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Still pleading our own cause: The Black Press celebrates 190 years

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA News Wire Contributor The oldest black business industry in America began 190 years ago. On March 16, 1827, the first edition of the “Freedom’s Journal” was published, thrusting African Americans […]