AFRO AMERICAN EXPLODES ONTO INTERNET WITH AT&T AGREEMENT.BALTIMORE, M.D.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 1995--AFRO American Newspapers (the "AFRO"), a 103 year old chain of African American newspapers African American newspapers are those newspapers in the United States that seek readers primarily of African American descent. These newspapers came into existence in 1827 when Samuel Cornish and John Brown Russwurm started the first African-American periodical called Freedom's , today announced an agreement with AT&T which will result in its establishment as an important presence on the World Wide Web of the Internet through its new "AFRO America" home page. With the introduction of AFRO America on the Internet, African American history African American history is the portion of American history that specifically discusses the African American or Black American ethnic group in the United States. Most African Americans are the descendants of African slaves held in the United States from 1619 to 1865. will for the first time have a presence on this world wide information network. Through the graphic and interactive capabilities of the Internet, the Internet, the, international computer network linking together thousands of individual networks at military and government agencies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, industrial and financial corporations of all sizes, and commercial enterprises AFRO is presenting a new look to its massive archives, which detail the historical role of African Americans African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. in the 20th century. By drawing on one of the most extensive archive collections in African American history anywhere, AFRO America promises to be one of the most exciting new sites yet to emerge on the World Wide Web. The introduction of the new AFRO America is the result of recent sales and marketing agreements with AT&T. Through the use of AT&T's Interspan(R) Frame Relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. Service, the AFRO is establishing a wide area network connecting its branch locations in Baltimore, MD, Washington, DC, and Richmond, VA, as well as with its Maryland-based printer. The network will also provide each of AFRO's locations with direct access to the Internet. "The efficiencies we expect to realize from this new network will substantially change the way we do business," says Jake JAKE Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment Oliver, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the AFRO. "We're also excited about the opportunities that direct access to the Internet will provide us. Not only will we be able to use the Internet as a resource, but we can showcase the enormous archive of materials we've accumulated ac·cu·mu·late v. ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, ac·cu·mu·lat·ing, ac·cu·mu·lates v.tr. To gather or pile up; amass. See Synonyms at gather. v.intr. To mount up; increase. over the past century." Dan Schulman, vice president of marketing for AT&T's small business division recently signed the agreement with the AFRO. "I'm very excited about this agreement because it not only supports AT&T's mission to help minority and women-owned businesses, but it demonstrates the value of AT&T's technology within the African American community," said Schulman. The AFRO AMERICA home page is located on the World Wide Web at http://www.afroam.org and is also accessible through AT&T's home page at http://www.att.com. AFRO America was recently named one of the the top 100 business sites by Interactive Age magazine. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Photo of agreement signing available upon request. Contact Lon Walls at Walls & Associates at 202/333-8161. CONTACT: AFRO American Newspapers Jake Oliver 410-554-8219 (office) or AT&T Doug Idleman 908-221-3950 (office) |
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