The Roanoke Tribune (online)

   Since its inception, the Roanoke Tribune has sought to keep primarily its Black community informed, entertained, and cognizant of the world that surrounds it...as its masthead reads "MAKING AND RECORDING BLACK HISTORY SINCE 1939." The community newspaper has been the spokesperson, if you will, when the community was voiceless, a seer when the facts were misrepresented, and a researcher when those facts were either hidden, tainted, prejudiced, or in some cases out right destroyed.  It goes without saying, that true freedom cannot be achieved without the truth and all of its facts.  The reason for history, of course, is to plot a future course that will avoid mistakes of the past, build on present circumstances, and become more enlightened in seeking moral, civil, and human progress.  Despite the accomplishments of the past generations, there are still mountains to scale, seas to be searched, and space to be explored.  Mankind has been given that authority to pursue these challenges in the image for which he exists, and must at all costs prevent regression by deviant acts of war, terrorism, fanaticism, imperialism, or other ideological "isms".  The Roanoke Tribune has served as a small but very significant portion of this team for a healthier, safer, and more knowleageable community in the Roanoke Valley.