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A subscription-based service for digitized newspapers.

African American Newspapers in Kansas

Black Press Held by the Library of Congress

Guide to African-American community newspapers held in the LOC collections.

California Eagle [microform] (Internet Archive)

The California Eagle, the West's oldest African-American newspaper, was published from 1879-1964.

Colored tribune (Savannah, Ga.) - Digital Library of Georgia

Dec. 4, 1875-v. l, no. 34 (July 22, 1876)

Historical Spotlight on African American History & Genealogy

Tim Pinnick's site including information about his books for African American coal miners and African American newspapers.

Index of African-American Articles at G.R.P.L.

The information was abstracted from the local Grand Rapids Newspapers and other Michigan newspapers by Professor Carl Bajema, placed in the Local History Department of the Grand Rapids Public Library - Main Branch. These records cover a time period from 1830 - 1935.

Indianapolis Recorder - University Library

One of the top African-American publications in the nation, established in 1897, the Indianapolis Recorder focused on local people and events in Indianapolis but also reported national events.

Lost Friends Advertisements from the Southwestern Christian Advocate

The Lost Letters were letters written by loved ones searching for family members lost during slavery. It is a searchable database and contains letters written in the Advocate from November 1879 to December 1900 in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arkansas.

Michiana Memory - Historic Newspapers

St. Joseph County, Indiana. Currently includes The Reformer, a newspaper produced by the South Bend African-American community, WWII era issues of the South Bend Mirror, 1920's issues of the River Park Free Press, and a 19th century paper, the South Bend Herald. Each issue is keyword searchable with complete page images and full transcripts available for printing or downloading.

North Carolina Runaway Slave Advertisements - UNCG University Libraries

Online access to all known runaway slave advertisements (more than 2300 items) published in North Carolina newspapers from 1751 to 1840.

NYS Historic Newspapers - About The Buffalo Criterion. (Buffalo, N.Y.) 1925-1973

NYS Historic Newspapers - About The Buffalo Criterion. (Buffalo, N.Y.) 1978-current

Oakland Sunshine (Oakland, Calif.), 1915, 1920, 1922

Weekly African-American newspaper published in Oakland, California. Digitized newspapers through the Portal to Texas History.

Signal of Liberty Newspaper

Michigan antislavery newspaper, 1841-1848.

Southern Courier

A weekly newspaper covering Civil Rights in the South 1965-68. All 177 issues are available in the archives on this site.

The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192? - Chronicling America

The Columbia Professional World was established by Rufus Logan in 1901 to serve the African American community in Boone County, Missouri.

The Reflector

An African-American newspaper printed in Charlottesville from 1933-1935, excellent source for understanding the lives of Charlotteville's African Americans during the Jim Crow period.

Western Outlook (San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles, Calif.), 1900-1928

Weekly African-American newspaper published in Oakland, California. Digitized newspapers through the Portal to Texas History.