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Afro American (National, Washington, Blue Streak and late Baltimore City editions) Collection

MSA SC 4972
Dates1915-
MediumOriginal, microfilm, security scans
RestrictionsNo restrictions
StorageContact the Department of Special Collections for location.
Film Number(s)SCM 11816 - SCM 11819, SCM 13206- SCM 13207
Description
Newspaper, Afro-American (National, Washington, and late Baltimore City editions). Caution: most local Baltimore news will not be found in the National Edition which is currently indexed and available on line from ProQuest from the Baltimore County Public Library. For example, Martin Luther King's address to the graduating class of Morgan State College in 1958 only occurs in the Washington and Late Baltimore City editions.
Topics: African American community
History
(Baltimore: Afro-American Co.)

The Afro-American (National, Washington, and Late Baltimore City editions) began publication December 11, 1915 [v. 24, no. 16]. It was published weekly as an African American newspaper. It was also published as the Afro American and the Afro, February-July 1949. Washington, DC editions include the Afro-American (Baltimore: 1932: Capital edition); the Washington Afro-American (Washington, DC: 193[7]); the Washington Afro-American and the Washington Tribune (Washington, DC: 1964); the Afro-American (Washington, DC: 1988: Red Star edition); and the Washington Afro-American and the Washington Tribune (Washington, DC: 1989: Capital edition). Special Washington, DC editions include the Washington Afro-American (Washington, DC: 193[?]); the Washington Afro-American and the Washington Tribune (Washington, D.C.: 1964: Blue Star edition). Other editions include the Afro-American (Philadelphia: 1934). The newspaper continues the Afro-American Ledger (Baltimore: 1900).

Microfilm of the National Edition is available for purchase from UMI.

Archives collection also includes issue for 22 Apr. 1950 reporting the Maryland Court of Appeals reporting Maryland Court of Appeals order for the University of Maryland to admit Esther McCready to the School of Nursing [MSA SC 5166, gift of Dr. Stephen Goldman].


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