The content originally appeared on: News Americas Now Caribbean immigrant and founder of the first US black newspaper, John Russwurm, in 1850. (Artist Unknown. Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images) Compiled By NAN Staff Writer News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. June 3, 2022: On March 16, 1827, the first black newspaper was published in the U.S. It was founded by 27-year-old Caribbean immigrant John Brown Russwurm who was born in Port Antonio, Jamaica to an English father and […]
