Washington Afro American Newspaper

Black History month 2012 kicks off a year of activities for the AFRO-American Newspapers celebrating 120 years of continuous publishing as the oldest African American family-owned news media company that has chronicled local, national and international events and provided a voice for a community often ignored or not considered worthy of reporting their views, interests or participation. As one of the nations oldest news organizations dedicated to covering the Black community, the AFRO compiled a comprehensive collection of over a million articles that captures the African American experience in business, civil rights, education, health, law, and sports throughout the 20th century. At the turn of the 20th century, John H. Murphy Sr., who served as a sergeant in the Civil War, had been working nearly 8 years to establish what was initially called The Afro-American into a central voice for Blacks in Baltimore that could not be marginalized or dismissed. Its advocacy require...