{"value"=>"<p>This scrapbook (1923-1937) is about journalism in the African American community and contains clippings from a variety of both African American and mainstream newspapers. The clippings primarily cover the milestones, histories, and workings of African American newspapers like the <span class=\"title\">Chicago Defender</span>, <span class=\"title\">New York Age</span>, <span class=\"title\">New York Amsterdam News</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Philadelphia Tribune</span>. Other topics include profiles of African American journalists, the creation of <span class=\"title\">Freedom's Journal</span>, the first African American newspaper by John Russwurm and Samuel Cornish, the space for African American women journalists, the need for a national African American newspaper, and the lack of African American newspapers among the holdings of the Library of Congress at the time.</p>"}