African American Newspapers, 1827-1998
Newspaper Title City State Start Date End Date Issues
Alabama Wide-Awake Birmingham AL 1900-01-24 1900-01-24 1 Huntsville Gazette Huntsville AL 1881-06-18 1894-12-29 746 Huntsville Star Huntsville AL 1900-01-26 1900-01-26 1 Montgomery Enterprise Montgomery AL 1900-01-26 1900-01-26 1
Alaska Alaska Spotlight Anchorage AK 1956-07-28 1968-11-30 12 Anchorage Gazette Anchorage AK 1992-12-01 1993-01-01 2
Arkansas Homeland Forrest City AR 1991-10-01 1999-07-01 90 American Guide Little Rock AR 1900-01-27 1900-01-27 1 Arkansas Freeman Little Rock AR 1869-10-05 1869-10-05 1 Arkansas Mansion Little Rock AR 1883-06-23 1884-04-19 41 Arkansas State Press Little Rock AR 1941-05-09 1959-10-30 896 Southern Mediator Journal Little Rock AR 1962-06-22 1966-02-25 2 Pine Bluff Weekly Herald Pine Bluff AR 1900-01-27 1900-01-27 1
California Free Angela Los Angeles CA 1971-05-01 1971-11-08 5 Inter-Faith Churchman Los Angeles CA 1941-04-20 1941-04-20 1 Los Angeles Tribune Los Angeles CA 1943-09-06 1960-04-22 150 Teller Los Angeles CA 1946-03-20 1946-03-20 1 Oakland Sunshine Oakland CA 1915-03-20 1922-02-25 27 Western Outlook Oakland CA 1914-11-07 1928-05-26 80 Elevator San Francisco CA 1865-05-05 1898-06-11 274 Mirror of the Times San Francisco CA 1857-12-12 1857-12-12 1 San Francisco Vindicator San Francisco CA 1887-05-02 1889-02-16 9
Colorado Colorado Statesman Denver CO 1900-01-27 1900-01-27 1
Connecticut Black Coalition Weekly New Haven CT 1972-03-06 1972-09-14 13
Delaware Advance Wilmington DE 1900-09-22 1900-09-22 1
Washington D.C. People's Advocate Washington DC 1879-04-19 1884-04-12 204 Black Networking News Washington DC 1989-01-01 1990-08-01 11 Colored American Washington DC 1898-03-12 1904-11-12 327 Grit Washington DC 1883-12-21 1884-10-18 36 Leader Washington DC 1888-12-08 1889-12-21 35 National Chronicle Washington DC 1987-02-26 1991-09-20 77 Washington Bee Washington DC 1882-06-10 1922-01-21 1926
Florida Florida Sentinel Jacksonville FL 1900-01-26 1900-01-26 1 Florida Tattler Jacksonville FL 1934-12-01 1945-09-29 5
Georgia Atlanta Age Atlanta GA 1900-01-13 1900-01-13 1 Weekly Defiance Atlanta GA 1882-10-24 1883-02-24 2 Augusta Union Augusta GA 1900-01-27 1900-01-27 1 Colored American Augusta GA 1865-12-30 1866-01-13 3 Loyal Georgian Augusta GA 1866-01-20 1868-02-15 14 Columbus Chronicle Columbus GA 1900-01-27 1900-01-27 1 Macon Sentinel Macon GA 1900-01-27 1900-01-27 1 Savannah Tribune Savannah GA 1875-12-04 1922-12-28 1633 Savannah Weekly Echo Savannah GA 1883-08-26 1884-02-10 5
Hawaii Afro-Hawaii News Honolulu HI 1987-06-01 1991-12-31 55
