Black Classic Press

CTL-E-0652 · Business · other · 1978-present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Baltimore-based independent Black book publisher founded 1978 by W. Paul Coates; reprints out-of-print works by/about people of African descent; runs BCP Digital Printing (1995).

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MEDIA-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MEDIA-001:MED-018; source research type(s): Business.

Sources

Wikipedia (Black Classic Press); Publishers Weekly, 2015
Publishers Weekly, 2015-10 (primary source)
Publishers Weekly, 2020 & 2024
Publishers Weekly, 2024-09

Record CTL-E-0652 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 4 sources (1 primary) · CTL research: MEDIA-001.
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