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'{{short description|Nineteenth-century African American owned and operated newspaper}} {{for|other newspapers with the name|People's Advocate (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = The People's Advocate | logo = | image = [[File:The_People's_Advocate.png]] | type = Weekly newspaper | format = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]] | owners = [[Traverse Benjamin Pinn, Sr]]<br />[[John Wesley Cromwell]] | publisher = Traverse Benjamin Pinn | editor = John Wesley Cromwell | foundation = 1876 | language = English | ceased publication = 1891 | headquarters = Alexandria, Virginia and Washington DC | ISSN = | oclc = 10587978 }} '''''The People's Advocate''''' was the first [[African American]] owned and operated newspaper in the state of Virginia. ''The People's Advocate'' moved its operation to Washington DC in 1878 and was published until 1891.<ref>Unveiled Voices, Unvarnished Memories: The Cromwell Family in Slavery and Segregation, 1692–1972 (Cromwell, 2006)</ref><ref>''https://lccn.loc.gov/sn84025894</ref> ==History== ''The People's Advocate'' was a newspaper founded in the Spring of 1876 by [[Traverse B Pinn Sr]] (1840-1888) as its first publisher and business manager, and [[John Cromwell]] (1846–1927) who served as its editor. It was the first weekly newspaper created for and operated by African Americans in the state of Virginia. Its motto was ''"Principles, not men, but men as the representatives of principles."'' In addition to the standard day-to-day news stories, it also reported on education, water rights, zoning laws, public transportation, and voting rights for the underserved and underrepresented African American communities. It was considered as an alternative to the often-bias news coverage of the dominant white conservative papers of the region such as the [[Alexandria Gazette]].<ref>Cromwell, Adelaide M. Unveiled voices, unvarnished memories: The Cromwell family in slavery and segregation, 1692-1972. University of Missouri Press, 2007.</ref> In its early months of operating, it was endorsed by the Virginian Republican State Convention and widely distributed across the state. It was also funded and supported by the local Republican clubs in the city of Alexandria including the [[Radical Republicans]]<ref>https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/media_player... “Radical Meetings: Fourth Ward.” </ref> Across the state, it received high praise for its coverage of issues pertinent to Black Virginians and for its elevated discussions of those issues. John Cromwell moved operations to Washington DC in 1878 and continue to serve the African American communities of DC until at least 1891.<ref>https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Cromwell_John_Wesley... Woods, M. (2015, April 10). Harris, Alfred W. (1853–1920)</ref> Here is a still-relevant quote from an early publication of May 1876 issue of The People’s Advocate: ''"Now that the pistol and bowie knife have begun again their murderous work in Mississippi and Louisiana, we may expect again to see the independent press crammed with sensational and unreliable stories about the general uprising of the Negroes to exterminate the whites. These outrageous lies at the beginning of each election year are manufactured to conceal their murderous outrages.”''<ref>The Peoples Advocate May 1876</ref><ref>https://ancestorbios.wordpress.com/2019/10/18/example-post/</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:People's Advocate, The}} {{Virginia-newspaper-stub}} {{Uncategorized stub|date=May 2021}}'