The Black Dispatch

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The Black Dispatch
Front Cover of the newspaper The Black Dispath January 14 1922.jpg
Founded1915
Ceased publicationOct. 24, 1980
HeadquartersOklahoma City
United States
OCLC number2258388

The Black Dispatch (1914–1982) was a weekly newspaper for African Americans published in Oklahoma City.[1][2] Roscoe Dunjee was the paper's editor.[3] Dunjee was an influence on Ralph Ellison who was a courier for the paper.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Black Dispatch". www.dougloudenback.com.
  2. ^ Dunjee, Roscoe (November 2, 1922). "The Black Dispatch (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 2, 1922". The Gateway to Oklahoma History.
  3. ^ Dunjee, Roscoe (September 21, 1917). "The Black Dispatch (Oklahoma City and Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, September 21, 1917". The Gateway to Oklahoma History.
  4. ^ Jr, Henry Louis Gates; Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks (April 29, 2004). African American Lives. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199882861.

Further reading[]

  • African American Press: A History of News Coverage During National Crises by Charles A. Simmons ISBN 978-0786426072


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