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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Houston_Forward_Times > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Houston_Forward_Times.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Forward_Times > Source revision: 1341839848 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Newspaper in Houston, Texas, US}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Houston Forward Times | image = Forward Times Headquarters.jpg | caption = Headquarters | type = [Weekly newspaper](/source/Weekly_newspaper) | format = [Broadsheet](/source/Broadsheet) | founded = {{Start date and age|1960}} | ceased_publication = | owners = Forward Times Publishing Company | publisher = Julius Carter ; Lenora Carter ; Karen Carter Richards | editor = | language = | political_position = | circulation = 17,970 in the 1990s | headquarters = [Houston](/source/Houston), [Texas](/source/Texas), United States | oclc = | ISSN = | website = {{URL|https://forwardtimes.com }} }} The '''''Houston Forward Times''''' ('''FT''') is a weekly newspaper headquartered in [Houston](/source/Houston), [Texas](/source/Texas). It is one of the largest [black-owned newspapers](/source/African-American_newspapers) in the city.Allen, Carol M. "What Came Before" (Chapter 1). In: Allen, Carol M. (editor). ''Ending Racial Preferences: The Michigan Story'' (Lexington Studies in Political Communication). [Lexington Books](/source/Lexington_Books), February 5, 2009. {{ISBN|0739138294}}, 9780739138298, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=5ZXAcMIPs70C&pg=PA23 23]. It is published by the '''Forward Times Publishing Company''', which also publishes other publications such as the ''[Daily Cougar](/source/Daily_Cougar)''. As of 2014, the ''FT'' is one of the few remaining self-printing black newspapers."[https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eehxe Houston Forward Times]." [Handbook of Texas](/source/Handbook_of_Texas). Retrieved March 17, 2014. Julius Carter started the newspaper, which opened in 1960: {{blockquote|Julius wanted the Forward Times to be a cutting-edge paper, providing the Black community with news that was relevant to them, as opposed to simply sharing generic national stories or promoting social and church events. Most of the issues and stories that were important to the Black community were either ignored or not picked up by the mainstream White press. This made the Forward Times even more relevant, because it became a primary source of getting information out to the Black community about stories and issues affecting them.{{Cite web|title = Celebrating 55 Years of Reporting Truth and Giving Back to the Community|url = http://forwardtimesonline.com/2013/index.php/state-local/item/3177-celebrating-55-years-of-reporting-truth-and-giving-back-to-the-community|website = forwardtimesonline.com|access-date = January 18, 2016}}}} Carter died in 1971 and his wife, Lenora Carter, took over the operations of the newspaper.{{cite book|author=Amy Helene Forss|title=Black Print with a White Carnation: Mildred Brown and the Omaha Star Newspaper, 1938-1989|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZC8XAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA98|date=1 January 2014|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=978-0-8032-4954-7|page=98}} The Forward Times Publishing Company began publishing it in 1977. She continued to publish and edit the newspaper, and was continuing to do so in the 1990s. The circulation was 17,970 in the 1990s. Lenora Carter died on April 10, 2010. Karen Carter Richards, daughter of Julius and Lenora Carter, continues as the CEO and Publisher of the ''Forward Times''. In September 2010 the Julius and Lenora Carter Scholarship and Youth Foundation was established, which publicly benefits low- and/or medium-income graduating seniors and college students of private and public schools within the Greater Houston [Metropolitan area](/source/Metropolitan_area), and also interns students through the Forward Times Publishing Company."[http://forwardtimesonline.com/images/stories/stories2012/Forward Times Media Kit 2013.pdf Media Kit]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160819035929/http://forwardtimesonline.com/images/stories/stories2012/Forward%20Times%20Media%20Kit%202013.pdf Archive]). ''Houston Forward Times'', p. 2/11. Retrieved January 18, 2016. On October 2, 2015, the ''Forward Times'' celebrated 55 years of being in print, "reporting the truth, and giving back to the community" with a cover feature and a benefit concert, with the proceeds going to the Julius and Lenora Carter Scholarship and Youth Foundation.{{Cite web|title = The Houston Forward Times Celebrates 55 Years|url = http://www.adweek.com/fishbowlny/houston-forward-times-lenora-julius-carter/355337|website = www.adweek.com| date=30 September 2015 |access-date = January 18, 2016}} ==See also== * ''[African-American News and Issues](/source/African-American_News_and_Issues)'' * ''[Houston Defender](/source/Houston_Defender)'' * [History of African Americans in Houston](/source/History_of_African_Americans_in_Houston) ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Houston Forward Times building}} * ''[http://forwardtimesonline.com Houston Forward Times]'' {{Houston newspapers}} {{African American press}} Category:African-American history in Houston Category:African-American newspapers Category:Newspapers published in Houston Category:1960 establishments in Texas Category:Newspapers established in 1960 Category:Weekly newspapers published in Texas {{Texas-newspaper-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Houston Forward Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Forward_Times) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Forward_Times?action=history)). 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