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Notably, although the Louisiana Creole people were not considered Black until after the Civil War, the history of African American newspapers in Louisiana is sometimes considered to begin with the New Orleans Daily Creole, a Creole pro-slavery newspaper launched in 1856.
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.
The newspaper sales were increasing as soon as the paper became available. "The annual subscription rate of the newspaper was two dollars, with six-month, one-month, and one-issue rates available at $1.25, 20 cents, and five cents, respectively." [9] Even though the newspaper is based in Louisiana, the paper was read worldwide.
Elaine Campbell founded The Ebony Journal, Iberia Parish's first Black-owned newspaper since Reconstruction, to fill a gap she saw in local coverage.
The Tribune was the first Black daily newspaper published in the United States, and the first bilingual one; it was published in French and English. [3] Born in Louisiana, Roudanez had studied in Paris, France to become a doctor and received additional medical training at Dartmouth College to become a doctor. [4] [5]
The Shreveport Sun is a historic newspaper serving Shreveport, Louisiana's African American community. Established in 1920, it is the oldest weekly newspaper for African Americans in Louisiana and became the largest weekly paper in North Louisiana. [1] [2] [3] It is published on Thursdays. [4]
Louisiana's new majority Black 6th Congressional District boundaries stretch from Baton Rouge to Alexandria to Acadiana to Shreveport.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court restored a Louisiana electoral map that has two of the state's six congressional districts with Black-majority populations for use in the Nov. 5 ...