Caribbean American Heritage Month Factoid

John-B-Russworm

Compiled By Jordan Bowles

News Americas, Deerfield, FL, THURS. June 20, 2019:  As we mark this the 20th day of Caribbean American Heritage Month 2019, did you know that Jamaican-born John B. Russworm and his African-American colleague Samuel E. Cornish are credited with creating the first black newspaper, called Freedom’s Journal in 1827?

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