Richmond Planet
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The Richmond Planet was an African American newspaper founded in 1882 in Richmond, Virginia.[1] In 1938, it merged with the Richmond Afro-American.
History
The paper was founded in 1882 gathering in an upper room of a building located near the corner of Third and Broad streets thirteen former slaves (James H. Hayes, James H. Johnston, E.R. Carter, Walter Fitzhugh, George W. Lewis, James E. Robinson, Henry Hucles, Albert V. Norrell, Benjamin A. Graves, James E. Merriweather, Edward A. Randolph, William H. Andrews and Reuben T. Hill) who pooled their meager resources and started America’s oldest Negro newspaper on a career which was destined to play an important part in molding the opinions of Negroes in this city, state and nation.
The paper responded to the Racial Integrity Act of 1924. The work of photographer James C. Farley was published in the Planet.[5] Farley served on the board of Mitchell Jr.'s Mechanics Savings Bank.
John Mitchell Jr. was the paper's junior editor in 1912. The same year the paper covered the opening of Lincoln Memorial Hall on the campus of
References
- ^ "About · Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909". blackvirginia.richmond.edu.
- ^ ISSN 2151-4011. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
- ^ "John Mitchell, Jr., and the Richmond Planet". www.lva.virginia.gov.
- ^ Library of Congress 2019.
- ^ "J. C. Farley Photos". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ Drew 2010, p. 138–.
External links
- Drew, Mary E. C. (2010). Divine Will, Restless Heart. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9781453511985. - Total pages: 291
- Library of Congress (2019). "About Richmond planet. (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938". Library of Congress. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
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