Oakland Sunshine
 Oakland Sunshine, July 1915 | |
| Founder(s) | John A. Wilds |
|---|---|
| Publisher | J.M. Bridges |
| Editor | John A. Wilds |
| Founded | 1897 |
| Ceased publication | 1922 |
| Headquarters | 855 Broadway, Oakland, California, U.S. |
| ISSN | 2995-6498 |
| OCLC number | 10384635 |
Oakland Sunshine (1897–1922) was an early African-American newspaper in Oakland, California, U.S.[1][2]
The Oakland Sunshine newspaper was founded and edited by John A. Wilds (1845–1921).[2] It was located at 855 Broadway in Downtown Oakland;[3][4] and published weekly by J.M. Bridges,[1][5] and sometimes the Tilghman Press.[6] Delilah Beasley wrote a column for the newspaper in 1915.[7]
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References
- ^ a b "Oakland Sunshine (Oakland, Calif.) 189?-19??". Library of Congress. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
- ^ a b "The Oakland Sunshine News is Published". African American Registry (AAREG). Retrieved July 9, 2025.
- ^ San Francisco-Oakland Directory. 1907. p. 366.
- ^ Junne, George H. (May 30, 2000). Blacks in the American West and Beyond--America, Canada, and Mexico: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 301. ISBN 978-0-313-06505-7.
- ^ Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E.; Graham, Mark (1998). African-American Newspapers and Periodicals: a National Bibliography. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. p. 436. ISBN 978-0-674-00788-8 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Dahl, Bill (November 1, 2016). The Art of the Blues: A Visual Treasury of Black Music's Golden Age. University of Chicago Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-226-39669-9.
- ^ Beasley, Deliah, Colored Race at the Exposition, Oakland Sunshine, June 26, 1915, p. 2