2010

“Give Recognition and Considerations To Those Deserving Businesses - The Businesses that advertise with your community newspaper which records the positive side of African-American (Black) life, help to keep our community secure and safe -- give our children hope and faith. The first Black college graduate, Mr. John Russwurm, was so grateful and in understanding the merits of African-Americans owning their own newspaper that he personally started the first Black newspaper in the United States of America.”

Ophelia DeVore-Mitchell, Publisher Emeritus