Draft:The Emancipator (Alabama newspaper)
William J. Robinson, Emancipator and The Emancipator should link here
The Emancipator was a newspaper in Montgomery, Alabama from 1918-1920. J. Edward McCall (September 2, 1880-1962), who was alos a poet,[1] was chief editor.[2] William J. Robinson / W. J. Robinson. Robinson ran the Montgomery Branch of Alabama Penny and Savings Bank with Victor Tulane.[3]
It was preceded by Robert C. Judkin's newspaper in Montgomery, the Colored Alabanian (1907-1916). A year after he left for New Jersey, The Emancipator was established. It included ilages of Abraham Lincoln and Booker T. Washington and was dedicated to people "fettered by visible or invisible chains" and to emancipating the "Negro" from poverty, illiteracy, sin, sickness and human injustice.[2]
It covered Walker Café and the Negro Folk Song Festival.[2] McCall left Alabama with his family after threats from the Ku Klux Klan. He settled in Detroit, Michigan where he worked at newspapers.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Bailey, Richard (1999). They Too Call Alabama Home: African American Profiles, 1800-1999. Pyramid Pub. ISBN 978-0-9671883-0-0.
- ^ a b c Umberger, Leslie (2 October 2018). Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-18267-4.
- ^ African American Historic Places. John Wiley & Sons. 13 July 1995. ISBN 978-0-471-14345-1.
- ^ "James Edward McCall".