid-20th century Charlottesville, a Southern city known for its at times troubled racial history, through the eyes of the African American intellectuals who lived there.

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