On this day, William Monroe Trotter, a Harvard-educated activist and newspaper editor, co-founded The Guardian in Boston, Massachusetts. The paper became a bold voice against racial injustice, particularly challenging the accommodationist views of Booker T. Washington.
Trotter used The Guardian to advocate for civil rights, political activism, and Black self-determination, making it one of the most influential African American newspapers of its time.
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