Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Historical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Related Archival Materials note
- Processing Information note
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
Associated Negro Press Collection
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Associated Negro Press Collection
- Identifier
- BMRC.UIC.ASSO_NEGRO_PRESS
- Repository
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Special Collections and University Archives Department at the Richard J. Daley Library
- Language
- English
- Size
- 1.0 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1952-1953
- Creator
- Associated Negro Press.
Historical note
The Associated Negro Press (1919-1967) was established in Chicago by Claude Barnett. It was the first black news wire service and the majority of its stories were about news affecting African Americans.
Scope and Contents note
The collection consists of press releases and two poems (Prelude to Our Age and Goodbye Christ) by Langston Hughes. The press releases cover civil rights activities, court decisions, legislation, United Nations news, music reviews, reports on black colleges and churches, and several obituaries, including a tribute to C.C. Spaulding. Articles report on Adam Clayton Powell, John F. Kennedy, and on Harry Truman's farewell address.
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2009 November 11 by Bergis Jules and Andrew Steadham.