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Category: The AFRO’S  Beginnings: 1892-1917

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The AFRO Celebrates 125 Years

by Kamau HighAugust 11, 2017January 25, 2022

To mark the AFRO’s 125 years of continuous publication, we have gone through our extensive archives to find the most compelling and informative articles the paper put out with an […]

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The AFRO’s Beginnings: 1892-1917

by Special to the AFROAugust 11, 2017January 25, 2022

The newspaper that for 125 years has focused on informing and igniting African American communities around the country got its start on August 13, 1892. The early AFRO-American Newspaper was […]

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Notable Moments in Black History 1892 – 1917

by Special to the AFROAugust 11, 2017January 25, 2022

1892                             Activist Ida B. Wells begins her anti-lynching campaign with the publication of Southern Horrors: Lynch Law and in All Its Phases and a speech in New York City’s Lyric […]

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Unsung Heroes: 1892-1917

by Special to the AFROAugust 11, 2017January 25, 2022

Joe Gans (1874-1910) – Boxer Joe Gans was born Joseph Gant in 1874 in Baltimore, Md. He fought from 1891 to 1909 and is known as the first African American […]

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Violence Against African Americans: 1892-1917

by Special to the AFROAugust 11, 2017January 25, 2022

Violence against African American and within their communities was never more prevalent than the years after Reconstruction. This is the atmosphere in which the AFRO American Newspaper developed under the […]

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