THE QUEENS NEW YORKER EPISODE 348: FREEDOM'S JOURNAL

Freedom's Journal was the first African-American owned and operated newspaper published in the United States.[1][2] Founded by Rev. John Wilk and other free Black men in New York City, it was published weekly starting with the March 16, 1827, issue.[3] Freedom's Journal was superseded in 1829 by The Rights of All, published between 1829 and 1830 by Samuel Cornish, the former senior editor of the Journal.[4] The View covered it as part of Black History Month in 2021.[5]PICTURE: By Unknown author - The Afro-American Press, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=85968120