Chapter X: A Forecast of the Future

From its small beginning in 1827, Negro Journalism has steadily grown in the United States. Today it stands as a definite factor in Negro life. In truth, the Negro press reflects the growing race consciousness of eleven million American citizens of African descent. The status of the Negro newspaper is fixed—it is here to stay. While daily newspapers may devote space to “News of Interest to Colored People;” yet they can never take the place of the newspapers which are published solely for the race group. The appeal of the Negro newspaper is direct and racial. In a manner similar to that of the rural press, the Negro paper has an unlimited field because of its personal relationship to its readers.

During the first half century of Negro Journalism, it is doubtful if any of the papers were financial successes; in truth, most of them were published as purely partisan or propagandists organs, and were supported through the contributions of sympathizers. Today Negro newspapers are conducted on business principles and pay reasonable returns to their investors.

Papers in the large cities have built up enormous subscription lists of bona fide, paid-up subscribers. Likewise, they carry a large amount of well-paying advertisements, and as a result of these sources of income they are able to give attractive remuneration to their publishers, editorial staff and business staff. No longer must the Negro journalist necessarily be an unpaid worker. Trained journalists can obtain respectable salaries and find as many openings as their fellow workers on metropolitan dailies and national weeklies and monthlies.

That the calibre of the work done on Negro publications will continue to improve is highly probable in view of the fact that every year an increasing number of trained young men and women are entering the field, and bringing with them burning enthusiasm and high professional ideals. The Courses in Journalism in the Negro colleges, also, will soon be having a telling effect on the future Negro journalist. Already a few of the twentieth century Negro youths are being attracted to the professional study of Journalism, preferring the possibilities of its virgin field to the overcrowded professions of law, teaching, medicine and theology.

The future of Negro Journalism is limited only by the zeal and conscientious effort which its workers bestir themselves to exert. A marvelous growth and success has been recorded within the past 95 years, but greater achievement is yet to be accomplished. Negro semi-weeklies, and eventually dailies in the larger cities, will undoubtedly be developed within the next decade. The size of many of the present weeklies will be increased of necessity. Better news stories and more real news will be the result of the successful functioning of such news syndicates as the Associated Negro Press.

The decreasing of illiteracy among the Negroes will continue to be carried forward by the Negro press, with a mutual benefit to the race and its publications. Higher standards of literacy will bring greater appreciation for reading and thereby create a stronger support for the Negro publisher.

In the immediate future, perhaps, the great field for development in Negro Journalism is in the South where the great mass of Negro population, despite the Northern immigration, resides. There Negro Journalism needs and will continue to need its best trained editors and managers. There it will need men of sound judgment and common sense; men of purpose and high professional ideals; men of broad sympathy and great patience.

PARTIAL LIST OF NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES

ALABAMA

The Birmingham Reporter Birmingham
The Emancipator Montgomery
The Mobile Forum Mobile
The Mobile Advocate Mobile
The Mobile Weekly Press Mobile
The Negro Leader Uniontown
The Times Plaindealer Birmingham
The Voice of the People Birmingham
The Voice of the Negro Dothan

ARKANSAS

Hot Springs Echo Hot Springs
Arkansas Banner Little Rock
The Appreciator-Union Fort Smith
The Negro Advocate Fordyce
The Interstate Reporter Helena
The Opinion-Enterprise Marianna
Western Review Little Rock
White River Advocate Newport
The School Herald Warren

ARIZONA

The Phoenix Tribune Phoenix

CALIFORNIA

The Eagle Los Angeles
The Liberator Los Angeles
The Citizens Advocate Los Angeles
Oakland Sunshine Oakland
The Western Outlook Oakland
The New Age Los Angeles
The Western Review Sacramento

COLORADO

Colorado Statesman Denver
The Denver Advocate Colorado Springs
The Rising Sun Pueblo

CONNECTICUT

Hartford Herald Hartford

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

The Washington Eagle Washington
The Washington Bee Washington

FLORIDA

Florida Sentinel Jacksonville
Labor Templar Jacksonville
West Florida Bugle Marianna
The Tampa Bulletin Tampa
Metropolitan Tallahassee
The Palatka Advocate Palatka
The Colored Citizen Pensacola

