doi:10.7916/d8-aat6-kc05Oral history interview with Carlton B. (Carlton Benjamin) Goodlett, 1972Goodlett, Carlton B. (Carlton Benjamin), 1914-1997oral historiesmixed materialJournalistsAfrican American pressAfrican American journalistsNewspapers--CirculationNewspaper publishing--Economic aspects--United StatesAdvertising--NewspapersJournalism--Political aspectsAfrican Americans--Civil rightsUnited States Race relationsSan Francisco (Calif.)Goodlett, Carlton B. (Carlton Benjamin), 1914-1997National Newspaper Publishers Association (U.S.)The Sun-reporterIn the first part of his two-session interview with Henry La Brie III, Goodlett describes the Black Power movement and his San Francisco community. He details how publication costs and advertiser discrimination censor the black media, inhibiting community control of both radio and newspaper communication. Also discussed are black businesses, black and Latino newspapers in California, the demands of black youth on the press, and the militancy of the Sun Reporter. The first session concludes with a summary of Goodlett's work with the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and description of how the black press agitates white establishments. The second session begins with Goodlett's description of the events that led to his community's migration to Omaha, Nebraska, and his becoming racially conscious as a high school student. He proceeds to describe his experience in higher education. Goodlett goes on to describe the financial challenges of the Sun Reporter from 1949 to 1955, the tenets that guided his work, and the role the Sun Reporter had in local and national elections. In the last session, Goodlett speaks on the Sun Reporter's increasing circulation since the civil rights actions of 1962-1964, his activism regarding advertiser discrimination, and the importance of apprenticeships for young black reporters. Also discussed are the possibility of a black news service, the relative importance of a newspaper's various sections, the activist orientation of the black press, and why the black press will not be mainstreamed.