Southwestern Christian Advocate Explained

Publishing City:New Orleans, Louisiana
Publishing Country:United States
Southwestern Christian Advocate
Type:Weekly African-American
Publisher:Methodist Episcopal Church
Issn:2639-0124
Oclc:10123905

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (1877 - 1929)[1] was an American newspaper published by the Methodist Episcopal Church in New Orleans, Louisiana and distributed in the Southern United States. It was an African American newspaper that was equally read by the White community, this was more so than any other African American newspaper in the Union.[2]

History

The Advocate was an official publication of the Methodist Episcopal Church,[3] and was printed in New Orleans, Louisiana. The publication targeted a Methodist, and served both an African-American and White audience. It featured a "Lost Friends" section for people searching for loved ones lost to slavery.[4] The newspaper was instrumental in organizing Booker T. Washington's tour of Louisiana in 1915.[5]

Editors of the Advocate included Joseph C. Hartzell (from c. 1877 to 1881), A. E. P. Albert (from 1879 to 1880), I. B. Scott, Hiram Rhodes Revels and Bishop Robert E. Jones from 1904 to 1920.[6] The newspaper business manager was Matthew Simpson Davage from 1905 to 1915.[7]

The Library of Congress has microfilm of the paper in its collection.[8] Digitized volumes of the paper are accessible online in the Internet Archive.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Southwestern Christian advocate. [online resource] (New Orleans, LA) 1877-1929 ]. 2020-02-03 . Library of Congress . Chronicling America .
  2. Book: Penn, Irvine Garland . The Afro-American Press and Its Editors . 1891 . Willey & Company . 978-0-598-58268-3 . 223, 226–227 . en . Irvine Garland Penn.
  3. Bennett . James B. . 21 January 2018 . "Until This Curse of Polygamy Is Wiped Out": Black Methodists, White Mormons, and Constructions of Racial Identity in the Late Nineteenth Century . Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation . 21 . 2 . 167–194 . 10.1525/rac.2011.21.2.167 . 10.1525/rac.2011.21.2.167.
  4. Web site: Lost Friends Exhibition - The Historic New Orleans Collection. www.hnoc.org.
  5. Vincent. Charles. 1981. Booker T. Washington's Tour of Louisiana, April, 1915.. The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 22. 2. 189–98. 4232079.
  6. Web site: Amistad Research Center . June 12, 2023 . Jones, Robert Elijah, 1872-1960 . Amistad Research Center.
  7. Web site: Vernon . Walter N. . December 1, 1994 . Davage, Matthew Simpson . 2023-03-29 . Texas State Historical Association (TSHA).
  8. News: Southwestern Christian advocate. [microfilm reel]]. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. Humanities. National Endowment for the.