List of African-American newspapers in Alaska

Front page of Alaska's first African-American newspaper, The Alaska Spotlight , from 1956.

This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in Alaska. All of them have been published in Anchorage, the state's largest city.

The first African American newspaper in the Territory of Alaska (1912-1959) was The Alaska Spotlight , which began publication in 1952 when Alaska was not yet a state. ^[1]

Newspapers

City	Title	Beginning	End	Frequency	Call numbers	Remarks
Anchorage	Crusader	1974 [2]	1974 [2]	Weekly [2]	OCLC   39325095	Edited by Margaret L. Roblow Neal. [2]
Anchorage	The Anchorage Gazette	1992 [3]		Monthly, [4] weekly, [5] [6] or irregular [3] [7]	ISSN   2576-7380 LCCN   sn98060276, 2011254011 OCLC   27696741, 664611171	Suspended from May 1993 to December 1995. [3] Published by Elgin R. Jones. [3]
Anchorage	Midnight Sun Reporter	1962 [8]	1960s [9]	Weekly [8]	LCCN   sn98060286 OCLC   39325101	Published by George C. Anderson. [9] Published through at least 1964. Suspended publication from 1962 to 1964. [9] Weekly circulation reached 2500 in 1962. [8]
Anchorage	The New Horizon [10]	1976 [11]	? [11]	Weekly [11]	OCLC   39325103	Edited by Alberta Jones. [11] Published through at least 1978. [11]
Anchorage	The North Star Reporter [12]	1982 [13]	1983? [12]	Twice-monthly [12]	LCCN   sn99058168 OCLC   25569318	Published through at least 1983. [11]
Anchorage	The Alaska Spotlight	1952 [14]	1960s [14]	Weekly [14]	ISSN   2574-5557 LCCN   sn84025839, 2011254030 OCLC   664611169, 10411164	Published by George C. Anderson [14] Extant through 1968. [15] Defunct by 1970. [8]
Anchorage	Anchorage Town Crier	1994 [16]	1990s	Biweekly [16]	OCLC   39325207	Edited by Dorothy Cox. [16] Published through at least early 1995. [16]
Anchorage	Vox Populi	1978? [17]	1980s [17]	Monthly newspaper [17]	OCLC   39325225	Published through at least 1981. [17] Edited by Al Stills. [17]

See also

• List of African-American newspapers and media outlets
• List of African-American newspapers in Hawaii
• List of newspapers in Alaska

Works cited

• Alaska State Library (2000). Guide to Alaska Newspapers on Microfilm (PDF).
• Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E., eds. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Harvard University Press. ISBN   9780674007888.
• Overstreet, Everett Louis (1988). Black on a Background of White: A Chronicle of Afro-Americans ́involvement in Americaś Last Frontier, Alaska. ISBN   9780918270207.
• 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.

References

1. Smith 2012, p. 409.
2. Alaska State Library 2000, p. 25.
3. "About The Anchorage gazette. [online resource] (Anchorage, Alaska) 1992-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
4. Hayes, James L.; Guindon, Kathleen M. (1994). Burrelle's Media Directory-1995. p. 553.
5. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 44, para. 446.
6. Alaska Blue Book 1993-94. 1993. p. 311.
7. Alaska State Library 2000, p. 19.
8. Pride & Wilson 1997, p. 106.
9. "About Midnight sun reporter. (Anchorage, Alaska) 1962-196?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
10. Overstreet 1988, p. 131.
11. Alaska State Library 2000, p. 29.
12. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 430, para. 4479.
13. "About North star reporter. (Anchorage, Alaska) 1982-198?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
14. "About The Alaska spotlight. [online resource] (Anchorage, Alaska) 1952-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
15. Danky & Hady, p. 32, para. 324. sfn error: no target: CITEREFDankyHady (help)
16. Alaska State Library 2000, p. 21.
17. Alaska State Library 2000, p. 35.