[1] It was primarily concerned with Nebraska's black community, and published their social and personal events, as well as church news.
[3] Although he was reported at the time was the only person of color to publish a newspaper in the state,[4] he was competing with The Progress owned by Ferdinand L. Barnett of Omaha.
Bell used his paper to push an interstate congress and league on racial relations in 1898, where participants were to share their experiences and foster wealth.
They published the article "A Black Napoleon" that year, describing Dinuzulu, the king of the Zulu nation, as intelligent and leading a "great and war-like line"; this was despite the paper rarely making any comment about African affairs.
[8] They also believed that the only way to stop lynching was to threaten would-be lynchers with violence: "to assure them that they will run a great risk of being compelled to bite the dust on every occasion of their entering upon such a devilish pastime".