Wade, 37, was killed by a police car in March in Jackson, Mississippi. His mother didn’t find out what had transpired for months.

The body count in Gaza continues to rise.  Children and now being cared for on hospital floors

The United States Army overturns the convictions of 110 black soldiers detained in 1917. Riots in Houston

The first Black representative from Rhode Island in Congress, is sworn into office

More Americans are withdrawing funds from their 401(k) accounts to pay debts.

Another police officer acquitted in Elijah McClain case

Video shows North Carolina woman beaten on the ground by police

Although Black and Hispanic Americans have accumulated more wealth in recent years, their median net worth still lags far behind that of White Americans.

Black voters want more Biden – and Harris.

Sufficiently important news would be repeated quickly and often, and could spread by word of mouth over a large geographic area.

Even as printing presses came into use in Europe, news for the general public often travelled orally via monks, travelers, town criers, etc.

Visible chains of long distance signaling, known as optical telegraphy, have also been used throughout history to convey limited types of information.

Thus, political, religious, and commercial interests have historically controlled, expanded, and monitored communications channels.

The spread of paper and the printing press from China to Europe preceded a major advance in the transmission of news and new channels.