The Progressive Era
The Progressive Era was an African American newspaper published in Athens, Georgia. It was established in 1899. The Library of Congress has a collection of the paper on microfilm.  It was purchased by Monroe Morton in 1914 from W. D. Johnson, A. M. E. Bishop, and W. H. Harris, a dentist whose office was in the Morton Building. Morton served as editor and publisher. No known editions from his tenure have survived.

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Defunct newspapers published in Georgia (U.S. state)
Defunct African-American newspapers
1899 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
Companies based in Athens, Georgia