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This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of West Virginia. The first such newspaper was The Pioneer Press of Martinsburg, started by J.R. Clifford in 1882. West Virginia's last African American newspaper, the West Virginia Beacon Digest of Charleston, shut down in 2006.

Newspapers

See also

• List of African American newspapers and media outlets
• List of African American newspapers in Maryland
• List of African American newspapers in Ohio
• List of African American newspapers in Pennsylvania
• List of African American newspapers in Virginia
• List of newspapers in West Virginia

Works cited

• Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E., eds. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674007888.
• Fain, Cicero M (2019). Black Huntington: An Appalachian Story. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252051432.
• Smith, Jessie Carney; Horton, Carrell Peterson, eds. (1995). Historical Statistics of Black America: Media to Vital Statistics. Gale Research. ISBN 0810393921.

References

1. Powell, Bob; Thornhill, Gail (2016-10-06). "Civil Rights Legend J.R. Clifford Dies: October 6, 1933". Retrieved 2020-01-20.
2. ^ Plein, Stewart (2017-01-12). "The African American Press in West Virginia". WVU Libraries. Retrieved 2020-01-20. The state's only African American newspaper that continued into this century is the Beacon Digest in Charleston, until it ceased publication in 2006.
3. ^ Smith & Horton 1995, p. 1214.
4. ^ "About The advocate. [online resource] (Charleston, West Virginia) 1901-1913". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
5. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 600, ¶ 6275.
6. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 609, ¶ 6371.
7. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 609, ¶ 6372.
8. ^ Rice, Connie Park (2015-12-08). "Christopher H. Payne". e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
9. Rowell, George Presbury (1887). Geo. P. Rowell and Co.'s American Newspaper Directory. Printers' Ink Publishing Company. p. 837.
10. ^ "About The clarion. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1911-191?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
11. ^ Fain 2019, p. 217 n.137.
12. ^ "About The Huntington times. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1918-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
13. ^ Fain 2019, p. 113.
14. ^ "About The McDowell times. [online resource] (Keystone, West Virginia) 1904-1941". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
15. Sullivan, Ken (2017-09-25). "M. T. Whittico". e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
16. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 465, ¶ 4842.
17. Bergman, Peter M. (1969). The Negro in America. p. 191. OCLC 702330366.

• African-American history of West Virginia
• Lists of African-American newspapers
• Newspapers published in West Virginia
• West Virginia-related lists