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JOHN “JAKE” OLIVER, JR. PUBLISHER 1982 – PRESENT

by Seth McMillanAugust 11, 2017January 25, 2022

John Jacob “Jake” Oliver, great grandson of Afro-American Newspaper founder John J. Murphy and current CEO of the Afro-American Newspapers, was born July 20, 1945 in Baltimore, Maryland. His entrance into sixth grade […]

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FRANCES MURPHY II PUBLISHER, 1971 – 1974 PUBLISHER, Washington DC 1986 – 2007

by Seth McMillanAugust 11, 2017January 25, 2022

Born on October 8, 1922, in Baltimore, Maryland, Frances Louise Murphy, II, grew up in a household that was focused on the newspaper the family published. Murphy’s the granddaughter,of John […]

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JOHN H MURPHY III PUBLISHER 1967 – 1970, 1974 – 1982

by Seth McMillanAugust 11, 2017January 25, 2022

John worked just about all of his life at the Afro,” said Camay Calloway Murphy, his second wife. She said he knew the business end from college but also was […]

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CARL MURPHY PUBLISHER 1918-1967

by Seth McMillanAugust 11, 2017January 25, 2022

Murphy became editor of the Baltimore Afro-American due to the poor health of his father in 1918.  Later, after his father passed away in 1922 Murphy became the leader of one of […]

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JOHN H MURPHY SR FOUNDER/PUBLISHER 1892 – 1922

by Seth McMillanAugust 11, 2017January 25, 2022

John H. Murphy Sr. hoped to live to be 100, but in the event that he didn’t, he penned a letter on his 80th birthday that he wanted opened in […]

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The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they created a platform to offer images and stories of hope to advance their community. The AFRO provides readers with good news about the Black community not otherwise found.

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