Illinois Bags and Baggage Chicago IL 1937-08-01 1943-04-01 38 Black X-Press Chicago IL 1973-06-30 1973-06-30 1 Broad Axe Chicago IL 1901-01-19 1927-09-10 1388 Bulletin Chicago IL 1968-09-11 1969-12-03 63 Central South Sider Chicago IL 1929-07-06 1929-07-06 1 Chicago Courier Chicago IL 1932-10-22 1975-11-15 5 Chicago Metro News Chicago IL 1973-11-03 1990-10-06 791 Chicago World Chicago IL 1900-01-27 1935-06-15 7 Conservator Chicago IL 1882-11-18 1886-12-18 3 Illinois Sentinel Chicago IL 1937-11-20 1937-11-20 1 Metropolitan Post Chicago IL 1938-09-10 1939-06-03 18 Olivet Baptist Church Herald Chicago IL 1936-11-29 1936-11-29 1 Reminder Chicago IL 1938-01-02 1938-01-02 1 Second Ward News Chicago IL 1935-12-14 1938-04-02 12 Spokesman Chicago IL 1933-01-07 1933-03-18 10 Common Bond East Moline IL 1974-12-12 1978-11-16 25 Crusader Rockford IL 1952-09-12 1971-06-02 318 Illinois Conservator Springfield IL 1929-06-29 1929-06-29 1 Illinois Record Springfield IL 1897-11-06 1899-04-22 77 State Capital Springfield IL 1891-03-28 1892-12-03 49
Indiana Freeman Indianapolis IN 1888-07-21 1916-12-30 1458 Indianapolis Ledger Indianapolis IN 1918-04-13 1922-10-28 2 Indianapolis World Indianapolis IN 1900-01-27 1900-01-27 1 Recorder Indianapolis IN 1899-01-07 1900-12-29 104 Colored Visitor Logansport IN 1879-08-01 1879-08-01 1 Weekly Review New Albany IN 1881-04-16 1881-04-16 1 South Bend Forum South Bend IN 1923-05-26 1923-05-26 1
Iowa Iowa Baptist Standard Des Moines IA 1897-05-21 1897-05-21 1 Iowa State Bystander Des Moines IA 1896-11-13 1900-12-28 203 Weekly Avalanche Des Moines IA 1893-01-20 1893-01-20 1
Kansas Atchison Blade Atchison KS 1892-07-23 1894-01-20 69 Southern Argus Baxter Springs KS 1891-06-18 1892-02-04 33 Kansas Homestead Cherokee KS 1899-12-23 1900-01-06 2 Afro-American Advocate Coffeyville KS 1891-09-02 1893-09-01 74 American Coffeyville KS 1898-04-23 1899-04-01 29 Coffeyville Herald Coffeyville KS 1908-03-21 1908-06-13 6 Kansas Blackman Coffeyville KS 1894-04-20 1894-06-29 10 Vindicator Coffeyville KS 1904-12-17 1906-02-09 54 Emporia Citizen Emporia KS 1932-03-01 1932-11-01 9 Fair Play Fort Scott KS 1898-04-22 1899-06-16 57 Messenger Fort Scott KS 1917-08-02 1918-09-13 30 Blade Hutchinson KS 1919-12-20 1922-04-01 111 Hutchinson's Journal Hutchinson KS 1908-07-11 1908-07-11 1 Advocate Kansas City KS 1916-01-07 1926-04-23 660 American Citizen Kansas City KS 1897-01-01 1907-08-02 427 Daily American Citizen Kansas City KS 1897-11-11 1900-08-05 57 Kansas Elevator Kansas City KS 1916-02-12 1916-11-04 34 National Review Kansas City KS 1913-04-26 1913-10-25 16 People's Elevator Kansas City KS 1937-08-19 1940-09-19 71 Plaindealer Kansas City KS 1932-05-20 1958-11-07 1302 Topics Kansas City KS 1895-05-16 1895-12-07 21 Western Christian Recorder Kansas City KS 1898-02-05 1899-08-19 43 Wyandotte Echo Kansas City KS 1930-04-04 1937-12-24 404 For Our People Lawrence KS 1971-09-08 1971-09-08 1 Harambee Lawrence KS 1971-01-01 1971-01-01 1 Historic Times Lawrence KS 1891-07-11 1891-11-14 17 Western Recorder Lawrence KS 1883-03-17 1884-11-06 85 Leavenworth Advocate Leavenworth KS 1888-08-18 1891-08-22 133 Leavenworth Colored Leavenworth KS 1876-08-24 1876-11-16 5 Radical Leavenworth Herald Leavenworth KS 1894-02-17 1896-12-26 124 Nicodemus Cyclone Nicodemus KS 1887-12-30 1888-09-07 31 Nicodemus Enterprise Nicodemus KS 1887-08-17 1887-12-23 13 Eye Opener Parsons KS 1892-07-09 1892-12-26 3 Parsons Weekly Blade Parsons KS 1892-09-24 1900-12-28 386 Freeman's Lance Peru