Item No: #361630 Afro-American: Good News for You [cover title] / The Afro-American Newspapers

Afro-American: Good News for You [cover title] / The Afro-American Newspapers

Notes: A 64-page promotional book about the Afro-American, a national African American newspaper that began publishing in the 1890s. Illustrated with numerous photographs, the book provides an overview of the various departments in the company and the basics of newspaper production and distribution. The AFRO is still in business today, as a family-owned weekly.

5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches. A scarce look at Black journalism, with one holding recorded in OCLC (1274519054), at the Broward County Library.

Edition + Condition: First edition. Near fine, but for a narrow strip cut off the upper margin of the first leaf, probably removing an ownership mark.

Publication: [Baltimore]: Afro-American Newspapers, 1969.

Item No: #361630

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