The Baptist Vanguard
TypeBi-weekly newspaper
SchoolArkansas Baptist College
Founder(s)Elias Camp Morris
Editor-in-chiefElias Camp Morris (1882–1884),
Joseph Albert Booker (1887–1926)
Foundedc.1839 – c.1882
CityLittle Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
OCLC number28427823

The Baptist Vanguard is a Black Baptist newspaper published in Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.. It is formerly known as Arkansas Times,[1] and The Arkansas Baptist.[2] It is the longest running African American newspaper in the state of Arkansas; and was founded roughly between c.1839 – c.1882.[3][4]

The paper was founded as a bi-weekly publication by Elias Camp Morris; who later went on to co-found in 1884 the Arkansas Baptist College in Little Rock.[1] The newspaper is affiliated with the college. Joseph Albert Booker served as the managing editor from 1887 to 1926; as well as served as president of the college.[5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lewis, Todd E. (November 22, 2016). "Elias Camp Morris (1855–1922)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System.
  2. Penn, Irvine Garland (1891). "Rev. Joseph A. Booker, A. B., Editor Baptist Vanguard". The Afro-American Press and Its Editors. Willey & Company. pp. 258–262. ISBN 978-0-598-58268-3.
  3. Gordon, Fon Louise (2007-01-01). Caste and Class: The Black Experience in Arkansas, 1880-1920. University of Georgia Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-8203-3130-0.
  4. "The Baptist Vanguard (Little Rock, Ark.) 18??-18??". Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2023-11-27. Vol. 11, no. 38 (Sept. 29, 1893)
  5. Pegues, Albert Witherspoon (1892). "Rev. Joseph Albert Booker, AM". Our Baptist Ministers and Schools. Willey & Company. pp. 61–66.


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