A Rochester newspaper that highlighted issues and accomplishments in the Black community during some of the city’s most turbulent times is now available online. The Frederick Douglass Voice was published from the 1930s to the 1990s. The long-running process to digitize the historic papers is now finished.
Elizabeth Alecki has her hands on some important history. Newspapers that help tell the stories of Rochester’s African American community.
“The collection we have is quite large,” said Alecki, RMSC director of collections. “These newspapers are a very vital resource.”
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