Atlanta Independent
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African American newspaper published in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
The Atlanta Independent was an African American weekly newspaper published in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1903 to 1928.[1] It was one of the first African American newspapers in Atlanta.[2] A Republican newspaper, it was started by Benjamin J. Davis, father of the civil rights activist Benjamin J. Davis Jr.[3][4]
- ↑ "About Atlanta independent. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1903-1928". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ↑ Broady, Arlinda Smith (November 4, 2015). "Photo Vault: Oldest black daily newspaper founded in Atlanta". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ↑ Link, William A. (2013). Atlanta, Cradle of the New South: Race and Remembering in the Civil War's Aftermath. UNC Press Books. p. 183. ISBN 9781469607764. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ↑ Rosenberg, Charles (2009). "Davis, Benjamin J., Jr.". In Finkelman, Paul; Wintz, Cary D. (eds.). Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century. Oxford University Press. pp. 2:14. ISBN 9780195167795. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
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