Misplaced Pages

List of African American newspapers in Ohio

Article snapshot taken from[REDACTED] with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

An 1844 issue of the Palladium of Liberty.

This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of Ohio.

The history of African American publishing in Ohio is longer than in many Midwestern states, beginning well before the Civil War. In 1843, the Palladium of Liberty became Ohio's first African American newspaper. It was followed by The Aliened American in Cleveland in the 1850s, and by the Cincinnati Colored Citizen in 1863, which was one of the few African American newspapers published during the Civil War.

Notable African American newspapers currently published in Ohio include the Akron Reporter, The Cincinnati Herald, the Cleveland Call and Post, The Toledo Journal, and the Youngstown Buckeye Review.

Newspapers

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2020)
City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks


Akron The Reporter 1969 current Weekly
Cincinnati The Afro-American 1882 ? Weekly
Cincinnati American Catholic Tribune 1884 or 1885 1890s Irregular
  • "he only newspaper in the country for black Catholics".
  • Published in Detroit for portions of 1893 and 1894.
Cincinnati Colored Patriot 1883? ? Weekly
  • Billed as "the only Colored Republican paper published or printed in Cincinnati."
Cincinnati The Cincinnati Crusader 1981 ? Monthly newspaper
  • Extant through at least 1987.
Cincinnati The Cincinnati Herald 1955 current Weekly
Cincinnati Colored Citizen 1863 1869 or 1873 Weekly
Cincinnati The Ohio Enterprise 1902 1906 Weekly
Cincinnati Cincinnati Union 1907 1952 Weekly
Cincinnati News Recorder 1893
Cincinnati Voice of the People 1896
Cleveland Cleveland Advocate / Advocate (1915–1918) 1914 1924 Weekly
  • Published by Ormond Forte, known as the "dean of Cleveland Negro newspapermen".
Cleveland Aliened American 1853 1854 or 1856 Weekly
Cleveland Call and Post 1919 current Weekly
  • Official site
  • Columbus edition published from 1962.
  • Cincinnati edition published from 1967.
Cleveland Cleveland Community News / The Greater Cleveland Community News 1968 Weekly
Cleveland The Cleveland Gazette 1883 1945 Weekly
  • Founded by Harry Clay Smith.
  • Became the longest-publishing African American weekly in the country.
Cleveland The Cleveland Globe 1884 1887
  • Founded by Richard A. Jones.
Cleveland The Cleveland Guide 1929 ? Weekly
  • Extant through at least 1937.
Cleveland Cleveland Herald 1819 1837 Weekly
Cleveland Inner-City Voice 1970 ? Monthly
Cleveland The Cleveland Journal 1903 1913 or 1912 Weekly
  • Circulation of 2500.
Cleveland The Cleveland Metro 1959? ? Weekly
  • Extant through at least 1986.
Cleveland Eastside Daily News 1980 current Three times a week
Cleveland The Real Deal 1991 current Monthly newspaper
Cleveland Voice of the People 1895
Columbus Columbus Advocate 1933 ? Weekly
  • Extant through at least 1940.
Columbus The Challenge 1942 ? Unknown
Columbus The Columbus Challenger 1963 1975 Monthly (irregular) newspaper
Columbus The Free American 1887 1888 Weekly
  • Columbus' first African American newspaper since the Palladium of Liberty.
Columbus The Lamp 1994 Monthly newspaper
Columbus The Columbus Minority Communicator 1996? Weekly
Columbus Onyx / Columbus Onyx News 1971 1978? Weekly
Columbus Palladium of Liberty 1843 1844 Weekly
Columbus The Columbus Post 1995 current Weekly
  • Founded in 1995 by Amos Lynch after leaving the Call and Post.
Columbus The Columbus Recorder 1923 ? Monthly newspaper
Columbus The Ohio Sentinel 1949 1963 Weekly
Columbus Columbus Standard 1889 or 1901 1901 Weekly
Columbus Ohio State Monitor 1918 1922 Weekly
Columbus The Ohio State News 1935 1952 Weekly
Columbus The Columbus Voice 1928 1933? Weekly
  • Published by Florence W. Oakfield.
Columbus Whip-Poor-Will 1866 1866 Monthly
Dayton Dayton / Black Press 1972? ? Weekly
  • Extant through at least 1980.
Dayton Dayton Tattler 1890 1891 Weekly
Dayton The Daily Bulletin: Combined with The Ohio Express 1941 ? Daily (except Sunday)
  • Extant through at least 1946.
Dayton Dayton Communicator 1994? Weekly
Dayton The Dayton Defender / New Dayton Defender 1986? current Biweekly
Dayton The Dayton Forum 1913 1949 Biweekly
Dayton New Dayton Express 1964 1971 Weekly
Dayton The Ohio Daily Express 1943? 1955 Daily (except Sunday)
Dayton The Soul/phisticator 1986? ? Unknown
  • Associated with the WDAO AM radio station.
East Cleveland East Cleveland Citizen 1970 ? Unknown
Hamilton Butler County American 1940 1969 Weekly
  • Succeeded by the Fort Hamilton American.
Lima Lima Post 1953 1956 Weekly
  • Billed as “Lima’s Only Negro Newspaper.”
Toledo The Observer 1918? ? Weekly
Toledo Toledo Bronze Raven 1949 or 1953 1976 Weekly
Toledo The Toledo Journal 1975 current Weekly
Toledo The Toledo Script 1943 1949 Weekly
Toledo The Toledo Sepia City Press 1948 ? Weekly
  • Extant through at least 1950.
Urbana The Informer 1897 1900s Monthly newspaper
Xenia Ohio Standard and Observer 1897 1903 Weekly
Xenia Xenia Sentinel 1911 ? Weekly
Youngstown The Buckeye Review 1937 current Weekly
Youngstown Mahoning Valley Challenger 1967 1974 Weekly

