'Black Press Day' is represented on March 16. The holiday commemorates the first day that the Freedom's Journal hit newsstands in 1827. Created by a group of free Black men, Freedom's Journal countered the narratives created by white-owned media outlets at the time by countering racist ideologies often presented in the press. Freedom's Journal paved … Continued

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