Research Guides: African American Studies Research Guide: Newspapers

African American Newspapers

Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Current Black Newspapers (or Black Newspapers from the 1960s onward) can be found in the database Ethic Newswatch. It has over 115 African American papers.
African American Periodicals, 1825-1995 This link opens in a new window
Includes historical periodicals by and about African Americans.
Accessible Archives This link opens in a new window
Contains eleven nineteenth-century black newspapers.
America's Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Contains small-town Black newspapers such as the Afro-American Review from Salina Kansas and Afro-Hawai’i News from Waialua, Hawaii.
ProQuest African American Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Includes prominent urban African American newspapers such as the Atlanta Daily World, Los Angeles Sentinel, New York Amsterdam News, and Pittsburgh Courier.
African American Newspapers, Series 2, 1835-1956 This link opens in a new window
Second series of small town African American newspapers from Readex.