The Boston Chronicle (1915–1966) was a newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts.[1][2] It was founded by immigrants from the Caribbean and advocated for civil rights and against colonialism.[3]
Launched by immigrants from Jamaica, it promoted itself with the motto "Fearless and Uncompromising - Advocate of Justice, Rights, and Opportunities".[4] In addition to boxing and baseball in the United States, its sports pages covered cricket games in parts of the British Empire.[4]
Thaddeus Kitchener, Alfred Haughton, Uriah Murray, and William Harrison were involved with the paper.[4] Kitchener was the first "student of color" to graduate with a law degree from
Suffolk Law (1913). Born in Jamaica, he was living in
Roxbury by 1908.[6] A scholarship is named for him.[7] Houghton and Harrison were its editors. It had a rivalry with the Boston Guardian.[8]
Square Deal Publishing Company, its publisher, launched the Hartford-Springfield Chronicle in 1940. The Hartford Chronicle and Connecticut Chronicle succeeded it.[10] The publishing company also launched the Providence Chronicle in Rhode Island in 1939. It lasted until 1957.[11]William Wiley edited it.
Brothers from the Hayes family in Roxbury worked at the paper.[12]