The Washington Afro-American facts for kids
The Washington Afro-American Newspaper Office Building, former site of The Washington Afro American newsroom, located in the Logan Circle neighborhood (2009).
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
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| Founder(s) | John H. Murphy, Sr. |
| Publisher | Frances Draper |
| Founded | August 13, 1892 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 1531 S. Edgewood St. Suite B, Baltimore, MD 21227 U.S. |
| Circulation | 25,000 (as of 2019) |
| ISSN | 0276-6523 |
The Washington Afro-American newspaper is the Washington, D.C., edition of The Afro-American Newspaper.
History
The newspaper was founded in 1892 by Civil War veteran, Sgt. John H. Murphy, Sr. Murphy merged his church publication, The Sunday School Helper, with two other church publications, The Ledger and The Afro-American, and the publication rose to prominence under the control of his tenth-born child, Carl J. G. Murphy, who served as its editor for 45 years. There have been as many as 13 editions of the newspaper in major cities across the country; today, there are just two: one in Baltimore, the other in Washington, D.C.
Call numbers
Because of its varied titles over the years, The Washington Afro-American has received numerous different call numbers from the Library of Congress and OCLC:
- The Afro-American (1936–1937):
- LCCN sn96095001
- Washington Afro American (1937–1964):
- LCCN sn87062261
- Washington Afro-American (1930s–1964):
- Washington Afro-American and The Washington Tribune (1964–1984):
- LCCN sn81003305, sn87062260
- The Afro-American (1988):
- LCCN sn92057030
- Washington Afro-American and Washington Tribune (1984–2015):
