Boston Chronicle (1915-1966 newspaper)

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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]

It covered the Elaine massacre in Arkansas.

In 1929, the New York Age reprinted its coverage of biologist Ernest E. Just. [5]

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]

Like the Amsterdam News , it reported on issues facing Blacks. [9]

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]

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References

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  2. Perry, Jeffrey B. (December 8, 2020). "15 Boston Chronicle, Board of Ed, and the New Negro (January– June 1924)". Hubert Harrison. Columbia University Press. pp. 562–598. doi:10.7312/perr18262-017. ISBN   978-0-231-55242-4 via www.degruyter.com.
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  4. 1 2 3 Johnson, Violet M. (December 6, 2006). The Other Black Bostonians: West Indians in Boston, 1900-1950. Indiana University Press. ISBN   0-253-11238-9 via Google Books.
  5. "summary of Boston Chronicle article on status of scholarly prominance mentions Alain Locke". The New York Age. March 9, 1929. p. 4 via newspapers.com.
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  10. "Hartford-Springfield Chronicle (Springfield, Mass.) 1940-194?". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  11. "Providence Chronicle (Providence, R.I.) 1939-1957". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  12. Miller, Yawu (August 28, 2019). "Haynes family: a slice of Roxbury history". The Bay State Banner.