Liberty & the Press: The Role of Black Newspapers in American History

The panel will take the form of a conversation between current Black journalists and two local historians on the wide variety of media directed to Black readers in Northern Virginia, their content, and their impact.

Learn how these newspapers and columns arose and how they served (and still now serve) to cover omissions from the broader, often white-centric media.

We will also learn how archives of these publications assist modern historians, genealogists, and others.

Historians:

Georgia J. Brown, Historic Records Manager, Fairfax Circuit Court

George D. Oberle III, PhD MLS, Director, Center for Mason Legacies, George Mason University

Journalists:

Theodore R. Johnson, Contributing Columnist, Washington Post

Alexis Taylor, Managing Editor, AFRO News

Presented by Fairfax County Public Libraries.

Host or Publisher Town of Vienna