Louisville Leader

The Louisville Leader
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner I. Willis Cole, Rosa Cole
Publisher I. Willis Cole, Rosa Cole
Founded November, 1917[1][2]
Language English
Ceased publication September, 1950[2]
Headquarters 930 West Walnut Street (now West Muhammad Ali Boulevard) Louisville, Kentucky

The Louisville Leader was a weekly newspaper published in Louisville, Kentucky.

History

The Louisville Leader was a weekly African American newspaper founded by I. Willis Cole in November 1917.[2] By the 1930s, Cole employed twenty people and had a circulation reaching 20,000.[2]

Cole died in February 1950 and his wife tried to continue to publish the newspaper until it eventually stopped that September.[2]

In 1954, the Louisville Defender had called the Leader "one of the largest Negro newspaper organizations" in Louisville.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ I. Willis Cole. Louisville, KY: The Courier-Journal and Louisville Times Co.. February 17, 2009. p. B3.. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courier_journal/item.html?pp_date=20090217&author=&doc_title=BLACK+HISTORY+MONTH&edition=&pub_page=B.3&pptl=results. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f Kleber, John E.; Harrison, Lowell H.; Clark, Thomas Dionysius (1992). The Kentucky Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. p. 583. ISBN 0813117720. http://books.google.com/?id=8eFSK4o--M0C&pg=PA583. Retrieved 2009-03-16.