Timothy Thomas Fortune, a pioneering African American journalist and civil rights leader, founded the New York Freeman on this day. The publication would later become the New York Age, one of the most influential Black newspapers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Under Fortune’s leadership, the Freeman became a powerful voice advocating for racial equality, labor rights, and anti-lynching legislation. The paper later came under the editorial leadership of Fred R. Moore, continuing its legacy of Black activism and journalism.
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