Southwestern Christian Advocate
| Type | Weekly[1] |
|---|---|
| Launched | 1877 |
| Ceased publication | 1929 |
| City | New Orleans |
| ISSN | 2639-0124 |
| OCLC number | 10123905 |
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (1877–1929)[1] was a widely distributed newspaper for the African American community in the Southern United States. Like the Christian Advocate published in New York City, the publication targeted a Methodist audience. It was printed in New Orleans, Louisiana. It featured a "Lost Friends" section for people searching for loved ones lost to slavery.[2]
The Advocate was an official publication of the Methodist Episcopal Church.[3] The newspaper was instrumental in organizing Booker T. Washington's tour of Louisiana in 1915.[4]
Editors of the Advocate included Joseph C. Hartzell, Dr. I. B. Scott, and Hiram Rhodes Revels.
The Library of Congress has microfilm of the paper in its collection.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b "About Southwestern Christian advocate. [online resource] (New Orleans, LA) 1877-1929". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
- ^ "Lost Friends Exhibition - The Historic New Orleans Collection". www.hnoc.org.
- ^ Bennett, James B. (21 January 2018). ""Until This Curse of Polygamy Is Wiped Out": Black Methodists, White Mormons, and Constructions of Racial Identity in the Late Nineteenth Century". Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation. 21 (2): 167–194. doi:10.1525/rac.2011.21.2.167. JSTOR 10.1525/rac.2011.21.2.167.
- ^ Vincent, Charles (1981). "Booker T. Washington's Tour of Louisiana, April, 1915". The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 22 (2): 189–98. JSTOR 4232079.
- ^ Humanities, National Endowment for the. "Southwestern Christian advocate. [microfilm reel]" – via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
External links[]
- LCCN 2018203278, sn83026416, sn97016097
- OCLC 10123905, 192107532, 9235542
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