Western Post
The Western Post was the first
Publication and background
The newspaper was published in Hastings, Nebraska, by Horace G. Newsom, in 1876.[1] He was 24 years old, and had come to Nebraska from Pennsylvania by 1873;[1] he was employed as a bookkeeper in the city.[2] In 1875, Hastings only had a black population of 25 people out of 2,817 (about 0.9 percent),[A][4] while the 1890 United States census puts Nebraska's black population at about 9,000 (or 0.5 percent).[5] Nebraska saw growth in its black population during the 1870s, in large part due to the flight of black southerners seeking better economic opportunities.[3] Though small in number, Hastings had a distinct black community; over time, it developed separate white and black churches, recreation areas, and boy scouting organizations.[6]
Upon its release, the
No remaining copies of the newspaper remain.
Notes and references
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b Paz 1996, p. 215.
- ^ Slattery et al. 1999, ch. 6, p. 2.
- ^ a b Slattery et al. 1999, ch. 6, p. 1.
- ^ a b Paz 1996, p. 216.
- ^ Paz 1996, p. 214.
- ^ Lincoln Journal Star 1998, p. B.
- ^ Beatrice Express 1876, p. 1.
- ^ a b Colored Radical 1876, p. 2.
- ^ a b Forss 2013, p. 85.
- ^ Grand Island Times 1877, p. 4.
Bibliography
- Forss, Amy Helene (2013). Black print with a white carnation: Mildred Brown and the Omaha Star newspaper, 1938-1989. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803246904.
- Paz, D.G. (1996). "The black press and the issues of race, politics, and culture on the Great Plains of Nebraska, 1865-1985". In Suggs, Henry Lewis (ed.). The black press in the middle west, 1865-1985. Greenwood Press.
- Slattery, Christina; Pilgrim, Stacey C.; Franks, Kathryn; Squitieri, Amy R. (1999). Adams County: Nebraska historic buildings survey. Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- "Nebraska news". Beatrice Express. Omaha Bee. 21 August 1876. p. 1.
- "A new paper". Colored Radical. 24 August 1876. p. 2.
- "The state at large". Grand Island Times. 24 May 1877. p. 4.
- "Hastings native explores history of blacks in area". Lincoln Journal Star. AP. 30 March 1998. p. B.