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Title
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Carrying on Legacy of Lucile Bluford
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Description
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Article describes the link between the careers of Vernon Jarrett and Lucile Bluford. Jarrett, a pioneering African American journalist, was inspired by Lucile Bluford's work at the Kansas City Call after his own writing career was damaged by McCarthyism.
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Date
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2004-02-06
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Truth in Black Ink: How Lucile Bluford Heard the Call and Penned Her Way Towards Black Feminist Activism
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Description
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This article compares local African American journalist Lucile Bluford with Ida B. Wells-Barnett, an earlier African American woman writer and activist from Memphis, Tennessee and later Chicago, Illinois. "Taken as a whole, both Bluford and Wells-Barnett are examples of women who carried on a larger cause beyond their own personal lives. Conceptually, both women carried their fights against racial injustice in the spirit of the original vision of the black press." Article explores how the two women used the black press to further their causes.
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Date
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2006
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Object Type
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Magazine Article