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.