KS 1891-02-20 1891-12-25 41 Uplift Pittsburg KS 1914-12-05 1914-12-19 3 Afro-American Review Salina KS 1915-02-01 1915-02-01 1 Salina Enterprise Salina KS 1908-11-14 1909-02-04 13 American Citizen Topeka KS 1889-01-11 1889-07-19 27 Benevolent Banner Topeka KS 1887-05-21 1887-10-22 18 Capital Plaindealer Topeka KS 1936-09-20 1938-08-06 51 Colored Patriot Topeka KS 1882-04-20 1882-06-22 9 Evening Call Topeka KS 1893-06-13 1893-07-08 15 Herald of Kansas Topeka KS 1880-01-30 1880-06-11 20 Kansas Baptist Herald Topeka KS 1813-05-03 1912-08-17 10 Kansas Sentinel Topeka KS 1960-07-07 1960-11-26 19 Kansas State Tribune Topeka KS 1881-10-06 1881-10-06 1 Kansas Watchman Topeka KS 1905-05-25 1905-11-17 13 Kansas Whip Topeka KS 1934-11-02 1955-09-30 182 Little Weekly Topeka KS 1938-04-09 1938-06-25 7 National Watchman Topeka KS 1914-05-09 1914-05-09 1 Plaindealer Topeka KS 1899-01-06 1931-12-25 1768 State Ledger Topeka KS 1892-07-22 1906-06-16 493 Times-Observer Topeka KS 1891-09-04 1892-09-10 43 Topeka Call Topeka KS 1891-06-28 1893-12-16 72 Topeka Messenger Topeka KS 1969-06-14 1970-01-21 17 Topeka Post-Review Topeka KS 1970-10-01 1971-02-01 3 Topeka Tribune Topeka KS 1880-06-24 1880-12-25 23 Topeka Tribune and Western Topeka KS 1885-05-09 1885-07-18 9 Recorder Weir City Eagle Weir City KS 1900-01-12 1900-03-23 8 American Times Wichita KS 1908-03-07 1908-03-28 3 Colored Citizen Wichita KS 1903-02-21 1904-02-06 28 Kansas Headlight Wichita KS 1894-09-14 1894-09-14 1 Kansas Sunflower Wichita KS 1890-09-26 1890-11-07 6 Kansas Voice Wichita KS 1946-10-19 1947-09-26 2 Kansas Weekly Journal Wichita KS 1980-10-09 1981-03-05 16 Midwest News Press Wichita KS 1959-03-07 1959-04-04 2 National Baptist World Wichita KS 1894-08-31 1894-11-23 13 National Reflector Wichita KS 1895-12-08 1897-12-25 85 Negro Star Wichita KS 1920-05-07 1952-12-26 1657 News Hawk Wichita KS 1979-03-12 1979-03-12 1 People's Elevator Wichita KS 1924-02-21 1927-12-29 169 People's Friend Wichita KS 1894-05-24 1894-09-28 18 Wichita Factarian Wichita KS 1914-02-26 1914-04-02 4 Wichita Globe Wichita KS 1887-02-17 1887-10-29 25 Wichita Post-Observer Wichita KS 1953-01-23 1953-12-25 36 Wichita Protest Wichita KS 1919-06-05 1923-10-19 7 Wichita Searchlight Wichita KS 1900-06-02 1912-10-26 590 Wichita Times Wichita KS 1972-01-11 1977-09-22 257
Kentucky Lexington Standard Lexington KY 1900-01-27 1900-01-27 1 Bulletin Louisville KY 1881-09-24 1881-09-24 1 Ohio Falls Express Louisville KY 1891-07-11 1891-07-11 1
Louisiana Black Republican Baton Rouge LA 1865-04-15 1865-05-20 5 Community Leader Baton Rouge LA 1985-06-16 1985-06-16 1 Observer Baton Rouge LA 1900-01-13 1900-01-13 1 Inside New Orleans New Orleans LA 1965-05-01 1965-05-01 1 L'Union New Orleans LA 1862-09-27 1864-07-19 96 New Orleans Daily Creole New Orleans LA 1856-07-01 1856-12-31 155 New Orleans Tribune New Orleans LA 1864-07-21 1869-02-28 691 Weekly Louisianian New Orleans LA 1870-12-18 1882-06-17 416 Weekly Pelican New Orleans LA 1886-12-04 1889-11-23 104 Echo St. Martinville LA 1873-03-15 1873-03-15 1 Concordia Eagle Vidalia LA 1875-10-02 1883-04-12 6
