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Shreveport Sun Newspaper (1989)

Folks

Details

Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1989-04-16

Duration: 00:05:15

Subjects: African American newspapers | African American business enterprises

Contributors:

  • Masingale, Sonya Host
  • Harris, Andrew Interviewee

Description

This segment from the April 16, 1989, episode of the series “Folks” features Sonya Masingale’s profile of the “Shreveport Sun,” an African American newspaper founded in 1920 in Shreveport, Louisiana. She interviews Andrew Harris, the news and sports editor.