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African-American magazines. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. J. Johnson Publishing Company (10 P, 2 F) Pages in category "African ...
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.
Jet is an American weekly digital magazine focusing on news, culture, and entertainment related to the African-American community. Founded by Johnson in November 1951 of the Johnson Publishing Company in Chicago, Illinois, [3] [4] the magazine was billed as "The Weekly Negro News Magazine".
Although Washington was home to abolitionist papers prior to the American Civil War (1861-1865), the first known newspaper published by and for African Americans in the District of Columbia was the New Era, which Frederick Douglass launched in 1870. Notable newspapers in Washington today include the Washington Afro-American and Washington Informer.
Right On! is an American teen magazine first published by the Laufer Company in 1971. It was headquartered in New York City. [1] It continued publishing on a regular basis until 2014, focusing on African-American celebrities.
Since 1974 The Black Archives of Mid America has served Kansas City as the custodian of Black history in the metro. This year, it adds to that mission by offering courses to assist Black residents ...
American Legacy was a quarterly magazine that covered African-American history and culture. [1] The magazine was headquartered in Mount Vernon, New York , and was founded in 1995 by Rodney J. Reynolds as a joint venture with Forbes Inc .
Although Negro Digest/Black World gave way to other African-American magazines such as Ebony, Jet and Essence, it significantly impacted the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and early '70s, and as well as literary work showcased reproductions of artworks. In the words of Chris Brancaccio: "Negro Digest/Black World is a fascinating artifact ...