Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Owner(s) | I. Willis Cole, Rosa Cole |
Publisher | I. Willis Cole, Rosa Cole |
Editor | I. Willis Cole [1] |
Founded | November 1917 [2] [1] |
Language | English |
Ceased publication | September, 1950 [1] |
Headquarters | 930 West Walnut Street (now West Muhammad Ali Boulevard) Louisville, Kentucky |
The Louisville Leader was a weekly newspaper published in Louisville, Kentucky, from 1917 to 1950.
The Louisville Leader was a weekly African American newspaper founded by I. Willis Cole in November 1917. [1] By the 1930s, Cole employed twenty people and had a circulation reaching 20,000. [1]
Cole died in February 1950 and his wife tried to continue to publish the newspaper until it eventually stopped that September. [1]
In 1954, the Louisville Defender had called the Leader "one of the largest Negro newspaper organizations" in Louisville. [1] View Jefferson County Sunday School Association for examples of how important this newspaper was in connecting various organizations and keeping everyone aware of local civil rights activities.
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