'What is Africa to us'? The Baltimore 'Afro American's' coverage of the African diaspora, 1915--1941

The Baltimore Afro American newspaper, founded in 1892 advocated an African identity and forged a connection to Africa and other parts of the Diaspora for the local and national Black community. This dissertation uses a Pan-African paradigm to examine the Afro American's coverage of and support for three major Diaspora areas which include, Haiti, Liberia, and Ethiopia between 1915 and 1941.;The Afro American's news coverage primarily focused on political, social, and economic happenings that directly affected the global Black community. The Afro American's endeavor to encourage solidarity and connect these Diaspora communities was carried out with the hope that African Americans would begin to identify the similarities of their experience in the United States with the shared experience of Africans in other parts of the world. The primary objective of this dissertation is first to examine the relationship between the Afro American and each of the three Diaspora communities. Second, it provides an analysis of the Afro American's contribution to Diaspora news coverage between 1915 and 1941.