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href="/wiki/Weekly_newspaper" title="Weekly newspaper">Weekly newspaper</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Format</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Broadsheet" title="Broadsheet">Broadsheet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data">Bagby & Co.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">August 30, 1879<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1879-08-30</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Ceased publication</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1891<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1891</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis,_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Indianapolis, Indiana">Indianapolis, Indiana</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Newspaper_circulation" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspaper circulation">Circulation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3,000<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-top:0.4em; border-top: 1px solid #aaa"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Media_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Media of the United States">Media of the United States</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_United_States" title="List of newspapers in the United States">List of newspapers</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <i><b>Indianapolis Leader</b></i> began in August 1879 as Indianapolis' first black newspaper.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">the Civil War</a>, no <a href="/wiki/African_American_newspaper" class="mw-redirect" title="African American newspaper">African American newspaper</a> existed in Indiana. In 1870, during <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_Era" class="mw-redirect" title="Reconstruction Era">Reconstruction</a>, there were only ten such newspapers nationwide.<sup id="cite_ref-Before1900_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Before1900-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, by 1880 there were thirty.<sup id="cite_ref-Before1900_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Before1900-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Leader,</i> along with the <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Freeman" title="Indianapolis Freeman">Indianapolis Freeman</a>, was one of those. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indianapolis_Leader&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in 1847, Robert Bagby was the son of former <a href="/wiki/Slave" class="mw-redirect" title="Slave">slaves</a>. His father purchased his freedom and his former master, a tanner, taught him his trade and later partnered with him in his business.<sup id="cite_ref-Before1900_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Before1900-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1857, Bagby's father took his wife, and six sons, and relocated to the ex-slave community of <a href="/wiki/Oxford,_Ohio" title="Oxford, Ohio">Oxford, Ohio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Before1900_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Before1900-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After graduating from <a href="/wiki/Oberlin_College" title="Oberlin College">Oberlin College</a>, Robert relocated to Indianapolis, in the early 1870s, where he began principal of the <a href="/wiki/Racial_segregation" title="Racial segregation">all-black school</a>, Public School 17.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly after he arrived, his brothers, Benjamin D. Bagby and James D. Bagby, followed his lead. They, too, moved to Indianapolis and became principals of all-black schools.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Before1900_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Before1900-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although they were primarily educators, The Bagby Brothers decided to start a four-page <a href="/wiki/Weekly_newspaper" title="Weekly newspaper">weekly newspaper</a> in 1879 – the <i>Indianapolis Leader</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It became the first <a href="/wiki/African-American_newspapers" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American newspapers">black newspaper</a> in Indianapolis. </p><p>James, the youngest Bagby Brother, served as business manager, while Benjamin and Robert contributed articles and <a href="/wiki/Editorial" title="Editorial">editorials</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Before1900_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Before1900-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The brothers had established a devout connection with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_elections,_1860" class="mw-redirect" title="United States elections, 1860">Republican Party</a> and, due to these connections, the newspaper thrived and the "Bagby" named became synonymous with "success."<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Content">Content</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indianapolis_Leader&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Content"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Leader</i> carried society news for Indianapolis’s African-American community and was vocal in encouraging blacks to <a href="/wiki/Great_Migration_(African_American)" title="Great Migration (African American)">migrate north</a> from the south.<sup id="cite_ref-HossierState_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HossierState-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Bagby Brothers positioned the newspaper as such: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><i>"Let every colored man who favors the elevation of his race subscribe for the Leader; and let every white man who believes that slavery was a <a href="/wiki/Crimes_against_humanity" title="Crimes against humanity">crime against humanity</a> and that it is the duty of the ruling race to aid the Negro in his struggle for moral, social and intellectual elevation do likewise."</i><sup id="cite_ref-HossierState_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HossierState-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selling_of_Newspaper">Selling of Newspaper</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indianapolis_Leader&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Selling of Newspaper"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bagbys’ sold <i>The Leader</i> in 1885, with Robert Bagby opting to use his goodwill to go into politics and law.<sup id="cite_ref-HossierState_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HossierState-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became the first African American to serve on City Council, who went on to run a successful law practice.<sup id="cite_ref-Before1900_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Before1900-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>The Leader</i> re-emerged in 1886, with editor, Edward Hutchins, rebranding it as a white, four-page weekly, affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Greenback_Party" title="Greenback Party">Greenback Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HossierState_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HossierState-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two farmers, Andrew J. Johnson and Lewis H. Johnson, acquired <i>The Leader</i> the following year, and Thomas J. Sharp took over as editor and publisher in 1888.<sup id="cite_ref-HossierState_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HossierState-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sharp rebranded <i>The Leader</i> as “The great <a href="/wiki/Labor_Party_(United_States,_19th_century)" title="Labor Party (United States, 19th century)">Union Labor</a> paper of Indiana...chiefly among farmers and the laboring people.”<sup id="cite_ref-HossierState_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HossierState-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sharp reported a circulation of 3,200 in 1888, but two years later the figure fell by over 25 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-HossierState_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HossierState-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sharp sold <i>The Leader</i> to John Medert in 1890. 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title="Athens Blade">Athens Blade</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Athens_Republique" title="Athens Republique">Athens Republique</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Athens_Voice_(newspaper)" title="Athens Voice (newspaper)">Athens Voice</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Independent" title="Atlanta Independent">Atlanta Independent</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Black_Dispatch" title="The Black Dispatch">The Black Dispatch</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Black_Panther_(newspaper)" title="The Black Panther (newspaper)">The Black Panther</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Times:_Voices_of_the_National_Community" title="Black Times: Voices of the National Community"><i>Black Times</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boston_Guardian" title="Boston Guardian">Boston Guardian</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Broad_Ax" title="The Broad Ax">The Broad Ax</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/California_Eagle" title="California Eagle">California Eagle</a></i></li> 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