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Missouri’s Black Newspaper Publishers

Racial Uplift Influencers

2025-03-10 18:30:00 2025-03-10 19:30:00 America/Chicago Missouri’s Black Newspaper Publishers From the late 19th century through World War I, Black newspaper editors and publishers instructed the Black community in politics, economic empowerment and community betterment. Dr. Debra Greene will discuss how these institutions were an instrument of racial uplift. Adults. Columbia Public Library - Friends Room

Monday, March 10
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-03-10 18:30:00 2025-03-10 19:30:00 America/Chicago Missouri’s Black Newspaper Publishers From the late 19th century through World War I, Black newspaper editors and publishers instructed the Black community in politics, economic empowerment and community betterment. Dr. Debra Greene will discuss how these institutions were an instrument of racial uplift. Adults. Columbia Public Library - Friends Room

From the late 19th century through World War I, Black newspaper editors and publishers instructed the Black community in politics, economic empowerment and community betterment. Dr. Debra Greene will discuss how these institutions were an instrument of racial uplift. Adults.

Although the African American press has been characterized as an instrument of protest for civil rights and full citizenship rights for Black people in the United States, particularly after World War II, Dr. Debra Greene claims that from the late 19th century through World I, this institution was an instrument of racial uplift. Join Dr. Green as she highlights how Missouri’s Black newspaper editors and publishers instructed the Black community in politics, economic empowerment and community betterment.

Dr. Greene holds a bachelor of arts degree in history from Alcorn State University in her home state of Mississippi and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in history from the University of Missouri-Columbia. During retirement, she has published eight biographical sketches for the African American National Biography, including: one on her mother-in-law, Dr. Thomasina Talley Greene, the first woman of African descent to earn a doctorate in music in the United States; Libby C. Anthony, an African American women’s social advocate from Jefferson City, Missouri; and attorney Joseph L. McLemore, the first Black man nominated on the Missouri Democratic ticket for Congress.

Adults.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | History & Genealogy | Featured |

TAGS: | Black History |

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