The Jacksonville Advocate
The Jacksonville Advocate was a weekly newspaper for African Americans in Jacksonville, Florida established in 1891. It was succeeded by The Jacksonville Advocate-Free Press from 1987 to 1990 and the Jacksonville Free Press. The University of Florida has a May 30, 1896 edition in its collection posted online. Ike Williams III served as an editor of the paper. A Ku Klux Klan member invoked the 5th Amendment but evidence showed he was involved in the bombing of Donal Godfrey's home, a child who had enrolled in the previously all-white Lackawanna Elementary School, and worked to defeat congressman Charles E. Bennett who he sought to replace with a "real white man". Bennett wrote a column that ran in the Advocate. See also
List of African-American newspapers in Florida

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Mass media in Jacksonville, Florida
African-American history in Jacksonville, Florida
Defunct newspapers published in Florida
Defunct African-American newspapers
Newspapers established in 1891
1891 establishments in Florida
1987 disestablishments in Florida
Publications disestablished in 1987