Chester Arthur Franklin, The Kansas City Call

ID: 494 ~ Source: The Black Archives of Mid-America, Kansas City, Missouri ~ Creator: University of Central Missouri Department of History, Stuart Hoy

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Chester Arthur Franklin, The Kansas City Call — The Black Archives of Mid-America, Kansas City, Missouri

Chester Arthur Franklin founded the newspaper called The Kansas City Call on 18th Street in Kansas City, Missouri, and began publishing on May 6, 1919, as a small four-page paper for the African American community. The Call newspaper is still in circulation today.

This file appears in: Kansas City Missouri 18th & Vine The Call

Kansas City Missouri 18th & Vine The Call

By University of Central Missouri Department of History, Stuart Hoy, Glyne Gee

"The Kansas City Call," or simply, "The Call," was one of twenty-two newspapers published by Kansas City's African American community. It was founded by Chester A. Franklin and published on May 6, 1919, as a small four-page…