Centuries of the Black Press in America

With Alvin Patrick, Frankie Hutton, Mark Whitaker

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Black Brilliance: An American Chronicle

In a talk co-sponsored by the American Antiquarian Society, Grolier member and CBS News executive producer Alvin Patrick, in conjunction with his 2026-2027 club exhibition Black Brilliance: An American Chronicle, will explore the 200-year history of the Black press in America. He will be in conversation with Frankie Hutton, award-winning author of The Early Black Press in America, 1827 to1860, and author Mark Whitaker, former editor of Newsweek and the first African American to lead a national newsmagazine.

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