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Freedom's Journal First Issue (1827)

CTL-E-1522 · Event · other · 1820s

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First issue of Freedom's Journal published March 16, 1827, in New York City; first Black-owned and operated newspaper in the United States.

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Children at a meal, Chicago, 1941
Children at a meal, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress
Children playing in vacant lot in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941
Children playing in vacant lot in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress
Hallway of a kitchenette apartment building, Chicago, 1941
Hallway of a kitchenette apartment building, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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