Black Baptist women’s organizations gained press influence through their own newspapers.
Evidence
1892 the Alabama women’s convention appointed Eliza W. Pollard editor of such a column in the Baptist Leader. Issued out of Selma, Alabama, the Baptist Leader served as an important instrument in furthering the work of the women’s state convention. Alice E. McEwen, a graduate of Spelman and an active member of the Alabama women’s convention, became an associate editor to her father, the Reverend A. N. McEwen, editor of the Baptist Leader. — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 379
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Black Baptist women built community through a network of denomination-owned newspapers — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 371; Black Baptist journals trained the majority of documented early black women journalists — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 384; Black newspapers served as forums for communal black political thought. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 371 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Black Baptist journals trained the majority of documented early black women journalists
#expands(0.88) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 384 - Mass democratic association historically depended on newspapers to coordinate collective action
#expands(0.78) — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 734 - Black newspapers served as forums for communal black political thought.
#qualifies(0.74) — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 371