| Louisville Leader | |
| Type: | Weekly newspaper |
| Foundation: | November 1917[1] [2] |
| Ceased Publication: | September, 1950 |
| Owners: | I. Willis Cole, Rosa Cole |
| Publisher: | I. Willis Cole, Rosa Cole |
| Editor: | I. Willis Cole |
| Language: | English |
| 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.[2] By the 1930s, Cole employed twenty people and had a circulation reaching 20,000.[2]
Cole died in February 1950 and his wife tried to continue to publish the newspaper until it eventually stopped that September.[2]
In 1954, the Louisville Defender had called the Leader "one of the largest Negro newspaper organizations" in Louisville.[2] 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.