African-American Newspapers and Journals Through 1970 at Bobst: by Chronology
- Part One: List by Title
- Part Two: List by Chronology
- Part Three: List by Place of Publication
Dates available:
1810 - 1850 | 1851 - 1880 | 1881 - 1910 | 1911 - 1940 | 1941 --
Abolition Intelligencer
and Missionary Magazine. (Kentucky)
1:1 (May 7, 1822) - 1:12 (April, 1823)
The Abolitionist, or Record
of the New England Anti-slavery Society. (Boston)
1 (1833)
The African Intelligencer.
(Washington, D. C.)
1:1 (July, 1820)
African Observer.
(Philadelphia)
1827-1828
The African Repository.
(Washington, D. C.)
1:1 (March, 1825) - 68:1 (January, 1892)
American Anti-slavery
Reporter. (New York City)
1:1 (January, 1834) - 1:8 (August, 1834)
The Anti-slavery Examiner.
(New York City)
1:1 (August, 1836) - 14 (1845?)
The Anti-slavery Record.
(New York City)
1:1 (January, 1835) - 3:12 (December, 1837)
Anti-slavery
Reporter. (New York City)
1:1 (June, 1833) - 1:6 (November, 1833)
The Anti-slavery
Reporter. (London)
(January 1, 1846) - (March-May, 1909)
The British and Foreign Anti-slavery
Reporter. (London)
#1 (January 15, 1840) - #158 (December 24, 1845)
The Cincinnati Weekly Herald
and Philanthropist. (Cincinnati)
1:1 (January 1, 1836) - 11:? (December 1, 1846)
Colonizationist and Journal
of Freedom. (Boston)
April, 1833 - April, 1834
The Colored American.
(New York City)
March 4, 1837 - December 25, 1841
The Emancipator. (Tennessee)
April 30, 1820 - [October] 31, 1820.
The Freed-man.
(London)
#1 (August, 1865) - #37 (August, 1868)
Freedom's Journal.
(New York City)
#1 (March 16, 1827) - #104 (March 28, 1829)
Friends' Review: A Religious, Literary
and Miscellaneous Journal. (Philadelphia)
1:1 (September 4, 1847) - 48:? (July 5, 1894)
Genius of Universal Emancipation.
(Ohio)
1:1 (July, 1821) - 16 (1839)
The Juvenile Magazine.
(Philadelphia)
#1 (1811) - #4 (1813)
Liberator. (Boston)
1:1 (January 1, 1831) - 35:? (December 29, 1865)
The Liberty Bell.
(Boston)
#1(1839) - #15 (1858)
Monthly Offering.
(Boston)
1:1 (July, 1840) - 2:? (November/December, 1842)
National Anti-slavery
Standard. (New York City)
1:1 (June 11, 1840) - 30:50 (April 16, 1870)
National Era. (Washington,
D. C.)
#1 (1847) - #690 (March 22, 1860)
The Non-slaveholder.
(Philadelphia)
1 (1846) - 5 (1850); new series, 1 (1853) - 2 (1854)
The North Star. (Rochester,
NY)
December 3, 1847 - April 17, 1851
Philanthropist.
(Ohio)
August 29, 1817 - May 15, 1822.
Rights of All. (New York
City)
May 29, 1829 - October 9, 1829
Slavery in America. (London)
#1 (July, 1836) - #14 (August, 1837)
Weekly Advocate. (New York
City)
1:1 (January 7, 1837) - 1:8 (February 25, 1837)
The African Repository.
(Washington, D. C.)
1:1 (March, 1825) - 68:1 (January, 1892)
The American Citizen.
(Baltimore, MD)
February 8, 1879 - ??
American Jubilee.
(New York City)
1:1 (March, 1854) - 1:12 (April, 1855)
Anglo-African Magazine.
(New York City)
1859-1862
The Anti-slavery
Reporter. (London)
(January 1, 1846) - (March-May, 1909)
Anti-slavery Tracts.
(New York City)
#1 (1855) - #20 (1856); new series #1 (1860) - #25 (1862)
The Black Republican.
