Founded in the mid-1960s, The Washington Sun was purchased by Joseph C. Cooke in 1968.
Cooke became both editor and publisher.
Under his editorship, the paper sought to put a positive light on local and national developments affecting the African-American community while declining to run cigarette and alcohol advertising.
Following his death in 2008, ownership of the paper passed to his family.
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