Indianapolis World
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The Indianapolis World, originally the Indianapolis Colored World, was a newspaper in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Library of Congress has an edition of the paper.{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn82016212/|title=The Indianapolis World (Indianapolis, Ind.;indianapolis, Indiana) 188?-19??|website=Library of Congress}} Several universities also have issues of it in their archives.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9202154|title=The Indianapolis world.|date=February 16, 2021|oclc=9202154 |via=Open WorldCat}}
History
It debuted as the Indianapolis Colored World in 1884, during the era when the Indianapolis Leader (established in 1879) and Indianapolis Freeman, (established in 1884) were also being published for the African American community.{{Cite web|url=https://blog.newspapers.library.in.gov/tag/indianapolis-colored-world/|title=Indianapolis Colored World|website=Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Newspaper Program|date=6 September 2013 }} Edward C. Cooper published the illustrated editions of the Freeman beginning in 1888.{{Cite web|url=https://www.readex.com/blog/first-illustrated-african-american-newspaper-indianapolis-freeman|title=The first illustrated African American newspaper: The Indianapolis Freeman | Readex|website=www.readex.com}}
Gertrude Bustill Mossell worked at the paper in 1891 and 1892.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} John C. Baskett edited the paper.