The ''Wilmington Journal'' is a newspaper in
Wilmington, North Carolina
Wilmington is a port city in and the county seat of New Hanover County in coastal southeastern North Carolina, United States.
With a population of 115,451 at the 2020 census, it is the eighth most populous city in the state. Wilmington is t ...
. It is North Carolina's oldest existing newspaper for African Americans. R. S. Jervay established the paper in 1927. It continued under his son Thomas C. Jervay Sr.
History
It succeeded the ''Daily Record'' that was destroyed in the
Wilmington Massacre of 1898.
It was established in 1927.
[ Fundraising efforts in 2021 helped save the newspaper's building at 412 South 7th Street.][
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References
Newspapers established in 1927
1927 establishments in North Carolina
Newspapers published in North Carolina
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