Draft:New York Independent News

New York Independent News was a newspaper in New York City established by Fritz Pollard that ran from 1935-1942 when the war and a rivalry forced it to close. Established in 1935, it was the city's first Black tabloid and Black-owned newspaper.

The paper's offices were on 125th Street and at its peak, the paper had a weekly circulation of approximately thirty-five thousand, ranking it among the top most read Black newspapers in the country.