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This is a list of African American newspapers and media outlets, which is sortable by publication name, city, state, founding date, and extant vs. defunct status. For more detail on a given newspaper, see the linked entries below. See also by state, below on this page, for entries on African American newspapers in each state.
African American newspapers (also known as the Black press or Black newspapers) are news publications in the United States serving African American communities. Samuel Cornish and John Brown Russwurm started the first African American periodical, Freedom's Journal , in 1827.
The representation of African-American women in media has changed throughout the years. According to Sue Jewell, an urban sociology researcher at the Ohio State University from 1982 to 2011, [13] there are typically three main archetypes of African-American women in media – the Mammy, the Sapphire, and the Jezebel. [14]
African-American News and Issues; Afro-American Sentinel; The Aliened American; The Anglo-African; Arizona Informant; Atlanta Black Star; Atlanta Daily World; Atlanta Inquirer; Atlanta Tribune; Atlanta Voice
The term African American was popularized by Jesse Jackson in the 1980s, [7] although there are recorded uses from the 18th and 19th centuries, [355] for example, in post-emancipation holidays and conferences. [356] [357] Earlier terms also used to describe Americans of African ancestry referred more to skin color than to ancestry.
Elle Duncan (African-American father), sports anchor for ESPN's SportsCenter. [2] Harris Faulkner, television host and anchor for Fox News. [3] Bryant Gumbel, host of HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel; Charlamagne tha God, radio personality, television personality, radio host of The Breakfast Club. Greg Gumbel, sportscaster for NFL on CBS
The National Afro-American Press Association was founded in 1890 in Indianapolis with Timothy Thomas Fortune elected as chairman, in response to the large number of African American Newspapers entering circulation, and provided membership to newspapers and journalists who were publishing "in the interest of the Afro-American race."
National Afro-American Press Association; National Association of Black Journalists; National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame; National Newspaper Publishers Association; African American newspapers; List of African American newspapers and media outlets