Origins, 1884–1887 The New York Age newspaper was founded as the weekly
New York Globe (not to be confused with New York's Saturday family weekly,
The Globe, founded 1892 by James M. Place or the daily
The New York Globe founded in 1904), an
African-American newspaper that was published weekly from at least 1880 to November 8, 1884. It was co-founded by editor
Timothy Thomas Fortune, a former slave; his brother, Emanuel Fortune Jr.; and editor,
Jerome B. Peterson. The newspaper became the [New York]
Freeman, from November 22, 1884 to October 8, 1887, published six times weekly.
1887–1960 On October 15, 1887, the newspaper officially became the weekly
New York Age. Fred R. Moore bought the paper in 1907 from Fortune brothers and Peterson. Peterson continued to work at the paper after the sale, as an advisor; and was made the American
consul to
Puerto Cabello,
Venezuela, from 1904 to 1906. From 1953 to 1957, it was titled the
New York Age Defender.
Gertrude Bustill Mossell worked at the
New York Age from 1885 to 1889.
W. E. B. Du Bois also worked there.
The 1974 Reawakening of the African-American weekly In 1974, the
New York Age was revitalized by
Adam Clayton Powell III in an attempt to recapture the energy and influence the original
Age had. The new version of the paper initially published 100,000 copies.
The New York Times reported in 1974: “The paper has six, full‐time reporters and will have bureaus in the Bedford‐Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, in Harlem and in Newark.” == Personnel ==