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New York is known for many things, the Statue of Liberty, fashion week in New York and among other things, on HBO, Sex and the City. But before we forget, often overshadowed by the immensely popular New York Times, another popular daily newspaper in New York has actually been around as far as in 1800.

The New York Evening Post or the New York Post, founded by Alexander Hamilton, who then chose William Coleman to be its first editor-in-chief is back on its humble beginnings in the New York Post. After William Coleman's short reign as the publisher of the New York Post's boss, was then replaced by another William, William Cullen Bryant, back in 1829. A fruitful 50-year reign as editor of the New York Post, in chief, William Cullent Bryant was a staunch supporter of the rights of those who are enslaved, William Cullent Bryant also showed strong support for the emerging trade union back then. Even went as far as defending the strike of the Society of Journeyman Tailors trying link their strike with slavery in June 1836.

The year 1881 had the New York Post welcoming Henry Villard at its helm. Henry Villard was a German immigrant who have political views, had a profound influence on the New York Post. He then played Carl Schurz who was another German radical thinker to be the new managing editor The New York Post. But Carl Schurz career with the New York Post was short lived, it was actually replaced by former editor of the Nation (another publication that was owned Henry Villard), a man named Edwin Godkin came to managing the New York death Post.Henry Villard back in the 1900s led the New York Post at the hands Villard's son, Oswald Garrison Villard, who, like his father, also had radical views and opinions concerning politics, women's suffrage, the reform in the union and (like his father) fighting for equal rights for African Americans.

A true advocate of human rights, Oswald Garrison Villard was one founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People or NAACP and the American Civil Liberties Union or ACTU. Despite being with her stubborn defenses, Oswald Garrison Villard was also a popular pacifist, much against the American involvement in WWI. But this backfired on him as his readers were strong supporters of patriotism so Oswald Garrison Villard, due to the protests of its readers and advertisers pull out, he was forced to sell the paper New York Post in the year 1918.1939 saw the New York Post with Dorothy Schiff at its helm. Schiff, then asked Ted Thackrey as its new editor in chief, who in fact became the rationalized in a tabloid newspaper. However policy-driven format was still incorporated in the new New York Post editor-in-chief who is supported progressive politics and was actually the only newspaper in New York, who openly supported the campaign of Democratic presidential bet, Adlai Stevenson.

But Schiff's stay with the New York Post ended with Australian Rupert Murdoch acquired the newspaper in 1977.

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