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=Formation and Origins=

The Los Angeles Herald-Dispatch was created on August 21, 1952.

=Format and Style=

The Herald-Dispatch was a weekly publication with the targeted audience of African Americans in Southern California, specifically in the Los Angeles region. The Herald-Dispatch mimicked the style used by other Black publications across the country in that it sought to define itself and its community in the early 20th century and analyzed the impact of local and national events to the Black community.



=Editors and Staff=

Edward Porter Alexander

Robert S. Allison -1977

C.O. Young - 1981

=God's Angry Men=

In his autobiography, Malcolm X shared that prior to 1957, the Nation of Islam “made our own very limited efforts to employ the power of print.” He originally began to write a column for the Amsterdam News based out of Harlem, later transferring his column to the Herald-Dispatch. Malcolm X wrote a series of weekly columns under the title of “God’s Angry Men” from mid-1957 to early-1958.

Malcolm X visited the Herald-Dispatch while organizing a Temple in Los Angeles. “I went visiting and I worked in their office; they let me observe how a newspaper was put together. I’ve always been blessed in that if I can once watch something being done, generally I can catch onto how to do it myself.” Malcolm X went on to leverage this experience to create the monthly newspaper Muhammad Speaks.

=Closure in 1977=

=Reopening in 1981=