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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.
Freedom's Journal was the first African-American owned and operated newspaper published in the United States. [1] [2] Founded by Rev. John Wilk and other free Black men in New York City, it was published weekly starting with the March 16, 1827, issue. [3]
Freedom's Journal was the first newspaper in the United States to be owned, operated, published and edited by African Americans. [10] During his tenure as editor, Russwurm regularly included material about ancient and modern African history, providing readers on both sides of the Atlantic with a curated source of information about the continent.
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.
L'Union was the first African-American newspaper in the Southern United States. [a] The newspaper was based in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was published from 1862 to 1864.. Articles in L'Union were written in the French language, with the newspaper's primary readership being free people of color in the New Orleans area, especially in the faubourgs Marigny and Tr
The first African American Newspaper to be launched in the United States was Freedom's Journal in 1827. [5] It provided information on international, national, and regional current events. The editors of Freedom's Journal voiced their concerns on racial attacks towards African Americans. [5]
John James Neimore (February 23, 1862 – March 9, 1912) was an African-American publisher and editor, who founded the California Eagle, the oldest African-American newspaper in the Western US. [1] He appointed Charlotta Bass as his successor upon his death, making her one of the first African-American women to operate a newspaper.
John Henry Murphy Sr. (25 December 1840 – 5 April 1922) [1] was an African-American newspaper publisher based in Baltimore, Maryland. Born into slavery, he is best known as the founder of the Baltimore Afro-American (also known colloquially/for short as The AFRO), published by the AFRO-American Newspaper Company of Baltimore, Inc.