Name one of the five black newspapers listed.

• A. The Wall Street Journal
• B. The Chicago Sun-Times
• C. The New York Times
• D. Freedoms Journal

Answer: (D)

Understanding Black press history helps you see how early Black voices shaped news and advocacy. Freedoms Journal is recognized as the first Black-owned and operated newspaper in the United States, launched in New York in 1827. Its purpose was to present news from a Black perspective, support abolition, and counter negative stereotypes about Black people. That foundational role makes it the best pick among the options, since the other titles—The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Chicago Sun-Times—are major mainstream papers, not Black-focused newspapers from that early Black press tradition.