doi:10.7916/d8-42ah-1492Oral history interview with Nannie Mitchell Turner, 1971Turner, Nannie Mitchelloral historiesmixed materialAfrican American women journalistsJournalism--Social aspectsNewspapers--CirculationJournalistsAfrican Americans--Civil rightsAfrican American pressAfrican American journalistsSaint Louis (Mo.)United States Race relationsTurner, Nannie MitchellIn this interview conducted with Henry La Brie III, Nannie Mitchell-Turner details her life history to frame her long career at the St. Louis Argus. She discusses her husband's education, how she became educated, and how the Argus ran without any formal journalistic training. Mitchell-Turner recounts the struggles of running the Argus without missing an edition during the Great Depression and two fires in their building. Also discussed in this interview: the scope of the Argus' reporting; its changing readership; expanding to white readership; her understanding of the future of the black press; the different approaches of the white press and black press; and competition in the newspaper business. Mitchell-Turner states that the black press is an important area of study and explains her criteria for calling a newspaper black.