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By Robert M. Matthews "Doo Wop Lover" (Baltimore, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Baltimore Afro-American: 1892-1950 (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies) (Hardcover)
This is Farrar's Phd Thesis from VA Tech. The book is about my great grandfather John H. Murphy Sr. He was a former Civil War First Sgt. who fought for his freedom from slavery, serving with Grant & Sherman. With $200 borrowed from his wife, he started the Afro-American Ledger, a merger between two Sunday school teachers. With his five sons, he built the circulation to 200,000 papers a week, nationally and with offices in five cities, Baltimore, Washington, Newark, Richmond and Phila. The campaign led by his son Carl paved the way for Brown vs. Bd. of education. The Afro still publishes today 112 years later in with offices in Baltimore & DC. This is an excellent book and chronicles the Civil Rights struggle beginning after WWI through the pages of the Afro. A must for the black historian.
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The Baltimore Afro-American: 1892-1950 (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies) by Hayward Farrar (Hardcover - May 30, 1998)
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