Black Voice News

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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

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