The Washington Tribune (Washington, D.C.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
699 issues from 1921 to 1935, published in Washington, District Of Columbia, digitised for Chronicling America.
From 1921 to 1946, the Washington Tribune was published semi-weekly for African American residents of Washington, D.C., but its audience extended beyond the capital. The paper was co-founded by African American newspaperman William O. Walker and the Murray Brothers Printing Company in 1921. Walker wrote for the Pittsburgh Courier before moving to Washington and served as the managing editor of the Washington Tribune from 1921 to 1930.
During the Washington Tribune’s 25-year run, it had many managing editors. After William O. Walker, the paper was managed by James A.G. LuValle, an African American man who formerly served as the city editor of the paper. In the mid-1930s, Garland Mackey became the editor, after contributing articles to the paper’s sports and theater columns. Mackey was eventually followed by William Clark, who managed the paper until it ceased publication in 1946.
According to news correspondent Enoch P. Waters in his book American Diary: A Personal History of the Black Press, the Washington Tribune The paper regularly called attention to cases of local and national racial discrimination and amplified calls for civil rights and racial justice from local and national organizations and individuals. On January 3, 1925, one of the front-page articles was titled “1924 LYNCHINGS SHOWED MARKED DECREASE” and discussed the national Department of Records and Research 1924 lynching report. In addition to news, the Washington Tribune provided updates about the local…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Washington, District Of Columbia, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
- Credit
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress