New York Age
The New York Age was a black newspaper produced from 1887 to 1960, and was one of the most influential black newspapers of its time.History
The paper had its origins as the weekly New York Globe, an African-American newspaper that was published weekly from at least 1880 to November 8, 1884. Co-founded by editor Timothy Thomas Fortune, a former slave, it became The Freeman from November 22, 1884, to October 8, 1887, published six times weekly. It was co-owned by Jerome B. Peterson, who in 1904 was made the American consul in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela.
The paper then became the weekly New York Age from October 15, 1887 to February 27, 1960. Fred R. Moore bought the paper in 1907. From 1953 to 1957, it was titled the New York Age Defender.
Gertrude Bustill Mossell worked at the New York Age from 1885 to 1889. W. E. B. Du Bois also worked there.Personnel
