Proquest Historical Newspapers
Contains backfiles of major 20th century African American newspapers including:
Atlanta Daily World
Baltimore Afro-American
Chicago Defender
Cleveland Call and Post
Daily Defender
Los Angeles Sentinal
New York Amsterdam News
Norfolk New Journal and Guide
Philadelphia Tribune
Pittsburgh Courier
For the same newspapers in a different form see: The Black Studies Center
African-American newspapers, 1827-1998 (If this isn't working try this link!)
This database contains about 270 U.S newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience.
African-American Newspapers: 19th Century
This database includes several important newspapers including the Freedom's Journal (1827-1829); The Colored American (1837-1841); The North Star (1847-1851); The National Era (1847-1853); Provincial Freeman (1854-1857); Frederick Douglass Paper (1851-1852); and The Christian Recorder (1861-Apr. 1862).
Library of Congress, Digitized Black Newspaper Collection
42 digitized African American Newspapers from Washington D.C., Indiana, Missouri, South Carolina and elsewhere.
Consult other online guides to freely available, digitized African American newspapers