Draft:The News Leader (Baton Rouge)
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The News Leader, also known by carious iterations of its name including Community Leader, was a newspaper for African Americans in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was established as the Leader in 1952.[1]
https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84024003 The East Baton Rouge Parish Library has issues in its collection.[2]
Doris Gale had a column in the paper and served as its editor.[1] The paper covered local sports teams including Southern University, the McKinley High School Panthers, Scotlandville Hornets, and Capitol High School Lions.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "News Leader Newspaper Archives". 28 June 2012.
- ^ https://eastbatonrouge.advantage-preservation.com/
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