The Baptist Vanguard

The Baptist Vanguard
Type	Bi-weekly newspaper
School	Arkansas Baptist College
Founder(s)	Elias Camp Morris
Editor-in-chief	Elias Camp Morris (1882?1884), ; Joseph Albert Booker (1887?1926)
Founded	c. 1882
City	Little Rock , Arkansas, U.S.
OCLC number	28427823

The Baptist Vanguard is a Black Baptist newspaper published in Little Rock , Arkansas, U.S.. It is formerly known as Arkansas Times , ^[1] and The Arkansas Baptist . ^[2] It is the longest running African American newspaper in the state of Arkansas; and was founded roughly c. 1882 . ^[3]^[4]

The paper was founded as a bi-weekly publication by Elias Camp Morris ; who later went on to co-found in 1884 the Arkansas Baptist College in Little Rock. ^[1] The newspaper is affiliated with the college. Joseph Albert Booker served as the managing editor from 1887 to 1926; as well as served as president of the college. ^[5]

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^ ^a ^b Lewis, Todd E. (November 22, 2016). "Elias Camp Morris (1855?1922)" . Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System .
^ Penn, Irvine Garland (1891). "Rev. Joseph A. Booker, A. B., Editor Baptist Vanguard" . The Afro-American Press and Its Editors . Willey & Company. pp. 258?262. ISBN 978-0-598-58268-3 .
^ Gordon, Fon Louise (2007-01-01). Caste and Class: The Black Experience in Arkansas, 1880-1920 . University of Georgia Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-8203-3130-0 .
^ "The Baptist Vanguard (Little Rock, Ark.) 18??-18??" . Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries . Library of Congress . Retrieved 2023-11-27 . Vol. 11, no. 38 (Sept. 29, 1893)
^ Pegues, Albert Witherspoon (1892). "Rev. Joseph Albert Booker, AM" . Our Baptist Ministers and Schools . Willey & Company. pp. 61?66.

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[EofA-1] Lewis, Todd E. (November 22, 2016). "Elias Camp Morris (1855?1922)" . Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System .

[Penn-2] Penn, Irvine Garland (1891). "Rev. Joseph A. Booker, A. B., Editor Baptist Vanguard" . The Afro-American Press and Its Editors . Willey & Company. pp. 258?262. ISBN 978-0-598-58268-3 .

[Gordon-3] Gordon, Fon Louise (2007-01-01). Caste and Class: The Black Experience in Arkansas, 1880-1920 . University of Georgia Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-8203-3130-0 .

[4] "The Baptist Vanguard (Little Rock, Ark.) 18??-18??" . Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries . Library of Congress . Retrieved 2023-11-27 . Vol. 11, no. 38 (Sept. 29, 1893)

[Pegues-5] Pegues, Albert Witherspoon (1892). "Rev. Joseph Albert Booker, AM" . Our Baptist Ministers and Schools . Willey & Company. pp. 61?66.

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