MC Black History Month Crossword Puzzle #5

MC Black History Month Crossword Puzzle #5 Puzzle Theme: African-American Newspapers. Sources: Wikipedia.org Across 1 Adopts the African proverb that states: "It takes an entire village to raise a child and is an African-American, women-owned newspaper founded in 1964 by Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, 6 Founded in 1970, this newspaper bills itself as "the largest African American owned and operated comunications company in the Pacific Northwest Abolitionist newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison in 1831. 11 African-American weekly newspaper based in the capital of Mississippi was founded in 1938 by Percy Greene, 14 The first African American owned & operated newspaper published in the US, in 1827 providing international, national, and regional information on current events and editorialo declaiming slavery, lynching, and other Injustices, 15 Founded in 1968 by Howard B. Woods in the state of Missouri 17 Abolitionist newspaper founded in 1847 by Frederick Douglas in Rochester, NY 18 California capital based weekly newspaper distributed every Thursday and founded by Dr. Willian Lee, Dino Gladden, & John W. Cole in 1962. 20 Fookly newspaper aimed at topics of interest for the African American community in New Orleans and south "Bayou State established in 1925. Established in 1933 by Alvin Bowman and John Sengstacke: was based in 21 the largest city in the "Bluegrass State" 26 African-American run periodical located in the capital city of a w England Commonwealth 27 One of the oldest African-American newspapers in Los Angeles founded by John J. Enamored intended to help nesly arrived African-Americans adapt to life in LA, 28 Once the country's most widely circulated Black newspaper, established in 1907 by Edwin Harleston, called for improvements in housing, health & education, and protested the slum conditions Black people were forced to live in western PA, 29 11 is the oldest continually running African-American newsouper in the U.S. created in 1884 by Christopher James Perry, Jr. 30 Published in Brooklyn, NY from 1964 to 1996, its not to was "Speaking Truth to Power and known for its critical attitude toward African-American politicians. Down 2 Newspaper was very active in the Civil Rights Movement aimed at the African-Americana in its publication city as well as nearby Arkanaso & Mississippi, 3 Founded in 1909 by James Henry Anderson in Harles, Nt and one of the four largest African-American newspapers in the U,5. in 1900 4 The only remaining African-American newspaper that is still printed in the largest city of the "Cornhusker State 5 Co-founded by William Monroe Trotter & George Forbes in 1901 which at one point criticized the slow progress in Negro social advancement, 7 By the beginning of MI, this newspaper was the U.S. s largest and most Influential Black weekly newspaper, 9 Established in 1928 in Cleveland, this paper was a merger between two struggling newspapers serving the African-American community since 1920, 10 Motor City weekly African-American run paper founded in 1936 by John Sengstacke 12. The first newspaper published by and for African-American women, 13 Upstate NY newspaper that began serving the African-American comunity in the 1920s. 16 Virginia's oldest Black weekly newspaper that started in 1900 by the Supreme Lodge Knights of Gideon: originally called the Gideon Safe Quide. 19 Texas based weekly newspaper that considered itself The South Oldest & Largest Negro Newspaper, 22 The biggest selling African American newspaper in the state of Oklahoma. 23 Deened "The Voice of the Northwest African American Comunity this paper is based in a coffee town 24 The "Queen Citys newspaper that has been serving the African-American community since 1878. 25 Forner slave John H. Murphy, St. established this newspaper in 1892 that joined groupe like the NAACP to help promote social change and corves the Baltimore/D.C. Metro areas.