Houston Forward Times

CTL-E-0686 · Publication · other · 1960-present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Houston weekly founded 1960 by Julius P. Carter; a three-generation family paper (Carter - Lenora "Doll" Carter - Karen Carter Richards); among the largest independently Black-owned papers in the South/Southwest.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MEDIA-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MEDIA-001:MED-053; source research type(s): Publication.

Sources

365thingsinhouston.com (Richards interview); Congressional Record, 2024-09-25 (primary source)
Congressional Record (1998-02-04; 2024-09-25); H.Res. 160 (112th Congress) (primary source)
Los Angeles Sentinel, 2019-06-28; Post News Group

Record CTL-E-0686 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 3 sources (2 primary) · CTL research: MEDIA-001.
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