Acknowledgments

First of all, I would like to acknowledge all those that helped me with this project. Ford Risley, professor of COMM 401 Mass Media in History, suggested this project for my semester research paper . I am very happy that he did, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Also, Dr. Risley was kind enough to lend me some books on the black press and review my draft whenever I asked him too.

My parents also deserve mention here as they financed the project. I made literally over a hundred photocopies from the microfilm machine, which is quite costly. Also, they provided me with the computer, printer, the education, and other supplies to complete this assignment. And lest we forget, the provided yurasko.net.

About the research

Most of the research was done in West Pattee Library, utilizing the microfilm readers. I went through microfilm of The Courier from Dec 1941 to Sept. 1945. The following books were also used for this paper.

Buni, Andrew. Robert L. Vann of The Pittsburgh Courier. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1974

Pride, Armistead S. and Wilson, Clint C. II. A History of the Black Press. Washington D.C.: Howard University Press.

About this web page

The paper was transferred from MS-Word to HTML by Word 97. Other editing has been accomplished via Netscape editor and later Netscape Composer. More recent changes have been made with HTML-Kit.

The images were scanned from photocopies of the Courier from Microfilm. I used an HP scanner in a Willard Building computer lab. Many of the images were "cleaned up" using Adobe Photoshop 4.0. Conversions to to .gif format were also done with this program.

Originally, I posted this on GeoCities account that I had. Since late 1998, it has been at home on Yurasko.net. In 2001, I purchased vvcampaign.org to point to the site.

About the author

William F. Yurasko, at the time of this paper was a student in Ford Risley's COMM 401 Mass Media in History course. He is an alumnus of Pennsylvania State University, recieving a Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies from the College of Communications. He also recieved a minor in History from the College of Liberal Arts.

Following graduation, Mr. Yurasko began his career at Gannett Inc. Co. in Arlington, Va. Currently, he is a senior producer for the newspaper division's online department.

Mr. Yurasko currently resides in Arington, Va. His personal Web site is here.