Notes of a Native Son | Compare and Contrast
1900s: Several newspapers with a focus on African- American issues are in circulation. Two of these publications are Samuel E. Cornish’s Freedom’s Journal and Frederick Douglass’s North Star, which are established as venues in which to discuss slavery.
1950s: By this time, almost every major city in the United States has its own newspaper with a focus on African-American news. Two of the oldest are the Philadelphia Tribune and the Chicago Defender.
Today: As newsrooms at formerly all-white newspapers are integrated,...
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