(New Orleans, LA)
April 15, 1865 - ??
The Colored American.
(Augusta, GA)
December 16, 1865 - January 13, 1866
The Colored Citizen.
(Cincinnati, OH)
November 7, 1863 - 1869?
Douglass' Monthly. (Rochester,
N. Y.)
1:8 (January, 1859) - 5:10 (August, 1863)
The Echo. (Saint Martinville,
LA)
March 30, 1872 - 1878
Frederick Douglass' Paper.
(Rochester, NY)
1851 - 1860?
The Freed-man.
(London)
#1 (August, 1865) - #37 (August, 1868)
The Freedman.
(Boston)
1 (1864) - 6:3 (March, 1869)
The Freedman's Friend.
(Philadelphia)
#1(1864) - #20 (1883) [1865-1866 only]
The Freedman's Journal.
(Boston)
1:1 (January, 1865) - 2:12 (December, 1866)
The Freedmen's Advocate.
(New York City)
1:1 (January, 1864) - 2:1 (January, 1865)
Friends' Review: A Religious, Literary
and Miscellaneous Journal. (Philadelphia)
1:1 (September 4, 1847) - 48:? (July 5, 1894)
The Georgetown Planet.
(Georgetown, SC)
1873 - 1875?
Liberator. (Boston)
1:1 (January 1, 1831) - 35:? (December 29, 1865)
The Liberty Bell.
(Boston)
#1(1839) - #15 (1858)
Missionary Record. (Charleston,
SC)
1868 - 1879?
National Anti-slavery
Standard. (New York City)
1:1 (June 11, 1840) - 30:50 (April 16, 1870)
National Era. (Washington,
D. C.)
#1 (1847) - #690 (March 22, 1860)
The National Freedman:
A Monthly Journal of the National Freedman's Relief Association.
(New York City)
1:1 (?February, 1865) - 2:9 (September, 1866)
The National Principia.
(New York City)
#233 (April 12, 1866) - #235 (June 14, 1866)
The New York Principia.
(New York City)
#229 (January 11, 1866) - #232 (March 8, 1866)
The Non-slaveholder.
(Philadelphia)
1 (1846) - 5 (1850); new series, 1 (1853) - 2 (1854)
The North Star. (Rochester,
NY)
December 3, 1847 - April 17, 1851
The Pacific Appeal. (San
Francisco, CA)
April 5, 1862 - ??
The Principia. (New York
City)
#1 (November 19, 1859) - #226 (August 25, 1864)
The Principia and
National Era. (New York City)
#227 (June 29, 1865) - #228 (July 6, 1865)
Radical Abolitionist. (New
York City)
1:1 (August, 1855) - 4:5 (December, 1858)
The Virginia Star.
(Richmond, VA)
1877 - 1888
The African Repository.
(Washington, D. C.)
1:1 (March, 1825) - 68:1 (January, 1892)
Alexander's Magazine.
(Boston)
1:1 (May 15, 1905) - 7:5&6 (March-April, 1909)
The Anti-slavery
Reporter. (London)
(January 1, 1846) - (March-May, 1909)
The Anti-slavery
Reporter and Aborigines Friend. (London)
(October, 1909) - (November, 1980)
The Bulletin. (Louisville,
KY)
1879? - ??
Colored American.
(Washington, DC)
1895?
Colored American
Magazine. (Boston & New York)
1900-1909
The Crisis: A Record of the Darker
Races. (New York City)
1:1 (November, 1910) --.
The Crusader. (New Orleans,
LA)
February 16, 1889 - 1891?
The Freeman. (New York
City)
November 11, 1884 - December 6, 1884
Friends' Review: A Religious, Literary,
and Miscellaneous Journal. (Philadelphia)
1:1 (September 4, 1847) - 48:? (July 5, 1894)
The Gazette. (Cleveland,
OH)
1892 - ??
The Half-century Magazine.
(Chicago)
1:1 (August, 1916) 18:1 (January & February, 1925)
Justice. (Chattanooga,
TN)
1887 - 1888?
