List of African American newspapers in Mississippi
This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in Mississippi. It includes both current and historical newspapers.
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The first such newspaper in Mississippi was the Colored Citizen in 1867.[1] More than 70 African American newspapers were founded across Mississippi between 1867 and 1899, in at least 37 different towns.[2] From 1900 to 1980, at least 116 more such newspapers were founded in the state, but increasingly concentrated in the larger cities.[3] The Jackson Advocate is the oldest African American newspaper still in publication. The Mississippi Link was one of the first African American publications to be widely available on the internet.[4]
Several African American newspapers are currently published in Mississippi. They are highlighted in green in the list below.
Newspapers
City | Title | Beginning | End | Frequency | Call numbers | Remarks |
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Brandon | The Free State | 1898[5] | 1904[5] |
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Brookhaven | People's Relief | 1900s | 1910 |
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Canton | Canton Citizen | 1869[2] | ? | |||
Cary | The Weekly Negro World | 1890s[7] | 1900s[7] |
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Clarksdale | Tutwiler Whirlwind | 1979[8] |
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Columbia | Brotherhood | 1976[8] | ||||
Fayette | Jefferson County Chronicle | 1986[9] | 1992[9] | |||
Greenville | The Delta Farmer’s Digest | 1939[10] | ?[10] | |||
Greenville | 1929[14] or 1930[12] | ?[12] |
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Greenville |
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1896[16] | 1930[16] or 1920s[15] | |||
Greenville | Mississippi Freelance | 1969[17] | 1970[17] |
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Greenville | Mississippi News | 1974[8] |
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Greenville | Mississippiana | 1900s[19] | 1900s[19] |
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Greenville | Negro Leader | 1962[8] |
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Greenville | The Voice Of SHIMPH | 1975[20] | 1900s[20] | |||
Greenville | The Zion Harp | 1896[21] | 1910[21] | |||
Greenwood | The Baptist Observer | 1960?[22] | ?[22] |
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Hattiesburg | Hub City Community News | 1984[23] | 1987[24] |
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Hattiesburg | The Union Messenger | 1934[25] | 1900s[25] | |||
Holly Springs | Mississippi Oddfellow | 1908?[26] | ?[26] | |||
Jackson | Jackson Advocate | 1938[27] or 1939[28] | current | |||
Jackson | Colored Citizen | 1870[2] | ? |
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Jackson | 1971[30] | 1900s[29] | ||||
Jackson |
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1944[31] | 1967?[32] |
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Jackson | The Mississippi Enterprise | 1938[34] or 1939[14] | ?[34] |
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Jackson | Mississippi Free Press | 1961[36] | 1964[37] |
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Jackson | Highlighter | 1975[8] |
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Jackson | Mississippi Independent | 1967[39] | 1967?[39] | |||
Jackson | The Mississippi Link | 1993[40] | current |
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Jackson | The Messenger | 1800s[41] | ?[41] | |||
Jackson | Metropolitan Observer | 1976 |
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Jackson | The New African | 1900s[42] | ?[42] |
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Jackson |
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1877[43] | 1882?[15] | |||
Jackson | Mississippi Weekly | 1930s[44] | 1900s[44] | |||
Jackson | Jackson Field Hand | 1870?[15] | ||||
Jackson | Weekly Communicator | 1975[8] |
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Laurel | Voice Of The People | 1900s[45] | 1900s[45] | |||
McComb | Freedom's Journal | 1964[46] |
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Meridian | The Echo | 1923[47] | 1931[47] | |||
Meridian | The Echo | 1942[47] | 1960[47] | |||
Meridian | Mississippi Memo Digest | 1968[48] | ? | |||
Meridian |
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1931[49] | 1942[49] | |||
Moss Point | Pas-Point Journal | 1976[8] |
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Mound Bayou | Demonstrator | 1900[15] | 1925?[15] | |||
Mound Bayou | Mound Bayou News-Digest | 1900s[51] | 1900s[51] |
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Mound Bayou | The Mound Bayou Sentinel | 1952[52] | ?[52] | |||
Mound Bayou | The Southern Advocate | 1933[53] | ?[53] |
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Mound Bayou | The Taborian Star | 1923?[54] | ?[54] | |||
Mound Bayou | The Voice | 1900s[55] | 1900s[55] |
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Natchez | Bluff City Bulletin | 1961[56] | 1966[56] |
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Natchez | Bluff City Post | 1978[57] | current |
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Natchez | Natchez News Leader | 1971[58] | 1983?[58] |
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Natchez | Weekly Reporter | 1909 | 1930s?[15] | |||
New Albany | The Community Citizen | 1900s[60] | 1900s[60] |
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Senatobia | The Baptist Herald | 1888[61] | 1800s[61] |
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Vicksburg | Vicksburg Citizens' Appeal | 1964[62] | 1967[62] | |||
Vicksburg | Colored Citizen | 1867[2] | ? |
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Vicksburg | The Golden Rule | 1898[63] | 1902[63] | |||
Vicksburg | The Light | 1891[64] | 1900s[64] | |||
Vicksburg | The New Times | 1993?[65] | ? | |||
Yazoo City | Afro-American Courier | 1926[66] | 1957?[67] | |||
Yazoo City | 1942[68] | ?[68] |
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See also
Works cited
- Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E., eds. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674007888.