GEORGIA

The Savannah Journal Savannah
The Savannah Tribune Savannah
The Americus Chronicle Americus
The Athens Clipper Athens
The Atlanta Post Atlanta
The Atlanta Independent Atlanta
Rome Enterprise Rome
The Advocate Brunswick
The Augusta News Augusta
Supreme Circle News Albany

ILLINOIS

Inter-State Echo Danville
The Broad Axe Chicago
The Chicago Defender Chicago
The Chicago Idea Chicago
The Peoples Advocate Chicago
The Searchlight Chicago
The Whip Chicago
The Forum Springfield
The Weekly Star Mound City
The Illinois Conservator Springfield
Advance Citizens Springfield

INDIANA

The Indianapolis Freeman Indianapolis
The Indianapolis Recorder Indianapolis
The Indianapolis Ledger Indianapolis
The Indianapolis World Indianapolis
The Terre Haute Citizen Terre Haute
National Defender and Sun Gary
The Gary Dispatch Gary

IOWA

Iowa State Bystander Des Moines
Buxton Gazette Buxton

KANSAS

The Topeka Plaindealer Topeka
The Negro Star Wichita
Wichita Protest Wichita
The Coffeyville Globe Coffeyville
Hutchinson Blade Hutchinson

KENTUCKY

The Kentucky Reporter Louisville
The Columbian Herald Louisville
The Louisville News Louisville
Kentucky Home Finder Louisville
Lexington Weekly News Lexington
The Torchlight Danville
Saturday News Hopkinsville
The New Age Hopkinsville

LOUISIANA

The Advance Messenger Alexandria
The News-Enterprise Shreveport
The Watchman Shreveport

MARYLAND

The Afro-American Baltimore
The Crusader Baltimore
The Herald-Commonwealth Baltimore

MASSACHUSETTS

The Guardian Boston
The Boston Chronicle Boston

MICHIGAN

The Michigan Age Ann Arbor
The Detroit Leader Detroit

MINNESOTA

The National Advocate Minneapolis
The Appeal St. Paul

MISSISSIPPI

The Cotton Farmer Scott
The Delta Lighthouse Greenville
The Natchez Weekly Herald Natchez
The National Star Vicksburg
The Star Columbus
The Morning Star Columbus
The Mississippi Monitor Meridan
The Light Vicksburg
The New Era Indianola
The Weekly Times Hattiesburg
The Weekly Reporter Natchez
Central Mississippi Signal Kosciusko
The Progressive Torchlight Greenwood
The Advance Mound Bayou
The National Defender Clarksdale
The Informer Gulfport
The National News Digest Mound Bayou

MISSOURI

The St. Louis Independent-Clarion St. Louis
The St. Louis Argus St. Louis
The Anchor Caruthersville
The Missouri State Register Hannibal
Kansas City Sun Kansas City
The National Mirror Kansas City
The Western Messenger Jefferson City
The St. Louis Independent News St. Louis

NEBRASKA

The Monitor Omaha

NEW JERSEY

The Eastern Observer Montclair
The Echo Red Bank
The Atlantic Advocate Atlantic City
The New Jersey Informer Newark

NEW YORK

The New York News New York City
The Amsterdam News New York City
The New York Age New York City
The Negro World New York City
The Commoner New York City

NORTH CAROLINA

The Gate City Argus Greensboro
High Point Colored American High Point
The Charlotte Advertiser Charlotte
The Voice Rocky Mount
The Raleigh Independent Raleigh
The Home News Wilmington
The Gazette Charlotte
Signs of the Times Elizabeth City
The Winston-Salem News Winston-Salem

OHIO

The Dayton Forum Dayton
The Cleveland Gazette Cleveland
The Cleveland Advocate Cleveland
The Union Cincinnati
The Cincinnati Journal Cincinnati

