LibGuides: News and Newspaper Resources : Current and Historical: African American Newspapers

Index of African-American Newspapers

This page under development as of September 2025

List of Defunct Newspapers States Beginning A-L

National Distribution

American Catholic Tribune 1886-1897

Star of Zion () Organ of the American Episcopal Methodist Zion Church. This publication sis still current but archive from 1882 to ??? are extant)

Alabama

The Buffalo (Fort McClellan- 92nd Infantry Division "Buffalo Soldiers") 1942-5.
Huntsville Gazette (Huntsville) 1879-1894 706 issues available digitally from 1881-06-18 to 1894-12-29 through the Library of Congress : https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84020151/
The Huntsville Star (Huntsville) 1900-19??. 1 issue available for 1900 January 26 through the Library of Congress : https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83025483/
The Montgomery Enterprise (Montgomery) 1898-1??? 1 issue available for 1900 January 26 through the Library of Congress : https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83025485/
Wide-Awake (Birmingham) 189?-1906. 1 issue available for 1900 January 24 through the Library of Congress : https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83025484/

Alaska

The Alaska Spotlight (Territory and State of Alaska) 1958-1962.
Midnight Sun Reporter (Alaska) 1962-1966.

Arizona

93d Blue Helmet (Ft. Huachuca - 93rd Infantry Division) 1942-3. No issues appear to be extant.
The Arizona Gleam (Phoenix) 1929-37. 166 issues available digital from 1929 December 15 to 1937 November 26 through the Library of Congress : https://www.loc.gov/item/sn95060626/
Arizona Sun (Phoenix) 1942-1964/5. Select digitized issues available at https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84021917/ from 1944-63.
*Arizona Tribune (Phoenix) 1958-197?. Select digitized issues available from the Library of Congress here : https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84021918/ from 1958-1963.
*The Phoenix Index (Phoenix) 1930s-1940s. Select digitized issues ranging from 1939 to 1942 available from the the Library of Congress at : https://www.loc.gov/item/sn96060866/
*The Phoenix Tribune (Phoenix) 1918-1930s. Select digitized issues ranging from 1918 to 1931 from the Library of Congress : https://www.loc.gov/item/sn96060881/

California

The Black Panther (Oakland) 1967-1980
Black Times: Voices of the National Community (Albany) 1971-1976?
*California Eagle (Los Angeles) 1879-1964. Select issues available digitally at Archive.org : https://archive.org/details/caleagle
Harambee News (Los Angeles) Published by the Los Angeles Black Congress, 1966-1969
Oakland Sunshine (Oakland) 1897-1922
Ravenswood Post (Menlo Park) 1953–1981.

Colorado

*The Denver Star (Denver) 1913-1981. Digitized issues from 1913-1918 through Library of Congress : https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84025887/

Franklin's Paper the Denver Star (Denver) 1912-1913. Several months available at the Library of Congress : https://www.loc.gov/item/sn91052312/

Franklin's Paper the Statesman (Denver) 1912-1916

Delaware

The Advance (Wilmington) Sept. 22, 1900 appears to be the only extant issue. See https://www.loc.gov/item/sn86058063/ from the Library of Congress

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Chicago Crusader
Chicago Defender
Final Call

Indiana

Indianapolis Recorder

Louisiana

Louisiana Weekly (New Orleans)

List of Defunct Newspapers States Beginning M-Z

Maryland

Afro-American (Baltimore)

Massachusetts

Bay State Banner

Michigan

Michigan Chronicle

Mississippi

Jackson Advocate

Missouri

St. Louis American

Nebraska

Omaha Star (North Omaha)

New York

New York Amsterdam News

North Carolina

Charlotte Post

Ohio

Advocate (Cleveland) [1914-1918]
Afro American (Cincinnati) [1880s]

Oklahoma

Black Chronicle

Oregon

The Advocate (Portland) [1903-1933]

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Tribune
Pittsburgh Courier (Pittsburgh)

Tennessee

Tennessee Tribune (Memphis, Jackson, Nashville, and Chattanooga)
Memphis Tri-State Defender (Memphis)

Texas

African-American News and Issues
Dallas Weekly
Houston Forward Times (FT)
Houston Defender

Virginia

Richmond Free Press
New Journal and Guide (Norfolk)

Washington

Seattle Medium

Washington D.C.

Washington Informer

West Virginia

Advocate (Charleston) 1901 to 1913. 287 issues available online from 1907 February 7 to 1912 November 14 through the Library of Congress : https://www.loc.gov/item/sn85059812/
Das Deutsche Blatt Des West Virginia State College (Institute) 1929-1931. I issue dating 1931 May 27 available from the Library of Congress : https://www.loc.gov/item/2024270775/
The McDowell Times (Keystone) 1904-1941. 534 issues from 1913 May 9 to 1941 November 28 available through the Library of Congress : https://www.loc.gov/item/sn86092050/
Pioneer Press (Martinsburg) 1883-1917. 330 issues available online from 1884 September 1 1917 September 22 through the library of Congress : https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83025146/
The West Virginia Digest (Charleston) 1939-1946. 155 issues available digitally from 1939 December 9 to 1945 October 20 through the Library of Congress : https://www.loc.gov/item/sn85059872/
West Virginia Freeman (Parkersburg) 1881-1886. 267 issues available digitally from 1881 February 23 to 1886 April 28 through the library of Congress : https://www.loc.gov/item/sn86092472/.
The Yellow Jacket (Institute) 1891-Current. 5 issues available digitally from 1930 September 15 to 1932 December 1 through the Library of Congress : https://www.loc.gov/item/2024270749/

List of Active Newspapers

California

Los Angeles Sentinel
Sacramento Observer
San Francisco Bay View

Delaware

Delaware Black (Newark)

Florida

Burning Spear
Florida Star (Jacksonville)
Miami Times
Pensacola Voice
Florida Sentinel Bulletin (Tampa)
Westside Gazette (Fort Lauderdale)

Georgia

Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta Voice
Savannah Tribune

Illinois