Cleveland Gazette January 10, 1920

African American newspapers marked the end of years not merely by celebrating the highlights of politics and sports but also by telling their readers and the country about the horrors that black men, women, and children endured.  Records compiled by the NAACP and the Chicago Defender–among other interracial and racial organizations–revealed the illogic, oppressions, and daily fears faced by millions of Americans, particularly in the former Confederate states.

Header cartoon was published in the Atlanta Independent on July 31, 1920.