Southwestern Christian Advocate

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (1877–1929)[1] was an American newspaper published by the Methodist Episcopal Church in New Orleans, Louisiana and distributed in the Southern United States.

[2] The Advocate was an official publication of the Methodist Episcopal Church,[3] and was printed in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The publication targeted a Methodist, and served both an African-American and White audience.

[4] The newspaper was instrumental in organizing Booker T. Washington's tour of Louisiana in 1915.

[8] Digitized volumes of the paper are accessible online in the Internet Archive.

Dr. I. B. Scott, Editor of the Southwestern Christian Advocate, 1900
Dr. I. B. Scott, Editor of the Southwestern Christian Advocate , 1900
Rev. A. E. P. Albert, D. D., Editor of Southwestern Christian Advocate, 1891.
Rev. A. E. P. Albert, D. D., Editor of the Southwestern Christian Advocate , 1891.