The Cleveland Journal was a Black-owned weekly newspaper founded in Cleveland in 1903 that served as a voice for the city’s growing African American community during the early twentieth century. Republican in politics and influenced by Booker T. Washington’s philosophy of racial uplift and self-help, the paper covered local news, Black businesses, education, church activities, civil rights issues, and community leadership. Founded by prominent Black civic figures including Welcome T. Blue and Thomas W. Fleming, the Cleveland Journal played an important role in promoting political engagement and economic advancement for African Americans in Cleveland before ceasing publication around 1912–1913.
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