Black Press Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. Country where Samuel Cornish migrated to in 1829
  2. 4. Founder of the Chicago Defender
  3. 5. Former name used in the NNPA title
  4. 6. Known as the First Lady of the Black Press
  5. 9. Nation's Oldest Black Newspaper Trade Association
  6. 11. First African American woman hired as a White House Press Photographer
  7. 13. Newspaper that encouraged the Great Migration.
  8. 14. Name of the first woman vice president and general manager of a Black-owned radio station in the nation's capital
  9. 15. Weapon referred to in documentary of the Black Press
  10. 17. The last name in Marcus Garvey's newspaper
  11. 18. President of the NNPA and a member of Wilmington 10
  12. 20. Last name of The Chicago Defender's founder.
  13. 21. University where the Black Press Archives is stored.
  14. 22. Name of the first Black-owned and operated newspaper in the U.S.
  15. 24. Second Black newspaper purchased by John H. Sengstacke
  16. 25. First name of the journalist who fought against lynching.
Down
  1. 2. Oldest Black-owned newspaper in New York City
  2. 3. First Black network news anchor
  3. 7. Name of the first Black woman publisher in the U.S.
  4. 8. First Black-owned radio station established in Atlanta, GA
  5. 10. Oldest Black-owned newspaper based in Baltimore, MD
  6. 12. First Black member of the Federal Communnications commission
  7. 14. Founder of The Washington Informer in the nation's capital
  8. 16. Co-founder of Freedom’s Journal
  9. 19. Digital news website of 10 Black-owned publishers
  10. 23. Co-founder of the first Black newspaper in America.
  11. 26. Call letters for the first Black-owned cable station in the U.S.