Phoenix Tribune

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Phoenix Tribune
Pluribus Unum
Latin for "Out of Many, One"
Phoenix Tribune Logo 1919.jpg
Phoenix Tribune Front Cover July 12 1919.jpg
July 12, 1919 Front Cover
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
PublisherArthur Randolph Smith
Associate editorHelen Harper Vance
Founded1918
Political alignment Civil and political rights
Ceased publication1931
City Phoenix, Arizona
OCLC number 35642959
Free online archives Online LoC archives

The Phoenix Tribune was the first African American newspaper in Arizona. Founded in 1918 by Arthur Randolph Smith, he was the main editor of the magazine until it folded in 1931.

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Media coverage

Arizona newspapers covered the launch of the Tribune and local paper Arizona Republican supported it, and subscription advertisements for the Phoenix Tribune appeared in the Republican.

It is edited, owned and managed by one man, A. R. Smith who says it is his first venture into journalism. It [sic] that case his work is miraculously clever, his paper is neat and clean and we are glad to see that it is well patronized by advertisers.

Arizona Republican., March 31, 1918 [1]

Paper mottos

History

The Tribune advertised and promoted the local African American community and African American-owned businesses. It appealed to its readers to patronize companies that "spend your money where you are welcome." [2] The Tribune published domestic, national and international news, and reported civil rights issues including the effects of World War I and racism. Newspapers began with weekly magazines and were 4 to 10 pages long. The special edition was over 12 pages with over 30 pages full of advertisements. The paper was published weekly until 1923, when the newspaper appeared first only once every two weeks, then once a month, and finally only once every few months, until it did not appear in 1931. [2]

Bibliography

Notes

  1. Arizona Republican 1918, p. 4
  2. 1 2 Library of Congress 2019

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