Early Black Media, 1918–1924

Jane L. Chapman is Professor of Communications at Lincoln University, UK, and Research Associate at Wolfson College, Cambridge. She has authored thirteen books, and more than 30 articles and book chapters, as well as regularly managing and peer reviewing many UK Research Council funded grants since 2007. She is an editorial board member for several international journals, and shared the 2017 Colby Prize for Victorian Literature.

“One of the central contributions of Early Black Media is its specificity. Chapman offers … insight into both the racialized perspective of mainstream publications and the developing race consciousness evident in African and Afro-Caribbean periodicals. Chapman’s focus on the period from 1919 to 1924 allows her to trace the relationship between the British press and the media that emerged simultaneously in other national contexts, supporting her claim that Black consciousness developed as a transnational phenomenon.” (Caryn Murphy,Journal of British Studies, Vol. 60 (3), July, 2021)

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Organisational Outlooks and Barriers to Publishing.- 3. Individual Voices: journalistic records.-  4. Conclusions and Postscript: legacy and memory.