Maryland Negro Appeal Annapolis MD 1900-02-16 1900-02-16 1 Afro-American Baltimore MD 1893-04-29 1898-03-26 22 American Citizen Baltimore MD 1879-04-19 1879-04-19 1 Commonwealth Baltimore MD 1915-07-24 1915-09-04 6 Race Standard Baltimore MD 1897-01-02 1897-01-16 2
Massachusetts Boston Advance Boston MA 1900-02-17 1900-02-17 1 Boston Courant Boston MA 1900-01-06 1900-01-06 1
Michigan Detroit Independent Detroit MI 1923-01-13 1923-01-13 1 Detroit Informer Detroit MI 1900-01-13 1900-01-13 1 Plaindealer Detroit MI 1889-09-20 1893-05-19 190 Afro-American Gazette Grand Rapids MI 1991-01-01 1995-08-07 117
Minnesota Afro-American Advance Minneapolis MN 1899-05-27 1900-11-17 71 Appeal St. Paul MN 1903-02-07 1923-11-24 1086 Broad Axe St. Paul MN 1891-09-17 1903-06-11 444 Negro World St. Paul MN 1900-03-10 1900-06-09 11 Western Appeal St. Paul MN 1885-06-13 1888-12-29 83
Mississippi Free State Brandon MS 1900-01-20 1900-01-20 1 Mississippi Free Press Jackson MS 1961-12-16 1964-08-01 117 Mississippi Weekly Jackson MS 1935-05-18 1935-05-18 1 Mound Bayou News-Digest Mound Bayou MS 1950-05-13 1950-05-13 1 Golden Rule Vicksburg MS 1900-01-27 1900-01-27 1 Light Vicksburg MS 1900-01-18 1900-01-18 1
Missouri Rising Son Kansas City MO 1903-01-16 1907-12-28 193 Sedalia Times Sedalia MO 1901-08-31 1903-12-19 91 St. Louis Clarion St. Louis MO 1920-12-18 1921-04-02 2 St. Louis Palladium St. Louis MO 1903-01-10 1907-10-05 225
Nebraska Afro-American Sentinel Omaha NE 1896-02-22 1899-03-25 125 Enterprise Omaha NE 1895-08-10 1897-07-03 74 Progress Omaha NE 1890-03-22 1891-03-07 4
New Jersey Sentinel Trenton NJ 1880-06-26 1882-11-13 119
New York Northern Star and Freeman's Albany NY 1842-01-01 1843-12-31 11 Advocate Sojourner-Herald Albany NY 1995-04-01 1998-11-01 27 People's Community News Harlem NY 1970-05-10 1970-05-10 1 Freedom's Journal New York NY 1827-03-16 1829-03-28 103 Harlem Daily New York NY 1965-09-23 1965-10-12 2 New York Age New York NY 1889-11-02 1892-11-19 126 New York Freeman New York NY 1886-01-02 1887-10-08 93 New York Globe New York NY 1883-01-06 1884-11-08 90 Rights of All New York NY 1829-05-29 1829-10-09 5 Frederick Douglass' Paper Rochester NY 1847-12-03 1860-02-17 237
North Carolina Africo-American Charlotte NC 1899-12-21 1899-12-21 1 Presbyterian True Reformer Littleton NC 1900-07-25 1900-07-25 1 Dispatch Raleigh NC 1991-12-21 1993-04-10 5 Gazette Raleigh NC 1893-12-16 1898-02-19 46
Ohio Colored Citizen Cincinnati OH 1866-05-19 1866-05-19 1 Aliened American Cleveland OH 1853-04-09 1853-04-09 1 Cleveland Gazette Cleveland OH 1883-08-25 1945-05-20 2588 Columbus Standard Columbus OH 1901-07-27 1901-07-27 1 Free American Columbus OH 1887-03-19 1887-03-19 1 Minority Report Dayton OH 1969-01-01 1970-12-18 15 Ohio Standard and Observer Xenia OH 1900-01-27 1900-01-27 1
Oklahoma Langston City Herald Langston OK 1891-11-14 1893-03-30 56 Guide Oklahoma City OK 1898-10-06 1903-08-01 171
Oregon Portland New Age Portland OR 1900-01-27 1907-03-30 119
