In August 1934, Cecil E. Newman based the Minneapolis Spokesman within the midst of the Nice Despair and 30 years earlier than the Civil Rights Act. Just a few years later, he based a second newspaper referred to as the St. Paul Recorder. He used his function as a newspaper writer to combat racial discrimination and earned the eye of each main politician, together with Hubert H. Humphrey.
The 2 papers merged about 25 years in the past. And final month, the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder celebrated its ninetieth anniversary. It’s the longest operating Black-owned and family-owned information outlet within the state.
MPR Information host Angela Davis (left) talks with Tracey Williams-Dillard (middle), writer and CEO of the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, and Al Brown (proper), project editor on the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, in an MPR Information studio in St. Paul on Thursday, September 12, 2024.
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Tracey Williams-Dillard is writer and CEO of the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, based in 1934 by Cecil E. Newman. She is the granddaughter of the late Cecil and Launa Newman.
Al Brown is the project editor on the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
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