The N.C. Republican, and
Civil Rights Advocate. (Weldon, NC)
May 15, 1884? - ??
The Negro Music Journal.
(Washington, D. C.)
1902-1903
New South. (Beaufort,
SC)
1889? - 1898?
New York Age. (New York
City)
October 15, 1887 - February 27, 1960
Bobst: January, 1905 - February 1960
New York Freeman. (New
York City)
December 13, 1884 - October 8, 1887)
New York Globe. (New York
City)
1880 - November 8, 1884
The Observer. (Baton Rouge,
LA)
September 16, 1899 - 1900
The Republican Courier.
(New Orleans, LA)
July 1, 1899 - 1900
Richmond Planet.
(Richmond, LA)
1883 - May 28, 1938
Savannah Weekly Echo.
(Savannah, GA)
1879 - 1884
The Southern News.
(Richmond, VA)
August 20, 1892 - 1894?
Southern Republican.
(New Orleans, LA)
1898 - 1907
The True Reformer.
(Littleton, NC)
1899 - 1909?
The Virginia Star.
(Richmond, VA)
1877 - 1888
Voice of the Negro. (Atlanta
& Chicago)
1 (1904) - 4 (1907)
The Weekly Defiance.
(Atlanta, GA)
1881 - 1889
The African: Journal of African
Affairs. (New York City)
1:1 (October, 1937) - 6:4/5 (April/May, 1948)
The Anti-slavery
Reporter and Aborigines Friend. (London)
Series 5 1:1 (October, 1909) - 34:4 (January, 1945)
Series 6 1:1 (April, 1945) - 12:7 (November, 1980)
The Brown American. (Philadelphia)
1 (1936) - 5 (1945)
The Bulletin of the Colored Intercollegiate
Athletic Association. (Virginia)
1912-1949
Bobst: 21 (1931) - 29 (1942), 32 (1945) - 33 (1947), 35 (1948)
Challenge. (Boston)
1:1 (March, 1934) - 2:1 (Spring, 1937)
The Competitor. (Pittsburgh)
1:1 (January, 1920) - 3:4 (June, 1921)
The Crisis: A Record of the Darker
Races. (New York City)
1:1 (November, 1910) --.
The Crusader. (New York
City)
1:1 (September, 1918) - 6:1 (January-February, 1922)
Fire!! (New York City)
1:1 (November, 1926)
The Half-century Magazine.
(Chicago)
1:1 (August, 1916) 18:1 (January & February, 1925)
Journal of Negro
Education. (Washington, D. C.)
1 (1932)--.
Journal of Negro History.
(Washington, D. C.)
1 (1916)--.
The Messenger: World's Greatest
Negro Monthly. (New York City)
1:1 (November, 1917) - 10:5 (May & June, 1928)
National Educational
Outlook among Negroes. (Baltimore)
1:1 (September, 1937) - 3:5 (June, 1940)
National Negro Health
News. (Washington, D. C.)
1:1 (January/March, 1933) - 18:2 (April/June, 1950)
The Negro Farmer.
(Alabama)
1914-1915
The Negro Farmer
and Messenger. (Alabama)
1915-1917
Negro History Bulletin.
(Washington, D. C.)
1 (1937)--
Bobst: E185.5.N38 (paper)
Negro Worker. (Hamburg,
Germany)
1 (1931) - 7 (1937)
The Negro World. (New
York)
1917 - 1933
Bobst: 1923 - 1933
The Negro Year Book and
Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro. (Alabama)
1912 - 1952, covering 1911 - 1951
New Challenge. (New
York City)
1:1 (March, 1934) - 2:2 (Fall, 1937)
New York Age.
October 15, 1887 - February 27, 1960
New York Amsterdam News.
(New York City)
December 4, 1909--.
Bobst: 1922 - 1972 & 1975 - 1992 (microfilm)
Opportunity: Journal of Negro
Life. (New York City)
1:1 (January, 1923) - 27:1 (Winter, 1949)
Palmetto Leader. (columbia,
SC)
January 10, 1925 - ??
