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The Facts Newspaper (#72)

Headquartered in the Central District, The Facts newspaper was founded on September 7, 1961, by Fitzgerald Redd Beaver. His children, Marla and LaVonne Beaver, are the current publishers and editors, with his wife Mrs. Elizabeth Beaver as the current leader after Beaver’s death in 1992. The Facts is a member of the West Coast Black Publishers Association and bills itself as “the voice of the Northwest African American community.” It was the first African American oriented newspaper in Seattle and is now only one of three African American oriented newspapers in the area. Many Black journalists that got their start at The Facts later went on create other newspapers in and around the Northwest region, such as The Medium, The Skanner, and more.