PITTSBURG COURIER NEWSPAPER
/BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2024
PITTSBURG COURIER NEWSPAPER
Mr. Willie Lee & Mrs. Melody Woods would like to share pages from their collection of the “Pittsburgh Currier.” This African American Weekly Newspaper was established in 1907 by Edward Harleston. Robert Lee Van was editor from 1910 until October 22, 1966. The Pittsburgh Currier was distributed nationally and internationally; it was widely read in the Negro sections of Chicago, Illinois, as well as Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Joel A. Rodgers was the first Journalist to publish detailed columns on the importance of African Kingdoms to the world “Your History.”
Source Information: Black Perspectives- cdn.aaihs.org
Matthew Siegfried, CMV Alex Thomas Show - Human History of Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti.www.contacts-Michigan
New Pittsburg Courier Editor and Publisher Rod Doss
Newpittsburghcourier.com
En.m.wikipedia.org
I'd like you to see the actual article, and feel free to come to the office.
THEY WILL BE UP UNTIL THE END OF FEBRUARY