Phylon [Quarterly]. (Atlanta)
1 (1940) - 45 (1984)
Quarterly Review of Higher Education
among Negroes. (North Carolina)
1 (1933) - 37 (1969)
Race. (New York City)
#1 (Winter, 1935/1936) - #2 (Summer, 1936)
SCLC Newsletter. (Atlanta,
GA)
1 (1961) - 3 (1966)?
Service. (Alabama)
1:1 (August, 1936) - 18:12 (July, 1954)
Southern Frontier.
(Atlanta)
1 (1940) - 6 (1945)
Southern Worker.
(Birmingham, Alabama)
1 (1930) - 7 (1937)
The African: Journal of African
Affairs. (New York City)
1:1 (October, 1937) - 6:4/5 (April/May, 1948)
Afro-American Studies.
(London)
1 (1970/71) - 3 (1972)
The Brown American. (Philadelphia)
1 (1936) - 5 (1945)
The Bulletin of the Colored Intercollegiate
Athletic Association. (Virginia)
1912 - 1949
Bobst: 21 (1931) - 29 (1942), 32 (1945) - 33 (1947), 35 (1948)
Color Line: A Monthly Round-up
of Facts. (Mt. Vernon, N. Y.)
1:1 (July & August, 1946) - 2:2 (July-August, 1947)
The Crisis: A Record of the Darker
Races. (New York City)
1:1 (November, 1910) --.
Ebony. (Chicago)
November, 1945 --
Events and Trends in Race Relations.
(Nashville)
4:6 (January, 1947) - 4:12 (July, 1947)
Freedomways. (New York
City)
1 (1961) - 25 (1985)
Harlem Quarterly. (New York
City)
1:1 (Winter, 1949/50) - 1:3&4 (Fall & Winter, 1950)
Jet. (Chicago)
1 (1951/52) --
Journal of Negro
Education. (Washington, D. C.)
1 (1932)--.
Journal of Negro History.
(Washington, D. C.)
1 (1916)--.
A Monthly Summary of Events
and Trends in Race Relations. (Nashville)
1:1 (August, 1943) - 4:5 (December, 1946)
National Negro Health
News. (Washington, D.C.)
1:1 (January/March, 1933) - 18:2 (April/June, 1950)
National Negro Voice.
(Kingston, Jamaica)
1:1 (July 19, 1941 - 1:11 (September, 27, 1941)
The Negro College Quarterly.
(Ohio)
1:1 (March, 1943 - 5:? (June, 1947)
Negro Digest. (Chicago)
1 (1942) - 19 (1970)
Negro History Bulletin.
(Washington, D. C.)
1 (1937)--
The Negro Quarterly.
(New York City)
1:1 (Spring, 1942) - 1:4 (Winter/Spring, 1943)
Negro Story. (Chicago)
1:1 (May & June, 1944) - 2:3 (April & May, 1946)
The Negro Year Book and
Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro. (Alabama)
1912 - 1952, covering 1911 - 1951
New South. (Atlanta,
GA)
1 (1946) - 28 (1973)
New York Age.
October 15, 1887 - February 27, 1960
New York Amsterdam News.
(New York City)
December 4, 1909--.
Opportunity: Journal of Negro
Life. (New York City)
1:1 (January, 1923) - 27:1 (Winter, 1949)
Phylon [Quarterly]. (Atlanta)
1 (1940) - 45 (1984)
Quarterly Review of Higher Education
among Negroes. (North Carolina)
1 (1933) - 37 (1969)
Race Relations: A Monthly
Summary of Events and Trends. (Nashville)
5:1-2 (October-November, 1947) - 5:9-12 (June - December, 1948)
Race Relations Law Reporter.
(Nashville, TN)
1 (1956) - 12 (1967)
Service. (Alabama)
1:1 (August, 1936) - 18:12 (July, 1954)
Southern Frontier.
(Atlanta)
1 (1940) - 6 (1945)
Southern Voices.
(Atlanta)
1:1 (March/April, 1974) - 1:4 (October/November, 1974)
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