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Preferred term
the pittsburgh courier
Definition(s)
- Established in 1907 by Edwin Harleston, a guard in an H. J. Heinz food-packing plant, The Pittsburgh Courier gained national prominence after attorney Robert Lee Vann became the newspaper's editor and publisher, treasurer, and legal counsel in 1910. By the 1930s and 1940s, it was one of the top-selling black newspapers in the country. [Source: Encyclopedia of Black Studies; The Pittsburgh Courier]
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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-BCSFNWDJ-0
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