Indianapolis Leader
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The Indianapolis Leader began in August 1879 as Indianapolis' first black newspaper.[2]
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“An Equal Chance and Fair Play” | |
Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Publisher | Bagby & Co. |
Founded | August 30, 1879 (1879-08-30) |
Ceased publication | 1891 (1891) |
Headquarters | Indianapolis, Indiana |
Country | United States |
Circulation | 3,000[1] |
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Before the Civil War, no African American newspaper existed in Indiana. In 1870, during Reconstruction, there were only ten such newspapers nationwide.[3] However, by 1880 there were thirty.[3] The Leader, along with the Indianapolis Freeman, was one of those.