See also

Works cited

References

  1. ^ Ross 1996, p. 244.
  2. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 489, ¶ 5105.
  3. ^ "The Afro-American". The African-American Experience in Ohio 1850-1920. Ohio Historical Society. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  4. ^ "About American Catholic tribune. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1885-189?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  5. ^ Ross 1996, p. 246.
  6. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 163, ¶ 1691.
  7. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 153, ¶ 1592.
  8. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 153, ¶ 1593.
  9. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 162, ¶ 1686.
  10. Ross 1996, p. 245.
  11. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 439, ¶ 4578.
  12. ^ Ross 1996, p. 247.
  13. ^ "About The Union. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1907-1952". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  14. "Cleveland Advocate". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  15. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 157, ¶ 1629.
  16. "Forte, Ormond Adolphus". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  17. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 33, ¶ 333.
  18. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 130, ¶ 1347.
  19. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 130, ¶ 1348.
  20. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 130, ¶ 1349.
  21. ^ Jeffres 1982, p. 69.
  22. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 157, ¶ 1632.
  23. "Cleveland Gazette". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  24. Penn 1891, p. 298.
  25. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 158, ¶ 1633.
  26. ^ Gutgesell 1974, p. 100.
  27. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 158, ¶ 1634.
  28. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 298, ¶ 3142.
  29. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 158, ¶ 1635.
  30. ^ Ross 1996, p. 256.
  31. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 158, ¶ 1636.
  32. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 204, ¶ 2126.
  33. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 485, ¶ 5060.
  34. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 164, ¶ 1704.
  35. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 142, ¶ 1480.
  36. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 164, ¶ 1706.
  37. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 236, ¶ 2478.
  38. Ross 1996, p. 246-247.
  39. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 331, ¶ 3467.
  40. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 164, ¶ 1708.
  41. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 164, ¶ 1709.
  42. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 451, ¶ 4700.
  43. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 165, ¶ 1711.
  44. ^ "Amos Lynch, longtime newspaperman and black leader, dies at 90 - News - The Columbus Dispatch - Columbus, OH". Retrieved 2020-02-06. Lynch helped start three different Columbus newspapers: the Ohio Sentinel in 1949; the Call and Post, a local edition of a popular black paper in Cleveland, in 1962; and the Columbus Post in 1995.
  45. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 440, ¶ 4582.
  46. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 165, ¶ 1712.
  47. Ross 1996, p. 248.
  48. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 440, ¶ 4584.
  49. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 440, ¶ 4585.
  50. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 165, ¶ 1714.
  51. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 613, ¶ 6412.
  52. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 187, ¶ 1943.
  53. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 187, ¶ 1948.
  54. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 183, ¶ 1907.
  55. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 187, ¶ 1944.
  56. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 187, ¶ 1945.
  57. "Media Kit". Sesh Communications. Retrieved 2020-01-05. Our three weekly newspapers are the award-winning Cincinnati Herald (est. 1955), The Northern Kentucky Herald, and The Dayton Defender.
  58. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 187, ¶ 1946.
  59. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 407, ¶ 4239.
  60. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 439, ¶ 4577.
  61. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 523, ¶ 5463.
  62. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 203, ¶ 2117.
  63. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 126, ¶ 1309.
  64. "About Butler County American. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1940-1969". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  65. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 340, ¶ 3568.
  66. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 437, ¶ 4554.
  67. ^ "About Toledo bronze raven. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1953-1976". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  68. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 562, ¶ 5870.
  69. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 562, ¶ 5871.
  70. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 562, ¶ 5872.
  71. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 562, ¶ 5873.
  72. ^ "About The Informer. (Urbana, Ohio) 1897-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  73. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 440, ¶ 4583.
  74. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 623, ¶ 6515.
  75. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 120, ¶ 1239.
  76. ^ "About Mahoning Valley challenger. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1967-1974". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-05.

External links

African American press
Newspapers
Active
Northeast
South
Midwest
West
National
Defunct
Magazines
Organizations
Corporations
Related
Categories:
List of African American newspapers in Ohio Add topic