The American Catholic Tribune was a newspaper for African Americans published in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1886 to 1894 and then in Detroit until 1897. Daniel Rudd was its editor.[1]
Rudd, who had been enslaved, established its predecessor, the Ohio State Tribune in Springfield, Ohio. He moved to Cincinnati and renamed it, a reorganization to make it national.[2] He also organized the Colored Catholic Congress which met in 1889 and continued until 1894.[2] The paper reached the 10,000 circulation mark before an economic downturn took its toll and it ceased operation in 1897.[2]
Rudd was from Bardstown, Kentucky. Historical markers commemorate his work and legacy in Bardstown, Kentucky and Springfield, Ohio.[2]
Rudd started a newspaper in Springfield, Ohio with James T. Whitson in 1885.[3] They relocated to Cincinnati in 1886. They received support from Archbishop William Henry Elder.[4]
- ^ Lackner, Joseph H. (2007). "The American Catholic Tribune: No Other like It". U.S. Catholic Historian. 25 (3): 1–24. doi:10.1353/cht.2007.0008. JSTOR 25156633. S2CID 162207777 – via JSTOR.
- ^ a b c d Garcia, Peter (February 19, 2021). "Daniel Rudd Establishes The American Catholic Tribune".
- ^ Lackner, Joseph H. (1995). "The American Catholic Tribune and The Puzzle of Its Finances". Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia. 106 (1/2): 25–38. ISSN 0002-7790.
- ^ "Life of Black journalist Daniel Rudd challenges church to racial equality". National Catholic Reporter.