 Masthead of The Pittsburgh Courier | |
| Type | African American newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Weekly newspaper |
| Owner(s) | John H. Sengstacke (1965–1966) |
| Founder(s) | Edwin Nathaniel Harleston, Edward Penman, Hepburn Carter, Scott Wood Jr., Harvey Tanner |
| Editor | Robert Lee Vann (1910–33, 1935–40) P. L. Prattis (1956–65) |
| Founded | May 10, 1910 |
| Ceased publication | October 22, 1966 |
| Relaunched | New Pittsburgh Courier |
| City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Country | United States |
| Circulation | 357,000 (as of 1947) |
The Pittsburgh Courier was an African American weekly newspaper published in Pittsburgh from 1907[1] until October 22, 1966.[2] By the 1930s, the Courier was one of the leading black newspapers in the United States.[3][4]
It was acquired in 1965 by John H. Sengstacke, a major black publisher and owner of the Chicago Defender. He re-opened the paper in 1967 as the New Pittsburgh Courier, making it one of his four newspapers for the African American audience.
- ^ "Percival L. Prattis Papers Finding Aid". Archives Service Center Finding Aids. University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
- ^ "Courier". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
- ^ Greenwald, Maurine Weiner, and Margo J. Anderson (1996). Pittsburgh surveyed: social science and social reform in the early twentieth century (Digital ed.). Pittsburgh, Pa: University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 282. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
- ^ Hynds, Ernest C. (1980). American newspapers in the 1980s. New York : Hastings House. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-8038-0490-6.