The Messenger

CTL-E-1665 · Publication · magazine · 1917–1928

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Radical journal founded in 1917 by Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph in Harlem; a leading voice of Black socialist and labor thought. The federal government called it 'the most dangerous magazine in America.'

The record

Also known as: The Messenger (1917)

Relationships

Chandler Owen — founded by
The Messenger was founded by Chandler Owen (with A. Philip Randolph) in 1917.
Joel Augustus Rogers — wrote for
Rogers contributed essays to A. Philip Randolph’s Messenger Magazine during the Harlem Renaissance.

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Chandler Owen — founded → this record

Sources

Wikipedia — Chandler Owen
U.S. Congress — Congressional Record tribute to A. Philip Randolph
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