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E17: Leading through Legacy at the AFRO with Frances "Toni" Draper
In this episode, Rebecca talks with Dr. Frances "Toni" Draper, fourth-generation publisher of the AFRO American Newspapers, celebrating its 134th anniversary this year as the oldest continuously operating Black-owned newspaper in the country. Draper traces the paper's origin story back to her great-grandfather John Henry Murphy Sr., a formerly enslaved Union Army veteran who purchased the AFRO's name and printing press with $200 from his wife Martha, and recounts how generations of Murphy women, from a board member to a Coppin professor, helped build and sustain the family business through…
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