The California Eagle Platform

In 1930, the California Eagle published its editorial platform for the first time. The platform described the newspaper's mission to promote community unity and progress and economic achievement and equality.

"The hiring of Negroes as a matter of right, rather than as a concession, in those institutions where their patronage creates a demand for labor;

"The increased participation of Negroes in municipal, state, and national government; the abolition of enforced segregation and all other artificial barriers to the recognition of true merit;

"The patronizing of Negroes by Negroes as a matter of principle;

"More rapid development of those communities in which Negroes live, by cooperation between citizens and those who have business investments in such communities;

"An enthusiastic support for a greater degree of service at the hands of all social, civic, charitable, and religious institutions."