The Emancipator is an online newspaper on topics of racial justice, co-founded by Ibram X. Kendi of Boston University and Bina Venkataraman of The Boston Globe.
| Founder(s) | Ibram X. Kendi and Bina Venkataraman |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Boston University and The Boston Globe |
| Editor-in-chief | Deborah D. Douglas and Amber Payne |
| Founded | April 2022 |
| Headquarters | Boston, MA |
| Website | theemancipator |
Development
editIbram X. Kendi of Boston University and Bina Venkataraman of The Boston Globe met during the 2020 American protests for racial justice and shared a mutual interest in Boston's 19th-century abolitionist newspapers. They discussed William Lloyd Garrison's The Liberator and what a contemporary iteration would be like, modeled on Garrison's urgency and anti-gradualist approach to abolition.[1]
In 2021, they began to assemble an online newspaper on the model of CBS's The 19th. They received a budget from their institutions and sought new individual and foundation donors. The name "The Liberator" had already been trademarked by a Christian nonprofit, so Kendi and Venkataraman chose "The Emancipator" based on another 19th-century abolitionist newspaper.[1]
The Emancipator was launched in April 2022, with journalists Deborah D. Douglas and Amber Payne as co-editors-in-chief.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ a b Smith, Ben (March 21, 2021). "He Redefined 'Racist.' Now He's Trying to Build a Newsroom". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
- ^ Alston, Paris; Siegel, Jeremy (April 29, 2022). "'An urgent moment': Why The Boston Globe and BU resurrected the abolitionist newspaper The Emancipator". Morning Edition. WGBH.
- ^ Payne, Amber; Douglas, Deborah D. (April 24, 2022). "Editors' Letter: The Return of The Emancipator". BostonGlobe.com.
Further reading
edit- Elkind, Elizabeth (March 18, 2021). "Why The Emancipator, a 19th-century antislavery newspaper, is getting a modern-day revival". CBS News. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
- Treisman, Rachel (March 16, 2021). "Venture Aims To 'Resurrect And Reimagine' Anti-Slavery Newspaper For The 21st Century". NPR.org. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
