The Liberator Unearths the Forgotten Triumphs and Chronicles of Early Black Los Angeles

For fourteen years, Jefferson Lewis Edmonds helmed one of the first black newspapers in Los Angeles. Introduced in 1910, The Liberator touted the importance of black ownership, challenged political candidates to prioritize the needs of their black constituency and implored other black aspirants to defy the status quo.…

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