Florida Sun-Review

The Florida Sun is a weekly African-American newspaper in central Florida. It is published in Orlando, with primary distribution points in Orange, Osceola, and Seminoles counties. ^[1] It was founded in the 1920s ^[2] and changed ownership in the '30s and again in the '70s. ^[2] It has used several names, including the Florida Earth, the Sun-Review, and the Sun and Mirror. ^[3]

It was founded by H.M. Alexander as the Sun in 1922., ^[2] and published by Jo Lawrence Boden from 1931 to 1975. ^[2] The Sun acquired the Orlando Mirror around 1950, becoming the Sun and Mirror. ^[2] It was purchased by James Macon in 1975, who also acquired Orlando Review from James Madison; the paper became the Sun-Review. ^[2]

Sources

• Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E., eds. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Harvard University Press. ISBN   9780674007888.
• Shedden, David (2019). "Florida Newspaper Chronology, 1783-2001" (PDF). Digital USFSP. University of South Florida St. Petersburg. S2CID   165459724. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-11. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
• Shofner, Jerrell H. (1983). "Florida". In Suggs, Henry Lewis (ed.). The Black Press in the South, 1865–1979. ISBN   9780313222443.

Footnotes

1. https://floridasunreview.com/about-us/
2. Shofner 1983, p. 111.
3. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 230, ¶ 2404.

External links

• Official site