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