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Шаблон:Italic title Buffalo Criterion is a historic African-American newspaper published in Buffalo, New York from 1925 until 1973 and from 1978 until the present.[1] Frank E. Merriweather and his wife Camilla Merriweather were its founders and he was its publisher. [2] It is still published by the Merriweather family and is the oldest African-American newspaper in Western New York.

The Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Branch of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library is named after one of the Merriweathers.[2] The paper's offices are located at 623 William Street in Buffalo. Frank Gist is a columnist and hosts a radio program.

The Buffalo Urban League was founded the same year as the paper. It is a weekly newspaper. It is one of several African American newspapers that has served Buffalo.[3]

History

The paper was based out of the Savoy Theater on William Street designed by Henry Spann.[4]

References

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Шаблон:African American press