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The Atlanta Independent was an
African American
weekly newspaper published in
Atlanta, Georgia, from 1903 to 1928.
[1] It was one of the first
African American newspapers in Atlanta.
[2] A
Republican newspaper, it was started by Benjamin J. Davis, father of the
civil rights activist
Benjamin J. Davis Jr.
[3]
[4]
References
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"About Atlanta independent. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1903-1928". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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^ Broady, Arlinda Smith (4 November 2015).
"Photo Vault: Oldest black daily newspaper founded in Atlanta". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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^ Link, William A. (2013).
Atlanta, Cradle of the New South: Race and Remembering in the Civil War's Aftermath. UNC Press Books. p. 183.
ISBN
9781469607764. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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^ Rosenberg, Charles (2009). "Davis, Benjamin J., Jr.". In Finkelman, Paul; Wintz, Cary D. (eds.).
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century. Oxford University Press. pp. 2:14.
ISBN
9780195167795. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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