- McMillen, Neil R. (1990). Dark Journey: Black Mississippians in the Age of Jim Crow. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252061561.
- Pride, Armistead Scott; Wilson, Clint C. (1997). A History of the Black Press. Howard University Press. ISBN 9780882581927.
- Smith, Jessie Carney (2012). Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 9781578593699.
- Thompson, Julius Eric (1983). "Mississippi". In Suggs, Henry Lewis (ed.). The Black Press in the South, 1865–1979. ISBN 9780313222443.
- Thompson, Julius Eric (2001). Black Life in Mississippi: Essays on Political, Social and Cultural Studies in a Deep South State. ISBN 9780761819226.
- Thompson, Julius Eric (2015). Lynchings in Mississippi (reprint ed.). ISBN 9780786464418.
References
- Smith 2012, p. 409.
- Thompson 1983, p. 178.
- Thompson 1983, p. 181.
- "Top Black Newspapers | African American Newspapers".
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 237, ¶ 2487.
- McMillen 1990, p. 176.
- "About The weekly Negro world. [volume] (Cary, Miss.) 189?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- Thompson 2001, p. 52.
- "About Jefferson County chronicle. (Fayette, Miss.) 1986-1992". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 191, ¶ 1983.
- "About The Delta farmer's digest. (Greenville, Miss.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 191, ¶ 1985.
- "About Greenville leader. (Greenville, Miss.) 1930-1939". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- Thompson 1983, p. 182.
- McMillen 1990, p. 173.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 191, ¶ 1986.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 371, ¶ 3865.
- "About Mississippi freelance. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1969-1970". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- "About Mississippiana. (Greenville, Miss.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- "About The Voice of SHIMPH. (Greenville, Miss.) 1975-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- "About The Zion harp. (Greenville, Miss.) 1896-1910". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 60, ¶ 615.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 285, ¶ 2993.
- "About Hub city community news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1984-1987". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- "About The Union messenger. (Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Miss.) 1934-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 371, ¶ 3870.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 308, ¶ 3241.
- "About Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- "About The drummer. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1971-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 200, ¶ 2080.
- Thompson 1983, p. 205.
- Becca Walton (2018-04-19). "Jackson Eagle Eye". Mississippi Encyclopedia. Center for Study of Southern Culture. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
- Thompson 1983, p. 188.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 370, ¶ 3861.
- "About The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 370, ¶ 3862.
- "About Mississippi free press. [online resource] (Jackson, Miss.) 1961-1964". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- Thompson 1983, p. 193.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 371, ¶ 3866.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 371, ¶ 3867.
- "About The Messenger. (Jackson, Miss.) 18??-1???". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- "About The new African. [microfilm reel] (Jackson, Miss.) 19??-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- Thompson 2015, p. 13.
- "About Mississippi weekly. [online resource] (Jackson, Miss.) 193?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- "About Voice of the people. (Laurel, Miss.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- Thompson 1983, p. 192.
- "About The Echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1923-1931". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- "About Mississippi memo digest. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1968-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- "About The Weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- McMillen 1990, p. 175.
- "About Mound Bayou news-digest. [online resource] (Mound Bayou, Miss.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 377, ¶ 3934.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 525, ¶ 5488.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 551, ¶ 5754.
- "About The Voice. (Mound Bayou, Miss.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 110, ¶ 1144.
- "About Bluff City post. (Natchez, Miss.) 1978-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 386, ¶ 4035.
- Mather, Frank Lincoln (1915). Who's who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent, Volume 1. p. 295. ISBN 9780598610218.
- "About The Community citizen. (New Albany, Miss.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- "About The Baptist herald. (Senatobia, Miss.) 1888-18??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 589, ¶ 6165.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 251, ¶ 2631.
- "About The light. [online resource] (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1891-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 413, ¶ 4299.
- "About Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 24, ¶ 241.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 142, ¶ 1476.
- "About The Century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.