The Washington Afro-American Explained

The Washington Afro American
Type:	Weekly newspaper
Founder:	John H. Murphy, Sr.
Publisher:	Frances Draper
Editor:	Micha Green, Washington D.C. Editor
President:	Benjamin M. Phillips
Language:	English
Headquarters:	1531 S. Edgewood St. Suite B, Baltimore, MD 21227 U.S.
Circulation:	25,000
Circulation Date:	2019
Circulation Ref:	^[1]
Issn:	0276-6523
Free:	Google News Archive

The Washington Afro-American newspaper is the Washington, D.C., edition of The Afro-American Newspaper.

History

The newspaper was founded in 1892 by Civil War veteran Sgt. John H. Murphy, Sr. Murphy merged his church publication, The Sunday School Helper, with two other church publications, The Ledger and The Afro-American, and the publication rose to prominence under the control of his tenth-born child, Carl J. G. Murphy, who served as its editor for 45 years. There have been as many as 13 editions of the newspaper in major cities across the country; today, there are just two: one in Baltimore, the other in Washington, D.C.^[2]

Call numbers

Because of its varied titles over the years, The Washington Afro-American has received numerous different call numbers from the Library of Congress and OCLC:

• The Afro-American (1936 - 1937):
  • • • • Washington Afro American (1937 - 1964):
        • Washington Afro-American (1930s - 1964):
          • • Washington Afro-American and The Washington Tribune (1964 - 1984):
        • The Afro-American (1988):
        • Washington Afro-American and Washington Tribune (1984 - 2015):

See also

• List of African-American newspapers in Washington, D.C.

External links

• Washington Afro American and the Washington Tribune print edition
• The Afro American Newspapers online edition

Notes and References

1. Web site: District of Columbia Newspaper Circulation. ANR. February 27, 2020.
2. Summer 2008. Mining the "Afro-American" Archives. Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore.