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New York Amsterdam News

CTL-E-0708 · Publication · other · 1909-present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Harlem weekly founded 1909; among the leading Black weeklies for over a century; one of about 50 Black-owned papers at its founding and still publishing.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MEDIA-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MEDIA-001:MED-083; source research type(s): Publication.

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Record CTL-E-0708 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 4 sources (1 primary) · CTL research: MEDIA-001.
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