Kansas City's The Call
Newspaper
Kansas City The Call, or The Call is an African-American newspaper founded in 1919 in Kansas City, Missouri by Chester A. Franklin. It continues to serve the black community of Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas. It is considered one of the top six African-American weeklies in the nation.
Before 1827, when the African-American newspaper Freedom’s Journal was founded in New York City, there were no black-owned and operated newspapers. News of their community was not generally covered by white journalists, and the mainstream press expressed bias against blacks. This reduced communication both within and outside the communities. Black publications have struggled to survive, given difficulties in financing. With the majority of black population in the South until the 20th-century Great Migrations, Northern blacks were not served by Southern papers. Source
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| Scope | Local, African-American/Black |
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| Language | English, French |
| Country | United States of America |
| Media Market | Kansas City |
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| Frequency | Weekly |
| Days Published | Fri |
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Young Black Men Suffering in Silence
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