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Course Description

OLLI Collaborative Course (Duke University)

Instructor: Carl Kenney

Dates: Tue, Sep 14–Nov 2, 1:30–2:45pm • Online via Zoom

8-Weeks - $80.00

This course is an introduction to the origins of the Black press in America, along with its impact as a trusted voice of resistance. From Samuel

E. Cornish and John B. Russwurn’s first publication of Freedom’s Journal in 1827 and David Walker’s Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World in 1829, to Frederick Douglass’s North Star, Robert Abbot’s Chicago Defender, Louis Austin’s Carolina Times, and the investigative reporting of Ida B. Wells that chronicled the lynching of Black men and women in the 1890s, Black-owned newspapers have reported on the lives and perspectives of Black people with the passion of fighting for freedom throughout American history. This course will also examine the role and local impact of the Black press with a focus on the work of Louis Austin. Austin began working at Durham’s Carolina Times in 1921.The closure of the Carolina Times in 2020 will serve as the backdrop for conversations related to the future of the Black press. • Lecture + Q&A.

 

INSTRUCTOR: Carl Kenney was named the best serious columnist of 2011 by the North Carolina Press Association. His blog Rev-elution is committed to offering local, independent Black journalism in Durham. He was previously adjunct professor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. He is a freelance writer whose commentary has appeared in the Washington Post, Religious News Service, the Independent Weekly, Durham Magazine, and the Durham Herald-Sun.

 

Recommended Text:

• Todd Vogel, The Black Press (9780813530055)

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