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214:, where he used his Republican political influence to discuss the issues facing African-American livelihood, including race relations and politics. From 1892 to 1895, he published the "Southern California Guide." Soon after, he established "The Eagle." The California Publishing Bureau and Investment Company published "The Eagle" with Neimore as the president and John Wesley Coleman the acting secretary. In 1912, the newspaper would be renamed again to "California Eagle." 270:, to help newly arrived African-Americans adapt to life in Los Angeles. The newspaper contained information about housing, jobs and news items relevant to the African-American community. Charlotta Bass took a job selling subscriptions to the newspaper in 1910 and Neimore became her mentor. In 1912, Neimore was in very poor health. When he died, Bass took control of the newspaper and ran the 42: 265:
Neimore founded one of the first African-American newspapers in California as a teenager, running the paper for more than three decades, then appointing Charlotta Bass as his successor upon his death, making her the first African-American woman to own a newspaper. Neimore established the original
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John James Neimore was born in Washington County, Texas circa 1862 to a farmer Daniel Neimore and his wife Susan Neimore. He was one of three children including sisters Henrietta Neimore Nunn and Mahilda Neimore Butler. In his late teens, he travelled west to Los Angeles, California and founded
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in 1879. The weekly newspaper was short-lived, but Neimore joined forces with newspapermen Thomas Pearson and William Sampson to work on
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Lewis) in Los Angeles, California. Later that year on November 10, they had a daughter, Bessie Luretta Neimore. His 3rd great niece is
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as his successor upon his death, making her one of the first African-American women to operate a newspaper.
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Founding one of the first and oldest long-running African-American newspapers in California
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Shortly after arriving in California from Texas, Neimore founded an
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Making Black Los Angeles: Class, Gender, and Community, 1850–1917
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Bound for Freedom: Black Los Angeles in Jim Crow America
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On February 19, 1890, Neimore married Ida Neimore (
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John Neimore

Washington County, Texas
Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery
California Eagle
Charlotta Bass
African American newspaper
Second Baptist Church
née
Mignon Gould
Chic Spy Day
"Only the walls will change"
ISSN
0458-3035
"The California Eagle"
"Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Photograph Collection, 1870–1960"
Bound for Freedom: Black Los Angeles in Jim Crow America
ISBN
9780520239197
"YabYum Seven: Mignon Gould | YabYum Music & Arts"
"The Founder Questionnaire: 'Nurturing The Niche' With The Chic Spy's Mignon Gould"
"The Chic Spy's Mignon Gould on 5 Things Every Woman Should Have in Her Closet"
"The California Eagle: A Newspaper for a Black Readership That Was Ahead of Its Time"
"John J. Neimore, founder and editor of the California Eagle, circa 1901/1910, Los Angeles :: Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Photograph Collection, 1870–1960"
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYD3-8G8
Categories
American civil rights activists
Activists from California
1862 births
1912 deaths

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