St. Louis American

CTL-E-0731 · Publication · other · 1928-present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

St. Louis weekly founded 1928; the city's only continuously published Black newspaper; converted to a free weekly under Donald Suggs (owner since 1981/84) and claims to be Missouri's largest weekly.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MEDIA-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MEDIA-001:MED-112; source research type(s): Publication.

Sources

Word In Black, 2023-03; Decoding STL (primary source)
Wikipedia (The St. Louis American); Word In Black, 2023-03 (primary source)
RocketReach company profile; Wikipedia (primary source)

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