Black Voice News
Item
Title
Black Voice News
Description
Black students initially founded the "Black Voice News" at UC Riverside (UCR) in 1972, when frustrated by local newspapers that refused to publish issues of concern to student activists. Led by Artis Lily, the students wanted to "plead their own cause" at UCR. Upon graduation, the newspaper transitioned to community ownership, and Sam Martin served as publisher. Cheryl Brown and Hardy Brown had worked alongside Mr. Martin at the "Precinct Reporter" and then later at Black Voice News. Cheryl Brown remembers, "Hardy would tell me… you know, you need to go and help Mr. Martin. And I said, Okay, so [I] bundled up the baby, my grandmother, and we would go to his house... And we would go and help him with the newspaper."
Date
1972
Creator
The Bridges That Carried Us Over Project
Format
Information Sheet
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Rights Holder
The Bridges That Carried Us Over Project