Associated Negro Press

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Associated Negro Press was a prominent African American news service that supplied national and international news to Black newspapers across the United States and abroad during much of the 20th century.

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instanceOf African American organization
news agency
wire service
cityOfHeadquarters Chicago NERFINISHED
continentOfHeadquarters North America NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coveredTopic U.S. politics
civil rights movement
colonialism in Africa
international affairs
race relations
dissolved 1960s
distributedTo African American newspapers
Black newspapers abroad
Black newspapers in the United States
distributionMethod editorials
feature articles
syndicated news stories
ethnicFocus African American NERFINISHED
focus African American issues
civil rights coverage
international news
national news
foundedAfterEvent World War I NERFINISHED
foundedBy Claude A. Barnett NERFINISHED
Claude Albert Barnett NERFINISHED
foundedInCity Chicago NERFINISHED
foundedInState Illinois NERFINISHED
genre news service
headquartersLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
historicalSignificance expanded international coverage for African American readers
major source of news for Black newspapers
strengthened the Black press network
inception 1919
industry journalism
news media
mediaType news syndicate
notableFounder Claude A. Barnett NERFINISHED
operatedInCentury 20th century
operationalStatus defunct
partOf Black press in the United States
primaryLanguage English
servedCommunity African Americans NERFINISHED
African diaspora
serviceArea Africa NERFINISHED
Caribbean NERFINISHED
Europe NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
stateOfHeadquarters Illinois NERFINISHED

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Frank Marshall Davis wroteFor Associated Negro Press