Campaign Movements
After the newspaper’s success in Kansas, they began to widen their activities for the Campaign. They included more than one article per week, editorials, and photographs. Eventually, they garnered the support of famous civil rights activists such as Marcus Garvey, W.E.B DuBois and James Weldon Johnson. Some famous black actors and musicians were also widely involved in the movement.
Not once did the paper specifically call for protest through marches, however, a large population of African Americans who read the paper were inspired to protest publicly in front of a white population. In August 1952, the campaign had spread across the nation and was currently being read by Philadelphians. As white groups formed to strike against black train operators being given jobs . Another similar march occurred in Harlem, purely for the support of the movement.
In the 1930's, a popular radio show, and later television show sparked anger in thousands of blacks. The show, titled "Amos 'n' Andy" featured two white males who portrayed African Americans as slow-witted. Later, they would wear black-face (used in black minstrels for entertainment) on their television series. Enthusiastic to denounce the radio show, they published numerous editorials to bring the show off air. While they were not completely successful, many sympathetic viewers stopped watching.