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\"\"Last week Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/i> reporter Alexis Johnson was banned from\u00a0 covering George Floyd\u2019s protests in the paper due to a tweet<\/a> on her personal account which the paper claimed to show bias.\u00a0 In response to her removal, people across the United States started showing support for Alexis and protesting on Twitter.<\/p>\n

In one interview<\/a> Alexis said, \u201cBlack journalists have been covering these stories since the beginning of time.\u201d Abolitionist and journalist Martin Delany<\/a>, published the first African American newspaper west of the Allegheny Mountains, The Mystery<\/a><\/i> in 1843 in Pittsburgh. He then went on to collaborate with Fredrick Douglas on the North Star<\/a><\/i> \u00a0out of Rochester, New York.<\/p>\n

In West Virginia during 1904, the McDowell Times<\/a><\/i> was the leading African-American newspaper in the state. Creator and Editor M. T. <\/a>Whittico<\/a> was the driving force behind this newspaper and he kept it flourishing until his death in 1939.<\/p>\n

In 1907 Robert L. Vann <\/a>\u00a0joined forces with the Pittsburgh Courier<\/a><\/i> helping it become a force for social change for blacks in America. It was the most influential African American newspaper in the country.<\/p>\n

Without journalists like Delaney, Whittico, Vann, and Johnson, our country would lack the crucial perspective of African Americans in America. Because of their courage and perseverance we are able to see history through a more accurate lens.<\/p>\n

We here at the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center stand with Alexis Johnson and other journalists of color who face the threat of being silenced. Their stories must be heard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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