Draft:The News Leader (Baton Rouge)

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The News Leader, also known by carious iterations of its name including Community Leader, was a newspaper for African Americans in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was established as the Leader in 1952.

https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84024003 The East Baton Rouge Parish Library has issues in its collection.

Doris Gale had a column in the paper and served as its editor. The paper covered local sports teams including Southern University, the McKinley High School Panthers, Scotlandville Hornets, and Capitol High School Lions.