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title: Still a weapon for freedom! (116th anniversary of the Negro Press)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/owi-alston-still-a-weapon-for-freedom-1943/
description: A printer holds a copy of 'Freedom's Journal' beside a hand press, from which a long stream of newspapers runs down to a giant front page of 'The Negro
section: Collection
---

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# Still a weapon for freedom! (116th anniversary of the Negro Press)

A printer holds a copy of 'Freedom's Journal' beside a hand press, from which a long stream of newspapers runs down to a giant front page of 'The Negro Press, 116th Anniversary, 1827-1943' resting on a globe, headed 'Win the war, plan the peace'. The tell is transfer: the founding of the Black press is linked to the Allied war aims, and the abstract slogan 'freedom' is attached to the newspaper itself.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
THE FIRST NEGRO
NEWSPAPER, "FREEDOM'S
JOURNAL," WAS FOUNDED
IN 1827, BY JOHN B.
RUSSWORM.

FREEDOM'S JOURNAL

1827
THE NEGRO PRESS
116TH ANNIVERSARY
1943
WIN THE WAR----
PLAN THE PEACE!!

Alston OWI

"STILL A WEAPON FOR FREEDOM!"
```

[← A Step in the Right Direction!!](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/owi-alston-step-in-the-right-direction-1943/) ["The Guiding Light" \[The Negro Press, 1827-1944\] →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/owi-alston-the-guiding-light-negro-press-1943/)

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