The Alaska Spotlight
The Alaska Spotlight was the first African American newspaper in the Territory of Alaska (1912-1959). Publication began in 1952,[1] when Alaska was not yet a state.[2] It was a weekly newspaper published in Anchorage by George C. Anderson.[1] It ran until the last 1960s. [3]
Front page of Alaska's first African-American newspaper, The Alaska Spotlight, from 1956.
According to Wesley (2020), "George C. Anderson arrived after World War II to work as a linotype operator for the Anchorage Daily News." In 1952, he established The Alaska Spotlight.[4] Anderson later started another newspaper, The Midnight Sun Reporter (1962-1966).[5][3]
References
- "About The Alaska spotlight. [online resource] (Anchorage, Alaska) 1952-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
- Smith 2012, p. 409.
- Wesley 2020, p. 191.
- Wesley 2020, p. 75.
- Wesley 2020, p. 101.
Works cited
- Smith, Jessie Carney (2012). Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 9781578593699.
- Wesley, Ed (2020). Black History in the Last Frontier. University of Alaska, Anchorage: National Park Service.
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