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prejudiced; before a court that three thousand to more than
was prejudiced; prosecuted by twenty thousand. In an extremely
wards. Northerners, both black and an officer who was prejudiced... bold move, the editor, John
white joined her cause. Joining the
"One more word sir, and I am Johnson purchased most of the
staff of the "New York Age." Wells done. I went to Wellington, know first issues himself to convince
continued her investigation of ing that colored men have no white distributors that there was
lynching. Late in 1892 her anti rights in the United States, which a huge and immediate demand for
lynching efforts netted her a front white men are bound to respect; this kind of publication. His plan
page featu re story,
w o rk ed . M irro rin g
“S outhern
H orrors:
"R ea d e rs D ig e s t.”
Lynch Law in All Its
Johnson focused on
Phases.”
the same kind of articles
Her story along with
and stories while focus
a lecture circuit gained
ing on black subjects,
her national attention.
catering to a black read
Soon after she toured
ership. He used many
Europe speaking about
articles published by
the horrible treatment of
prominent Americans,
the A m erican Black.
including First Lady
W ell’s efforts helped
Eleanor Roosevelt.
sta rt m any g ro u p s,
The list of all the
which pledged to fight
w hites and A frican
racism and prejudice in
Americans who helped
America.
fight the horrors of sla
The "Anglo-African"
very, racism and preju
magazine covered the
dice through the printed
continuing drama of the
word is more than we will
rescue of black fugitive
ever know. Many of the
John Pierce who had
nation’s black citizens
been grabbed by slave
went unnoticed while
c a tc h e rs and then
risking their lives and
snatched from three U.S.
even paying the ulti
Marshals by two-dozen
mate price of death and
black and white Oberlin
torture to help improve
C ollege students and
the future of untold mil
The journalist and activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett
then swept away to free wrote and spoke out against lynching and
lions of minority popu
dom. One of the students
lations throughout the
other injustices suffered by black people in the
who were convicted in
United States.
nation. It may never be
the re sc u e , C h a rle s
known who they all
Langston, categorically praised that the courts had so decided; were, however, lest we forget
“the brave men and women” who that Congress has so enacted; what they did for all of us, we
participated in the rescue. His and that people have so de must honor them not only during
own brother, John M. Langston creed.”
Black History Month, but all the
was the first elected official in the
The first commercially suc year throughout. Their selfless
country published a statement in cessful black-ow ned general sacrifices helped build America
the "A nglo-A frican" that his magazine began on Nov. 1,1943. and make it a better place for races.
brother made to the judge after Using direct mail as a marketing Thanks to their efforts the free
sentencing.
tool, the magazine quickly went dom of the press in America is
“I was tried by a jury, who were from its original subscription of something we can all be proud of.
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