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The Athens Republique

Devoted to the Religious, the Educational and the Industrial Development of the Colored Race.
Cover of The Athens Republique newspaper, from January 15, 1921.
Type	Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)	Lt. Julian Lucasse Brown
Publisher	Jeruel Baptist Association
Founded	1919 (1919)
Ceased publication	1927 (1927)
Headquarters	Athens, Georgia
City	Athens, Georgia
Country	United States of America
ISSN	2768-654X
OCLC number	812195741

The Athens Republique was an African American newspaper in Athens, Georgia, USA, that was published from 1919 to 1927. The paper's editor, Lt. Julian Lucasse Brown, was a World War I veteran who founded the paper upon his return from serving in France. The paper reported on racial progress and setbacks, and denounced lynchings and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan. The newspaper's motto was, "Devoted to the Religious, the Educational and the Industrial Development of the Colored Race" and it was closely associated with the Jeruel Baptist Association. After the demise of The Athens Republique, there was no African American newspaper in Athens until the founding of the Athens Voice in 1975.