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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.
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 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
Pages in category "Lists of African-American newspapers" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first African American newspaper in the state was The True Southerner, in 1865. [1] In the ensuing four decades, more than 50 such newspapers sprang up, addressing the manifold challenges facing the African American community during and after Reconstruction. [2]
This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of New York. It includes both current and historical newspapers. New York was the birthplace of the African American press, with the publication of Freedom's Journal in 1827, and has remained a vibrant center of publishing ever since.
This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of California, including both historical and contemporary publications.California's first such newspaper was the Mirror of the Times, which began publishing in the mid-1850s. [1]
It includes both current and historical newspapers. Maryland's first known African American newspaper was The Lyceum Observer, launched by members of the Galbreath Lyceum in 1863. [1] It was followed in 1865 by The True Communicator, which is also sometimes named as the state's first African American newspaper. [2]