The ''Louisville Leader'' was a weekly newspaper published in
Louisville, Kentucky
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, from 1917 to 1950.
History
The ''Louisville Leader'' was a weekly African American newspaper founded by I. Willis Cole in November 1917.
[ By the 1930s, Cole employed twenty people and had a circulation reaching 20,000.][
Cole died in February 1950 and his wife tried to continue to publish the newspaper until it eventually stopped that September.][
In 1954, the '']Louisville Defender
''Louisville Defender'' is a weekly newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky.
History
It was founded in 1933 by Alvin H. Bowman of Louisville and John Sengstacke of Chicago, as an affiliate of the ''Chicago Defender''. It joined ''The Louisville Lead ...
'' had called the ''Leader'' "one of the largest Negro newspaper organizations" in Louisville.[ View Jefferson County Sunday School Association for examples of how important this newspaper was in connecting various organizations and keeping everyone aware of local civil rights activities.
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See also
*History of Louisville, Kentucky
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References
External links
Louisville Leader Collection
from the University of Louisville
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Archives & Records Center
Defunct newspapers published in Louisville, Kentucky
Defunct weekly newspapers
Newspapers established in 1917
Publications disestablished in 1950
Defunct African-American newspapers
1917 establishments in Kentucky
1950 disestablishments in Kentucky
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