https://freerepublic.com/tag/volunteerslavery/ en-us Fri, 27 Feb 2004 03:15:33 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1086348/posts Well, it's Black History Month, and I'll bet you haven't heard one thing about George S. Schuyler (1895-1977). George S. Schuyler was, simply, the greatest black journalist this country has ever produced. (Normally, I eschew qualifiers like "greatest black," as opposed to "greatest," period, but this is journalism we're talking about. I will never, in five lifetimes of sitting in newspaper morgues, looking at microfilms of ancient newsprint, be able to read enough to determine who America's greatest journalist was.) From 1924-1966, he bestrode the black press like a colossus. Working for Robert Lee Vann's (1879-1940) Pittsburgh Courier weekly newspaper,... Enter Stage Right https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1086348/posts#comment Fri, 27 Feb 2004 03:15:33 GMT