Topeka Plaindealer

Joseph Blackburn Bass

The Topeka Plaindealer was a newspaper in Topeka, Kansas serving its African American community.^[1] It was founded as the Topeka Call by Will Pope. Joseph Blackburn Bass worked at it.^[2] It was purchased in 1899 by Nick Chiles who continued as its editor and publisher during his lifetime. He died in 1929, and the paper continued until 1958.^[3] According to a historian reporting in the Topeka Capital-Journal it became the bestselling African American newspaper west of the Mississippi River.^[4]

See also

• List of African-American newspapers and media outlets
• African American newspapers

References

1. "The Topeka plaindealer. [volume]". National Endowment for the Humanities – via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
2. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/bass-joseph-blackburn-1863-1934/
3. "Nick Chiles - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society". www.kshs.org.
4. Hrenchir, Tim. "Topeka History Guy remembers Nick Chiles, editor and founder of the Topeka Plaindealer". The Topeka Capital-Journal.