Pittsburgh Courier
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The Pittsburgh Courier was a newspaper for African-Americans. It has since been renamed the New Pittsburgh Courier. At its height in the 1930s, it had a national circulation of almost 200,000.
The Courier was acquired in 1966 by John H. Sengstacke and reorganized as the New Pittsburgh Courier; thus becoming part of Sengstacke Newspapers (now Real Times LLC) – the largest and most influential Black newspaper chain in the country – which also includes the Chicago Daily Defender, Michigan Chronicle, Michigan Front Page and (Memphis) Tri-State Defender.
Today the New Pittsburgh Courier is leaner, more sophisticated, and more localized in its thrust. But it still offers an authoritative, responsible voice to Black audiences in western Pennsylvania and across the country.
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- 'The Pittsburgh Courier', The Black Press (PBS, 2004). Retrieved July 24 2005.
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