Jake Oliver Archives - The Washington Informer

From left: Pluria Marshall Jr., publisher of The Los Angeles Wave, Shannon Williams, president of the Indianapolis Recorder, Brenda Andrews, the publisher of Virginia’s New Journal and Guide, Rod Doss, editor and publisher of the New Pittsburgh Courier, and Jake Oliver, publisher of the Washington AFRO and the Baltimore Afro-American, participated in a panel on Black newspapers that are 100 years old during the NNPA's annual convention at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)

Black Experience

NNPA Salutes Century-Old, Black-Owned Newspapers

by WI Guest Author July 6, 2017October 30, 2020

While the Black Press celebrates 190 years, it’s impossible to ignore the African-American-owned newspapers that have the unique distinction of being in business for more than a century.

Gregory E. Bell

D.C. Native Champions Education and Equality

by Lauren M. Poteat February 15, 2017October 30, 2020