Black Media Month

Black Media Month

Black Media Month is a period begun in 1926 to draw attention to the role of Africa Americans in American media.

History

Black History Month was started by Carter G. Woodson, an African-American historian, in 1926 under the banner: Honoring The Past, Celebrating The Present And Empowering The Future. The idea for Black Media Month began in Chicago Illinois, out of observations that while media outlets in general were struggling, Black Media outlets were struggling even more and their struggles were reminiscent of those that plagued Black media in bygone eras.Fact|date=September 2008

As the first and one of the most celebrated black owned and operated newspapers in the United States, Freedom's Journal still faced financial setbacks and its lack of readership contributed to its ceasing publication in March, 1829.Fact|date=September 2008 Today, Black owned and operated media are faced with similar problems, even while African Americans are seeing greater financial independence. A study by Terry College's Selig Center for Economic Growth projected that Black buying power is projected to top 1.1 trillion by 2012.Fact|date=September 2008

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*BlackPast, 2007-2008, University of Washington, Seattle, Bragg, SusanBell Philip Alexander (1808-1889) The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed, 11, Sept. 2008, http://www.blackpast.org/?q=aaw/bell-philip-alexander-1808-1889
*Black Online News Network, 2008, Carson, Sharon, 2008 Black Media Press Release, 11, Sept 2008 www.thebonngroup.com
*Freedom Forum, David Ruggles, Hodges, Graham Russle, The Hazards of Anti-slavery, 11, Sept 2008. Journalism, 11 Sept. 2008, http://www.freedomforum.org/publications/msj/courage.summer2000/yo2.html
*News At Terry's College, 31, July 2007. Dodson, David, Minority Group's Share of 10 Trillion U.S Consumer Market is Growing Steadily, 11, Sept 2008, http://www.terry.uga.edu/news/releases/2007/minority_buying_power_report.html
*Rootsweb, 31 May 1999, updated 19 June 2000, Webpage by Smith, Betty James, Webpage by, 11 Sept 2008, http://www.rootsweb.ancestory.com/~flgatsaa/Forutne/Fortune.html
*United States Census Bureau, 5, December 2006, Facts for Figures, 11 Sept 2008, http://www.census/gov/PressRelease/www/release/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/007862.html


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