Jim Crow Inside the South Jim Crow Outside the South Jim Crow Violence Jim Crow Heroes Women and Jim Crow Jim Crow and the Supreme Court African-American Colleges Jim Crow Press African-American Museums and Historic Sites Sports and Jim Crow America Narratives Image Gallery Encyclopedia Join Us Do You Have Another Opinion? Let Us Know! Jim Crow Press Freedom's Journal, the first African-American newspaper in the United States, started as a weekly abolitionist journal in 1827. It was the result of a meeting in New York City of African-American leaders, who realized that such a publication was important to efforts towards uniting free African Americans against slavery. Editors Samuel Cornish and John Russwurm advocated education and stressed the importance of civil rights for free African Americans. However, Russwurm and Cornish disagreed on editorial policy, and the newspaper, after it changed its name to The Rights of All, only lasted until 1829. Other African-American newspapers, most of them similarly short-lived, appeared in New York City, Albany, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Columbus, Ohio. Read an overview essay about African American Press. If you are interested in contributing research text or lesson plans for this section, please submit the Join Us form. All teachers are paid for their contributions to the site.