16 березня. День чорної преси

Цей день відзначається в річницю заснування першої афроамериканської газети у США – Freedom's Journal, яка почала виходити 16 березня 1827 року. Видання відіграло важливу роль у боротьбі за права темношкірих американців, висвітлюючи їхні проблеми та досягнення. Сьогодні День чорної преси нагадує про значення незалежної журналістики та голос меншин у медіапросторі.

Слово дня: “ЖУРНАЛІСТ" -  професіональний літературний працівник газет, журналів, радіо та інших органів інформації і пропаганди.

Журналіст уважно записував слова спікера під час пресконференції.

The word of the day:  stand for something (phrasal verb)/stænd fɔ:/

Meaning: to support or represent a particular idea or set of ideas.

Example: This party stands for low taxes and individual freedom.

Your MINI-TASK is to watch a video about the history of black press and answer the questions.

Black Press Day

1. What was the primary motivation behind creating Freedoms Journal?

   A. To make money from publishing

   B. To tell their own stories and perspectives

   C. To compete with other newspapers

   D. To support the government's policies
   
   

2. How did the Black Press respond to racial challenges during the post-Civil War period?

   A. By avoiding controversial topics

   B. By supporting segregation laws

   C. By becoming a key outlet for resistance

   D. By closing down publications
   
   

3. What significant impact did Jet magazine have on civil rights?

   A. It published fashion articles

   B. It exposed Emmett Till's lynching photographs

   C. It only reported sports news

   D. It supported white supremacy
   
   

4. What does the speaker suggest about black journalists during this period?

   A. They were not interested in social change

   B. They were afraid to speak out

   C. They were courageous in challenging racism

   D. They worked only for white newspapers
   
   

5. What role did black publications play in representing African Americans?

   A. They made African Americans feel invisible

   B. They gave African Americans a voice and identity

   C. They supported segregation

   D. They were not widely distributed
   
   

6. Who was Frederick Douglass in relation to the black press?

   A. A newspaper owner who founded The North Star

   B. A politician who banned black publications

   C. A journalist who worked for Jet magazine

   D. A government official
   
   

7. What characterized the approach of early black newspapers?

   A. They reprinted white newspapers' stories

   B. They wanted others to speak for them

   C. They wanted to tell their own stories

   D. They focused only on entertainment news