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We now belong to ourselves : J.L. Edmonds, the Black press, and Black citizenship in America /

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At the turn of the twentieth century, the Black press provided a blueprint to help Black Americans transition from slavery and find opportunities to advance and prosper in American society. Among the vanguard of the Black press was Jefferson Lewis Edmonds, founder and editor of The Liberator newspap...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Edmonds, Arianne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2025].
Subjects:
Edmonds, J. L. > (Jefferson Lewis), > 1852-1914.
African Americans > California > Los Angeles > Biography.
African American newspaper editors > California > Los Angeles > Biography.
African American civil rights workers > California > Los Angeles > Biography.
Newspaper editors > California > Los Angeles > Biography.
Civil rights workers > California > Los Angeles > Biography.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Biography.
Freed persons > Mississippi > Biography.
Liberator (Los Angeles, Calif. : 1900)
Table of Contents:
  • Finding Jefferson
  • Forging a pathway for liberation
  • No longer will others speak for us
  • Jefferson in Los Angeles
  • Building, reflecting, and future casting
  • The harvest : The psychological shift of the Black community
  • What I learned
  • Jefferson's legacy
  • The year 1913.