| New York is known for many things, the Statue of | | | | was owned by Henry Villard), a man named Edwin |
| Liberty, New York fashion week and among other | | | | Godkin stepped up to manage the New York |
| things, HBO's Sex and the City. But before we forget, | | | | Post.Henry Villard's death back in the 1900s brought |
| oftentimes overshadowed by the immensely popular | | | | the New York Post to the hands of Villard's son, |
| the New York Times, there's another popular New | | | | Oswald Garrison Villard, who, like his father, also had |
| York daily newspaper that has actually been around | | | | radical views and opinions concerning politics, women's |
| as far back as in the 1800s. | | | | suffrage, reform in the trade union and (like his father) |
| The New York Evening Post or the New York Post, | | | | fighting for equal rights African Americans. |
| was actually founded by Alexander Hamilton, who | | | | A true advocate for human rights, Oswald Garrison |
| then chose William Coleman to be its first | | | | Villard was one of the founding members of the |
| editor-in-chief way back in the New York Post's | | | | National Association for the Advancement of Coloured |
| humble beginnings. After William Coleman's short reign | | | | People or NAACP as well as the American Civil |
| as the New York Post's editor-in-chief, he was then | | | | Liberties Union or ACTU. In spite of being headstrong |
| replaced by another William, a William Cullen Bryant, | | | | with his advocacies, Oswald Garrison Villard was also |
| way back in 1829. A fruitful 50 year reign as the New | | | | a popular pacifist, he highly opposed for the American's |
| York Post's editor-in chief, William Cullent Bryant was a | | | | participation in the first World War. But this proved to |
| staunch believer of defending the rights of those who | | | | backfire on him as his readers were strong supporters |
| are being enslaved, William Cullent Bryant also showed | | | | of patriotism so Oswald Garrison Villard, due to the |
| strong support for the emerging trade union back then. | | | | protests of his readers and the pulling out of his |
| He even went as far as defending the strike of the | | | | advertisers, was forced to sell the New York Post in |
| Society of Journeyman Tailors by trying to link their | | | | the year 1918.1939 saw the New York Post with |
| strike with slavery back in June 1836. | | | | Dorothy Schiff at its helm. Schiff then asked Ted |
| The year 1881 had the New York Post welcoming | | | | Thackrey as its new editor-in-chief, who actually |
| Henry Villard at its helm. Henry Villard was a German | | | | turned the daily into a streamlined tabloid. Still its politics |
| immigrant possessing strong political views, had a | | | | driven format was still being incorporated by the New |
| profound influence on the New York Post. He then | | | | York Post's new editor-in-chief, it highly supported |
| tapped Carl Schurz who was another German radical | | | | progressive politics and was actually the only |
| thinker to be the new managing editor of the New | | | | newspaper in New York City who openly supported |
| York Post. But Carl Schurz career with the New York | | | | the campaign of the democratic party's presidential |
| Post was short-lived, he was actually replaced by the | | | | bet, Adlai Stevenson. |
| former editor of the Nation (another publication that | | | | |