Pennsylvania First World News Allentown PA 1993-11-01 1995-04-01 2 State Journal Harrisburg PA 1883-12-13 1885-01-24 54 Christian Banner Philadelphia PA 1900-01-12 1900-01-12 1 Defender Philadelphia PA 1900-01-27 1900-01-27 1 North Philly Free Press Philadelphia PA 1982-03-23 1983-01-18 9 Odd Fellows Journal Philadelphia PA 1900-01-11 1900-01-11 1 Political Digest Philadelphia PA 1937-10-31 1937-10-31 1
South Carolina Afro-American Citizen Charleston SC 1900-01-17 1900-01-17 1 Charleston Advocate Charleston SC 1887-05-11 1887-05-11 1 Free Press Charleston SC 1868-04-05 1868-04-11 2 Missionary Record Charleston SC 1873-07-05 1873-07-05 1 South Carolina Leader Charleston SC 1865-10-07 1866-05-12 8 Lighthouse and Informer Columbia SC 1950-01-21 1950-01-21 1 People's Recorder Columbia SC 1900-01-13 1900-01-27 2 Southern Indicator Columbia SC 1921-02-12 1923-02-03 15 Georgetown Planet Georgetown SC 1873-05-31 1873-05-31 1
Tennessee Justice Chattanooga TN 1887-12-24 1887-12-24 1 Jackson Headlight Jackson TN 1900-01-27 1900-01-27 1 Negro World Knoxville TN 1887-10-15 1887-11-26 2 Memphis Triangle Memphis TN 1928-11-17 1929-07-27 2 Murfreesboro Union Murfreesboro TN 1939-06-06 1939-06-06 1 Colored Tennessean Nashville TN 1865-08-12 1866-07-18 6
Texas Oil City Afro-American Corsicana TX 1900-01-27 1900-01-27 1 Brotherhood Eyes Dallas TX 1936-10-31 1936-10-31 1 Dallas Express Dallas TX 1900-01-13 1900-01-13 1 Bronze Texan News Fort Worth TX 1969-05-02 1969-10-16 4 Dallas District Crusader Fort Worth TX 1944-12-22 1944-12-22 1 Fort Worth Mind Fort Worth TX 1943-11-13 1947-09-13 3 Torchlight Appeal Fort Worth TX 1890-01-17 1890-02-22 3 USA Monitor Fort Worth TX 1992-08-01 1993-03-01 6 Free Man's Press Galveston TX 1868-10-24 1868-10-24 1 Independent Houston TX 1900-01-27 1900-01-27 1 Western Star Houston TX 1900-01-27 1900-01-27 1 Paul Quinn Weekly Waco TX 1900-01-27 1900-01-27 1
Utah Broad Ax Salt Lake City UT 1895-08-31 1899-06-06 203
Virginia People's Advocate Alexandria VA 1876-04-11 1876-09-09 21 Midland Express Boydton VA 1893-03-03 1893-03-03 1 National Pilot Petersburg VA 1900-02-01 1900-02-01 1 Reformer Richmond VA 1900-01-27 1900-01-27 1 Richmond Planet Richmond VA 1885-02-21 1900-01-13 7
Washington Seattle Republican Seattle WA 1900-01-19 1900-01-19 1 World Seattle WA 1899-01-04 1899-01-04 1
West Virginia Advocate Charleston WV 1904-06-09 1904-06-09 1 Pioneer Press Martinsburg WV 1890-09-06 1892-01-16 4
Wisconsin Soul City Courier Beloit WI 1976-10-12 1977-01-18 5 Wisconsin Labor Advocate La Crosse WI 1886-08-20 1887-06-03 42 Wisconsin Free Press Madison WI 1984-04-03 1990-01-12 38 Milwaukee Defender Milwaukee WI 1957-01-03 1958-02-01 43 Milwaukee Star Milwaukee WI 1967-07-22 1977-02-10 705 Northwestern Recorder Milwaukee WI 1892-12-03 1893-03-30 4 Soul City Times Milwaukee WI 1968-09-14 1971-12-16 144 Wisconsin Afro-American Milwaukee WI 1892-08-13 1892-11-19 7 Wisconsin Weekly Advocate Milwaukee WI 1898-05-07 1907-09-19 391 Racine Courier Racine WI 1976-10-16 1992-07-25 185
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