Louisiana Division/City Archives
New Orleans Public Library

Miscellaneous African American Newspapers

The following table lists African American newspapers microfilmed in 1947 by the Committee on Negro Studies of the American Council for Learned Societies. The titles are available on four rolls of microfilm. Note that several titles, although listed in the table of contents at the beginning of the roll, were not actually on that roll.

Reel Number Paper Name Place of Publication/Coverage Date Range
03 Atlanta Age Atlanta, GA 1900/1/13
03 Voice of Missions Atlanta, GA 1900/2/1
02 Weekly Definace Atlanta, GA 1882/10/24, 1883/2/24
03 Augusta Union Augusta, GA 1900/1/27
02 Colored American Augusta, GA 1865/12/30, 1866/1/6, 1866/1/13
03 Negro Appeal Baltimore and Annapolis, MD 1900/2/16
02 American Citizen Baltimore, MD 1879/4/19
01 The Observer Baton Rouge, LA 1900/1/13
03 Wide Awake Birmingham, AL 1900/1/24
03 Boston Advance Boston, MA 1900/2/17
03 Boston Courant Boston, MA 1900/1/6
03 Free State Brandon, MS 1900/1/20
03 Free State Brandon, MS 1900/1/20
03 Afro American Citizen Charleston, SC 1900/1/17
04 Charleston Advocate Charleston, SC 1867/5/11
02 Missionary Record Charleston, SC 1873/7/5
03 Afro American Presbyterian Charlotte, NC 1899/12/21
03 Chicago World Chicago, IL 1900/1/27
02 Colored Citizen Cincinnati, OH 1866/5/19
03 Western Enterprise Colorado Springs, CO 1900/1/6, 1900/1/27
03 Peoples' Recorder Columbia and Union, SC 1900/1/13, 1900/1/27
04 Southern Indicator Columbia, SC 1921/2/12 - 1923/2/3
03 Columbus Chronicle Columbus, GA 1900/1/27
04 Columbus Standard Columbus, OH 1901/7/27
03 Oil City Afro-American Corsicana, TX 1900/1/27
03 Dallas Express Dallas, TX 1900/1/13
03 Item Dallas, TX 1900/1/27
03 Colorado Statesman Denver, CO 1900/1/27
03 Statesman Denver, CO 1900/1/27
03 Detroit Informer Detroit, MI 1900/1/13
02 Georgetown Planet Georgetown, SC 1873/5/31
02 Justice Hamilton County, TN (Chattanooga) 1887/12/24
03 The Reporter Helena, AR 1900/2/1
03 Independent Houston, TX 1900/1/27
03 Western Star Houston, TX 1900/1/27
03 Huntsville Star Huntsville, AL 1900/1/26
03 World Indianapolis, IN 1900/1/27
03 Jackson Headlight Jackson, TN 1900/1/27
03 Florida Evangelist Jacksonville, FL 1900/1/20
03 Kansas City Observer Kansas City, MO 1900/1/27
03 Rising Son Kansas City, MO 1900/1/27
03 Lexington Standard Lexington, KY 1900/1/27
03 American Guide Little Rock, AR 1900/1/27
02 True Reformer Littleton, NC 1900/7/25
02 Bulletin Louisville, KY 1881/9/24
04 Ohio Falls Express Louisville, KY 1891/7/11
03 Missouri Messenger Macon and Kansas City, MO 1900/1/26
03 Macon Sentinel Macon, GA 1900/1/27
01 Pelican Marksville, LA 1863/2/21
04 Pioneer Press Martinsburg, WV 1890/9/6, 1892/1/16, 1915/8/28
04 Wisconsin Afro American Milwaukee, WI 1892/8/13 - 1893/11/19
03 Montgomery Enterprise Montgomery, AL 1900/1/26
01 Black Republican New Orleans, LA 1865/4/15 - 1865/5/20
01 Black Republican and Office Holders' Journal New Orleans, LA 1865/8**
01 Crusader New Orleans, LA 1890/7/9
01 Le Dimanche New Orleans, LA 1861/2/10
01 L'Union New Orleans, LA 1862/9/27 - 1864/7/9
01 Republic Courier New Orleans, LA 1899/12/2 - 1900/1/20
01 Southern Republican New Orleans, LA 1899/9/2 - 1900/4/14
02 Rights of All New York, NY 1829/5/29, 1829/6/12, 1829/8/7, 1829/9/18, 1829/10/9
04 Le Dimanche Not on roll 1861
03 The Republican Courier Not on roll 1900/1/27
03 The Southern Republican Not on roll 1900
04 Union Not on roll 1862-1864
03 Langston City Herald Oklahoma and Indian Territory 1900/1/27
03 Enterprise Omaha, NE 1900/1/12
03 Progress Omaha, NE 1900/1/26
03 Parson Weekly Blade Parsons, KS 1900/1/26
03 Paul Quinn Weekly Paul Quinn College, Waco, TX 1900/1/27
03 Florida Sentinel Pensacola, FL 1900/1/26
03 National Pilot Petersburg, VA 1900/2/1
03 Defender Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr, PA 1900/1/27
03 Christian Banner Philadelphia, PA 1900/1/12
03 Odd Fellows Journal Philadelphia, PA 1900/1/11
03 Pine Bluff Weekly Herald Pine Bluff, AR 1900/1/27
02 Gazette Raleigh, NC 1893/12/16, 1894/5/19, 1896/10/31, 1896/11/21, 1897/8/7
03 Gazette Raleigh, NC 1897/4/17 - 1901/4/13
03 Reformer Richmond, VA 1900/1/27
04 Reformer Richmond, VA 1905/1/28
02 Richmond Planet Richmond, VA 1885/2/21, 1886/6/16, 1888/8/25, 1889/7/27, 1890/7/12, 1895/3/2, 1900/1/13
02 Southern News Richmond, VA 1892/10/15
02 Virginia Star Richmond, VA 1877/9/8, 1879/9/27, 1881/7/23
03 Rock Hill Messanger Rock Hill, SC 1900/1/26
02 Pacific Appeal San Francisco, CA 1875/10/15
03 The Western Outlook San Francisco, CA 1900/1/27
02 Savannah Weekly Echo Savannah, GA 1883/8/26, 1883/12/2, 1884/1/20, 1884/2/3, 1884/2/10
03 Seattle Republican Seattle, WA 1900/1/19
03 World Seattle, WA 1900/1/4
01 Echo St. Martinville 1873/3/15
03 Plaindealer Topeka, KS 1900/1/26
03 Golden Rule Vicksburg, MS 1900/1/27
03 Light Vicksburg, MS 1900/1/27
02 Colored American Washington, DC 1894/8/11
04 National Leader Washington, DC 1888/12/8 - 1889/12/21
03 Gazette and Land Bulletin Waycross and Brunswick, GA and Tampa, FL 1900/1/27
02 North Carolina Republican Weldon, NC 1884/5/22
03 Ohio Standard Xenia and Wilberforce, OH 1900/1/27

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