OKLAHOMA

The Boley Progress Boley
The Oklahoma Guide Guthrie
The Muskogee Scimetar Muskogee
Rentiesville News Rentiesville
Clearview Patriarch Clearview
The Tulsa Star Tulsa
The Oklahoma Sun Tulsa
The Black Dispatch Oklahoma City

OREGON

The Advocate Portland

PENNSYLVANIA

The Advocate Verdict Harrisburgh
The Philadelphia Courant Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tribune Philadelphia
The Philadelphia American Philadelphia
The Public Journal Philadelphia
The Pittsburgh Courier Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh American Pittsburgh
The Advocate Wilkes-Barre

RHODE ISLAND

The Advance Providence

SOUTH CAROLINA

The Charleston Messenger Charleston
The New Era Charleston
The Allendale Advocate Allendale
The Southern Indicator Columbia
The Informer Columbia
The Light Columbia
The Plowman Columbia
The Negro Chronicle Greenville
The People’s Recorder Orangeburg
The Rockhill Messenger Rockhill

TENNESSEE

Bluff City News Memphis
East Tennessee News Knoxville
Chattanooga Defender Chattanooga
Memphis Times Memphis
The Western World Reporter Memphis
The Nashville Globe Nashville
The Nashville Clarion Nashville

TEXAS

Texas Guide Victoria
The Victoria Guard Victoria
The Calvert Bugle Calvert
The City Times Galveston
The Galveston New Idea Galveston
The Dallas Express Dallas
The Industrial Era Beaumont
The Herald Austin
The Watchman Austin
The Houston Informer Houston
The Houston Observer Houston
The Texas Freeman Houston
The Western Star Houston
The Houston Informer Houston
Independence Heights Record Houston
The San Antonio Inquirer San Antonio
The Gem City Bulletin Denison
The Conservative Counselor Waco
Fort Worth Hornet Fort Worth

VIRGINIA

The Charlottesville Messenger Charlottesville
The Colored Virginian Petersburg
The Weekly Review Petersburg
The Richmond Planet Richmond
The Virginia Headlight Charlottesville
The Virginia Advocate Roanoke
The Star Newport News
The Journal and Guide Norfolk

WASHINGTON

The Seattle Searchlight Seattle

WEST VIRGINIA

The Advocate Charleston
The Mountain Leader Charleston
The Charleston Observer Charleston
The Pioneer Press Martinsburg

WISCONSIN

The Wisconsin Weekly Blade Madison

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HOWARD UNIVERSITY

WASHINGTON, D. C.

Founded by GENERAL O. O. HOWARD
J. STANLEY DURKEE, A. M., Ph. D., D. D., President
EMMETT J. SCOTT, A. M., LL. D., Secretary-Treasurer

COLLEGIATE AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS

=Junior College=, covering the Freshman and Sophomore years and leading to the Senior Schools.

=Senior Schools=, consisting of the Schools of Liberal Arts, Education, Journalism, and Commerce and Finance, granting respectively the degrees, A. B., or B. S., A. B. or B. S. in Education; B. S. in Journalism; B. S. in Commerce and Finance.

=School of Applied Science=, four year course, granting the degree, B. S. in Civil Engineering, B. S. in Electrical Engineering, B. S. in Mechanical Engineering, B. S. in Architecture, B. S. in Agriculture, and B. S. in Household Economics.

=Evening Classes=. The work of the Junior College and the Senior Schools may be taken in evening classes with full credit.

=School of Music=, four year course, granting the degree of Mus. B.

=School of Religion=, three year course, granting the degrees of B. D. and Th. B. Courses are offered also by correspondence.

=School of Law=, three year course, granting the degree of LL. B.

=School of Medicine=, including Medical, Dental, Pharmaceutical Colleges. Four year courses for Medical and Dental students; three year course for Pharmaceutical students. Following degrees granted: M. D., D. D. S., Phar. C.

=Students may enter for collegiate work at the beginning of any quarter.=

REGISTRATION

Autumn Quarter Sept. 29, 30, 1922
Winter Quarter Jan. 2, 1923
Spring Quarter March 17, 1923

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F. D. WILKINSON, Registrar
HOWARD UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, D. C.