Black Voice News

Black American online newspaper

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Black Voice News is the first Black American online news publication on the West Coast of the United States. Founded in 1972 as a print newspaper, it was still active (as of 2020) and had moved to online publication.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

History

1972 – The Black Voice News is started by students at University of California, Riverside^[4]
1980 – The paper is purchased by Hardy Brown and Cheryl Brown and Brown Publishing Company is formed.
1999 – September 20, http://www.blackvoicenews.com is registered and the online publication is launched.
2013 – Dr. Paulette Brown-Hinds takes over as Publisher
2015 – BVN 2.0 is launched as http://www.blackvoicenews.com expands its presence across California

References

^ Junne, George H., "Blacks in the American West and Beyond--America, Canada, and Mexico: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography", Greenwood Publishing Group (2000), p.302, ISBN 9780313312083 [1]
^ Adams, Grace, "Black Authors & Published Writers Directory 2006 2007: Black Literary Market Place 2006 / 2007", Grace Publishing Company (2006), p. 220, ISBN 9781877807275
^ The Press Enterprise, "BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Inland black communities have deep history, many feats", By SUZANNE HURT, Published on February 11, 2016 [2]
^ ^a ^b Black Voice News [in] The San Bernardino American News, "About The San Bernardino American Newspaper", Published on Wednesday, 14 August 2013 [3]