List of African American newspapers in Missouri
This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of Missouri. It includes both current and historical newspapers.
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The first known African American newspaper in Missouri was the Welcome Friend of St. Louis, which was in circulation by 1870.[1] Yet the first surviving issue of any such newspaper dates from 20 years later in 1890, when the sole surviving issue of The American Negro of Springfield was published.[2]
At least 64 African American newspapers have been published in Missouri over the years, although the actual number is likely to be much higher.[2] Of that 64, 55 were established between 1875 and 1920.[2] Most of the publishing activity has been concentrated in the St. Louis and Kansas City metropolitan areas, but many smaller cities and towns have had such newspapers as well.[2]
Notable current African American newspapers in Missouri include the St. Louis Sentinel, St. Louis American, and Kansas City Globe.
Newspapers
City | Title | Beginning | End | Frequency | Call numbers | Remarks |
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Caruthersville | The Anchor | 1911[3] or 1912[4] | 1900s[4] | Weekly[4] | ||
Charleston | The Charleston Spokesman | 1934[5] | ?[5] | Weekly[5] | ||
Columbia / Jefferson City | The Professional World | 1901[6] | 1920s[6] or 1903?[7] | Weekly[6] |
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Hannibal | Home Protective Record | 1909[8] | ?[8] | Weekly[8] | ||
Hannibal | Hannibal Register / Missouri State Register[10] | 1919[11] | 1941[11] | Weekly |
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Joplin | The Joplin Advance | 1895[12] | 1800s[12] | Weekly[12] |
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Joplin | Joplin-Springfield Uplift (1920s–1933)[13] / Joplin Uplift | 1926?[14] | ?[14] | Weekly[14] |
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Kansas City | Kansas City American | 1928[15] | 1936[15] | Weekly[15] |
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Kansas City | The Call / Kansas City Call | 1919[17] | current | Weekly[17] |
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Kansas City | Greater Kansas City Community Challenger | 1970s[18] | ?[18] | Weekly[18] |
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Kansas City | The Kansas City Globe | 1972[19] | current | Weekly[19] | ||
Kansas City | The Inter-State Herald | 1903[20] | ?[20] | Weekly[20] |
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Kansas City | The Liberator | 1901[21] | 1910[22] | Weekly[21] |
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Kansas City | Missouri State Post | 1986[23] | ? | Weekly[23] |
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Kansas City | Kansas City Observer | 1896[25] | 1901[25] | Weekly[25] |
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Kansas City | The Rising Son | 1896[26] | 1918[26] | Weekly[26] | ||
Kansas City | The Kansas City Searchlight | 1908[27] | ?[27] | Weekly[27] |
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Kansas City | The Kansas City Sun | 1908[28] | 1924[28] | Weekly[28] |
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Kansas City | The Kansas City Sun | 1908[29] | 1924?[29] | Weekly[29] | ||
Macon | Missouri Messenger | 1894[30] | 1900[30] | Weekly[30] |
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Sedalia | The Sedalia Sun | 1882[31] | 1880s[31] | Weekly[31] |
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Sedalia | The Sedalia Times | 1893[32] or 1894[33] | 1905[32] | Weekly[32] |
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Sedalia | Sedalia Weekly Conservator | 1903[35] | 1909[35] | Weekly[35] |
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Sikeston | The Southeast Missouri World | 1939[36] | ?[36] | Weekly[36] | ||
Sikeston | Southern Sun | 1954[37] | 1954[38] | Twice monthly[37] |
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Springfield | The American Negro | 1890[39] | 1890[39] | Weekly[39] |
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St. Louis | St. Louis Advance | 1881[40] or 1887?[41] | 1908[40] | Weekly[40] |
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St. Louis | The African-American News World | 1991?[42] | ?[42] | Quarterly[42] | ||
St. Louis | The American Eagle | 1894[43] | 1907[43] | Weekly[43] |
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St. Louis | The St. Louis American | 1927[45] | current | Weekly[45] | ||
St. Louis | The St. Louis Argus | 1912[46] | ?[46] | Weekly[46] |
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St. Louis | St. Louis Call | 1936?[47] | ?[47] | Weekly[47] | ||
St. Louis | St. Louis Clarion | 1900s[48] | 1900s[48] | Weekly[48] |
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St. Louis | Cooperative Citizen | 1937?[50] | ?[50] | Weekly[50] |
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St. Louis | The Crusader | 1963?[51] | ?[51] | Weekly[51] |
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St. Louis | The Evening Whirl | 1938[52] | current | Weekly[52] | ||
St. Louis | Limelight Magazine | 1986[53] | current | Monthly newspaper[53] | ||
St. Louis | Negro World | 1875[1] | ?[1] | |||
St. Louis | New National Baptist Voice | 1915[56] | current | Has varied from twice monthly to semiannual.[56] Currently quarterly. |
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St. Louis | The St. Louis Palladium / The Palladium (–1903)[57] | 1884[58] | 1911[58] | Weekly[58] | ||
St. Louis | People's Guide | 1966?[59] | ?[59] | Weekly[59] | ||
St. Louis | St. Louis Sentinel / St. Louis Metro Sentinel | 1968[60] | Weekly[60] |
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St. Louis | Welcome Friend | 1870?[1] | ?[1] |
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St. Louis | Western Messenger | ? | 1917[34] | Weekly[63] |
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St. Louis | St. Louis Whirl-Examiner | 1938[64] | current[64] | Weekly[64] |
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See also
- List of African American newspapers and media outlets
- List of African American newspapers in Arkansas
- List of African American newspapers in Illinois
- List of African American newspapers in Iowa
- List of African American newspapers in Kansas
- List of African American newspapers in Nebraska
- List of African American newspapers in Oklahoma
- List of African American newspapers in Tennessee
- List of newspapers in Missouri
Works cited
- Ayer Directory, Newspapers, Magazines, Trade Publications. 1922.
- Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E., eds. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674007888.
- Pride, Armistead Scott; Wilson, Clint C. (1997). A History of the Black Press. Howard University Press. ISBN 9780882581927.
- Slavens, George Everett (1983). "Missouri". In Suggs, Henry Lewis (ed.). The Black Press in the South, 1865–1979. ISBN 9780313222443.
- Smith, Jessie Carney (2012). Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 9781578593699.
References
- Smith 2012, p. 409.
- Slavens 1983, p. 211.
- Ayer 1922, p. 529.
- "About The anchor. (Caruthersville, Mo.) 1912–19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 144, ¶ 1500.
- "About The professional world. [online resource] (Columbia, Missouri) 1901-192?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 474, ¶ 4938.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 278, ¶ 2923.
- "About Home protective record. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1909–19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- Ayer 1922, p. 535.
- "Hannibal's African American Notables". Jim's Journey. Huck Finn Freedom Center. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
- "About The Joplin advance. [volume] (Joplin, Mo.) 1895-18??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- "About The Joplin-Springfield uplift. (Joplin, Mo.) 19??-1933". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 314, ¶ 3303.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 324, ¶ 3387.
- "About The Kansas City American. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1928–1936". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 129, ¶ 1344.
- "About Greater Kansas City community challenger. [volume] ([Kansas City, Mo.]) 197?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 324, ¶ 3388.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 304, ¶ 3208.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 336, ¶ 3525.
- "About The liberator. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1901–1910". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 371, ¶ 3873.
- "About Missouri state post. (Kansas City, Kan.) 1986-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 324, ¶ 3389.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 495, ¶ 5160.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 324, ¶ 3390.
- "About The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908–1924". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 324, ¶ 3391.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 371, ¶ 3872.
- "About The Sedalia sun. (Sedalia, Mo.) 1882-188?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 508, ¶ 5302.
- "About The Sedalia times. [online resource] (Sedalia, Mo.) 1894-1905". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- Slaven 1983, p. 212.
- "About Sedalia weekly conservator. (Sedalia, Mo.) 1903–1909". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 525, ¶ 5484.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 529, ¶ 5524.
- "About Southern sun. (Sikeston, Mo.) 1954–1954". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 41, ¶ 418.
- "About St. Louis advance. (St. Louis, Mo.) 1881–1908". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 538, ¶ 5610.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 19, ¶ 190.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 40, ¶ 409.
- "About The American eagle. [online resource] (St. Louis) 1894-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 538, ¶ 5611.
- "About The St. Louis argus. [microfilm reel] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1912-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 539, ¶ 5613.
- "About St. Louis clarion. [online resource] (St. Louis, Mo.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- "About The St. Louis clarion. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 174, ¶ 1814.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 181, ¶ 1888.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 216, ¶ 2254.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 340, ¶ 3569.
- Perry, Earnest; Edmondson, Aimee (2008). "The African American Press". In Winfield, Betty Houchin (ed.). Journalism 1908: Birth of a Profession. p. 310. ISBN 9780826218131.
- Rowell's American Newspaper Directory. 1887. p. 1122.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 410, ¶ 4270.
- "About St. Louis palladium. [online resource] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1903-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 539, ¶ 5616.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 459, ¶ 4786.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 539, ¶ 5614.
- "About St. Louis metro sentinel. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1971-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- Proceedings of the Colored People's Educational Convention, Held in Jefferson City, Missouri, Jan., 1870. 1870. p. 22.
On motion, it was voted that this Convention recommend the newspaper entitled the Welcome Friend, published in St. Louis by Mr. C. H. Tandy, to the friendly consideration of a discerning public.
- "About The Western messenger. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 19??-192?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- "About St. Louis whirl-examiner. (St. Louis, Mo.) 1938-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.