1541 |
A Black slave in Mexico
reports a detailed account of the Great Guatemala City earthquake in an 8-page news
booklet.
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1787 |
Lead by Rev. Richard Allen,
Black parishioners conduct an anti-discrimination protest against forced seating in church
balconies and prompt the birth of the Black press from the Black church.
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1800 |
Rev. Richard Allen, Rev.
Absalom Jones and James Forten strengthen the relationship between the Black press and
ministers after they submit an anti-slavery petition to Congress.
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1827 |
The first Black newspaper,
Freedom's Journal, is published in New York City by John B. Russwurm and Samuel E.
Cornish.
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1829 |
"Walker's Appeal,"
a radical anti-slavery pamphlet by David Walker, a free Black man, is published.
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Samuel Cornish publishes six
monthly issues of Rights of All, the successor to Freedom's Journal.
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1830 |
North Carolina law forbids
teaching slaves to read or write.
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