[detail] Soldier and Two Women. Isaac and Lenora Lane Collection 
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Newspapers
With more than 15,000 articles from eleven Ohio newspapers, this collection provides an excellent opportunity to investigate the role of newspapers to communities in general and to the early-twentieth-century African-American community in particular. Browse the Subject Index to this collection in order to examine the different issues discussed in African-American newspapers and answer the following questions.
- What resources does the paper provide its community? What roles does it play?
- Does the newspaper provide a political voice? Explain.
- How do these newspapers compare with other publications of the era?
- How do they compare to contemporary African-American newspapers?
- Has the mission of these publications changed over time?
Last Updated: 01/12/2010