LIST OF BLACK NEWSPAPERS
​IN THE UNITED STATES

• African-American News and Issues – Houston, Texas
• (An African American) Point of View - Springfield, Massachusetts
• The Aliened American - Cleveland, Ohio, 1852-1856, editor William H. Day
• The American Baptist - Louisville, Kentucky (owned by the General Association of Baptists in Kentucky)
• The Anti-Slavery Bugle (defunct) - New Lisbon, Ohio
• The Arizona Informant - Phoenix, Arizona
• Atlanta Daily World - nation's first black-owned daily in the 20th century

• Baltimore Afro-American - Baltimore, Maryland
• The Baltimore Times - Baltimore, Maryland
• Bay State Banner - Boston, Massachusetts
• Big Red News (defunct) - Brooklyn, New York
• Black Chronicle - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Black News – Columbia, South Carolina (Black Media News Group)
• Boston Guardian (defunct) - Boston, Massachusetts
• Buffalo Challenger - Buffalo, New York
• The Buffalo Criterion - Buffalo, New York
• California Eagle (defunct) - Los Angeles, California (Charlotta Spears Bass, owner & publisher 1912-1951)
• Call and Post - Cleveland, Ohio
• Capital Outlook - Tallahassee, Florida
• Carolina Peacemaker - Greensboro, North Carolina
• The Carolina Times - Durham, North Carolina; editor Louis Austin shaped the paper into a voice for African Americans
• The Carolinian - Raleigh, North Carolina
• Charlotte Post - Charlotte, North Carolina
• Chattanooga Courier
• Chicago Crusader - Chicago, Illinois
• Chicago Defender – Chicago
• Christian Banner - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Nannie Helen Burroughs was associate editor in 1897.)
• The Christian Recorder
• The Chronicle Newspaper Inc. - Lansing, Michigan
• The Cincinnati Herald – Cincinnati, Ohio
• The City SunPress
• The Cleveland Gazette
• The Colored American
• The Columbus Times Newspaper
• The Community Voice - Wichita, Kansas
• The Courant
• Daily News King - Atlanta, Georgia
• Dallas Express
• The Denver Weekly News
• Douglas Monthly
• The Facts – Seattle
• The Final Call
• The Florida Sentinel Bulletin - Tampa, Florida
• The Florida Star - Jacksonville, Florida

• Freedom's Journal
• Frost Illustrated - Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Gary Crusader - Gary, Indiana
• Harambee News
• Houston Forward Times - Houston, Texas
• Indianapolis Freeman (defunct)
• Indianapolis Recorder
• INK Newspaper (defunct)
• Jackson Advocate
• Kansas City Call – Kansas City, Missouri
• Kansas State Ledger
• Knoxville Enlightener
• Las Vegas Sentinel-Voice
• The Liberator
• Los Angeles Sentinel
• The Louisiana Weekly
• Louisville Defender – Louisville, Kentucky
• Memphis Tri-State Defender – Memphis, Tennessee
• The Miami Times - Miami, Florida
• Michigan Chronicle
• Milwaukee Community Journal – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
• The Montana Plaindealer
• Morningside Park Chronicle - Inglewood, California
• Muncie Times, free full-text access, 1991-2010
• Murfreesboro Vision
• Muhammad Speaks
• Muslim Journal
• The Nashville Pride
• The National Era - The District of Columbia
• New Journal and Guide
• The New Orleans Tribune - La Tribune de la Nouvelle-Orleans
• New York Amsterdam News
• New York Beacon
• New York Carib News - New York, New York
• The New York Voice (weekly)
• News Nugget - Topeka, Kansas
• North Star
• Nos Journal
• The Oakland Post - California
• Omaha Star (Mildred Brown, owner & publisher 1945-1989)
• Our Time Press - Brooklyn, New York
• Our Weekly
• Pennsylvania Freeman
• The Pensacola Voice - Pensacola, Florida
• Philadelphia Observer – Philadelphia
• Philadelphia Tribune – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Pine and Palm - Boston, Massachusetts
• Pittsburgh Courier – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Point of View - Springfield, Massachusetts
• Pompano Post - Pompano Beach, Florida
• Providence Watchman - Providence, Rhode Island (Charlotta Spears Bass, employee 1894-1904)
• Richmond Free Press
• The Richmond Voice Newspaper
• Roanoke Tribune - Roanoke, Virginia
• The Sacramento Observer – Sacramento, California
• St. Louis Argus - St. Louis, Missouri
• St. Louis Sentinel – St. Louis, Missouri
• San Francisco Bay View
• Savannah Tribune – Savannah, Georgia
• Seattle Medium – Seattle, Washington
• City News (Taylor Publications Inc.) – Bourbonnais, Illinois
• The Skanner - Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington
• South Florida Times - Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Palm Beach, Florida
• The Topeka Plaindealer - Topeka, Kansas
• Tennessee Tribune - Nashville, Tennessee
• Urban Trendsetters News Magazine - Columbus, Ohio
• The Washington Afro-American
• The Washington Bee - Washington, D.C.
• The Washington Informer
• The Washington Sun
• Weekly Advocate - New York, New York
• The Westside Gazette - Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Wharton Elevator - Wharton Texas (published in 1897)
• Wharton Southern Monitor - Wharton, Texas (published in 1887)
• Woman's Era (U.S.), the first newspaper published by and for African-American women