The front page of the June 13, 1868, issue of the Freemen's Standard, one of the first African American newspapers established during Reconstruction.
Courtesy of Georgia Newspaper Project, Georgia Historic Newspapers.
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The front page of the June 13, 1868, issue of the Freemen's Standard, one of the first African American newspapers established during Reconstruction.
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