| "The Afro-American Journal of News and Opinion" | |
 Cover of The New York Age on November 9, 1918 | |
| Type | weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | African-American newspaper |
| Owner(s) | Timothy T. Fortune (1887–1907), Emanuel Fortune Jr. (1887–1907), Jerome B. Peterson (1887–1907), Fred R. Moore (1907–1943) |
| Editor | Timothy T. Fortune (1887–1907), Jerome B. Peterson (1887–1907) |
| Founded | October 15, 1887 |
| City | New York City, New York, United States |
The New York Age was an American weekly newspaper established in 1887 in New York City. It was widely considered one of the most prominent African-American newspapers of its time.[1] It also went by the names the New York Globe, the New York Freeman, and the New York Age Defender.
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