AFRO Archives (Afro Charities)

CTL-E-0636 · Organization · other · 1892-present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

The archive of the Baltimore AFRO-American Newspapers, managed by the nonprofit Afro Charities; one of the largest intact Black-newspaper photo and paper collections still held by its publisher's community.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MEDIA-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MEDIA-001:MED-001; source research type(s): Organization.

Sources

baltimorebeat.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Afro-American; pages.jh.edu
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Afro-American

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