Dallas Express

The Express publicized lynchings and incidents of violence against blacks that were not always reported in other newspapers, attacked racial segregation and voting restrictions, and in the 1930s urged establishment of "Negro day" and construction of the Hall of Negro Life at the State Fair of Texas, held in Dallas.

It published photographs of black slum conditions with its campaign promoting public housing, a somewhat shocking use of graphics for the times.

[3][4] W. E. King founded the Express and operated it until his murder by Hattie C. Burleson in late August 1919.

[5] In 1930, experiencing financial difficulties, it was acquired by Southwestern Negro Press, which was controlled by Travis Campbell, a white man who had been the printer for the Express and who purchased the paper to keep it in business.

In February 1938 it was acquired by A. Maceo Smith, an insurance executive and secretary of the Negro Chamber of Commerce; Rev.