 African Americans saw his will to make a change and fight for something they’ve believed in for quite some time, so many bishops, monsignors, laypersons, and even more protestants gave him financial aid.Rudd was successful for quite some time in his printing business and that allowed his ACT program to reach as many as 10,000 subscribers, while still gaining support from all over.Sadly in 1897, there was a collapse due to the economic recession and increased competition from other businesses in the newspaper industry in Cincinnati and Philadelphia.