List of African-American newspapers in Arkansas

Front page of the Arkansas Freeman from 1869.

This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in Arkansas. The first such newspaper in Arkansas was the Arkansas Freeman of Little Rock, which began publishing in 1869. ^[1]

Newspapers

City	Title	Beginning	End	Frequency	Call numbers	Remarks
Baxter, Drew County	The Baxter Vidette	1902 [2]	1900s [2]	Twice monthly [2]	LCCN   sn90050275 OCLC   22286393
Earle	The Eastern Arkansas World	1940 [3]	1900s [3]	Weekly [3]	LCCN   sn2003062301 OCLC   53001363
Fayetteville	Times	1976 [4]	1977 [4]	Irregular [4]	ISSN   2469-9209 LCCN   2015203720 OCLC   774693301
Forrest City	The Forrest City Herald	1896 [5]	? [5]	Weekly [5]	LCCN   sn90050374 OCLC   22971599	“Devoted to Religious and Literary Work. Motto: Never Give Up.” [5]
Forrest City	Homeland / Home With Homeland (1998–) [6]	1991 [7]	?	Monthly newspaper [7]	Homeland: ISSN   2575-1506 LCCN   2012254011, sn93050529 OCLC   664577985, 27819821 Home With Homeland: LCCN   2012254010 OCLC   773145186	Attested through at least 1999. [6] Edited by Henerine Hunter. Published by Curtis Varnado. [8]
Forrest City	The Southern Liberator	? [9]	1900s [9]	[9]	LCCN   sn89051440 OCLC   20661226	Attested from at least 1936. [9] Official organ of the Southern Liberal Organization. [9]
Fort Smith	The Appreciator-Union	190? [10]	? [11]	Unknown [10]	LCCN   sn98062576 OCLC   40250458	Attested from at least 1911. [11]
Helena	The Inter State Reporter	1886? [12]	? [12]	Weekly [12]
Helena	The New Era	1891 [13]	? [13]	Weekly [13]	LCCN   sn92050100 OCLC   26018049
Helena	The Reporter	1891 [14]	1907 [14]	Twice monthly [14]	LCCN   sn84020667, sn83025486 OCLC   4054398, 9526584	Edited by W.A. Holmes. [14]
Hot Springs	The Arkansas Citizen / The Citizen (1958–1963) [15]	1958 [16]	1977 [16] or 1980s [17]	Biweekly [16]	The Arkansas Citizen: LCCN   sn89051269 OCLC   4392536 The Citizen: LCCN   sn89051276 OCLC   19988148	Published and edited by Kenneth Adair. [16]
Hot Springs	Hot Springs Echo	1901? [18]	? [18]	Weekly [18]	LCCN   sn89051273 OCLC   19988117	Edited by Edward S. Lockhart. [18]
Hot Springs	The Negro Voice	1933 [19]	1900s [19]	Weekly [19]	LCCN   sn89051284 OCLC   19988210
Jacksonville / Little Rock	Southern Mediator / Southern Mediator Journal (1938–1978) [20]	1938 [21]	1985? [21]	Weekly [21]	ISSN   2639-0396, 2639-0388 LCCN   2014254327, sn83025479, sn90050029 OCLC   12832408	Published at Little Rock from approximately December 14, 1979 to January 13, 1984. [22]
Little Rock	The American Guide	1889 [23]	1906 [23]	Weekly [23]	LCCN   2011254032, sn83025496 OCLC   707936047, 9529432	Edited by D.G. Hill. [23]
Little Rock	Arkansas Carrier	1976? [24]	? [24]	Weekly [24]	LCCN   sn93050486 OCLC   28287749
Little Rock	Arkansas Freeman / The Arkansas Freeman [25]	1869 [26]	1871 [26]	Weekly [26]	LCCN   2011254042, sn83025492 OCLC   707940130, 9527477, 2640811	Published and edited by Tabbs Gross. [26]
Little Rock	Arkansas State Press	1941 [27]	1959 [27]	Weekly [27]	LCCN   2011254351, sn84025840 OCLC   707940147, 10434302, 10766826	Published by L. Christopher Bates and Daisy Bates. [28] Took a leadership role in the battle against segregation in Arkansas. [28]
Little Rock	Arkansas State Press	1984 [29]	1998 [30]	Weekly [29]	LCCN   sn90050043 OCLC   10766826	"Dedicated to the memory of L. Christopher Bates." A revival of the Arkansas State Press of the 1940s and 1950s. [30]
Little Rock	Arkansas Survey	1923 [31]	1935 [31]	Weekly [31]	LCCN   sn92050012 OCLC   25133882
Little Rock	Arkansas Survey-Journal	1935 [32]	1950s [33]	Weekly [32]	LCCN   sn92050011 OCLC   25133891
Little Rock	Arkansas Tribune	1973 [34]	1973 [34]	Weekly [34]	LCCN   sn90050061 OCLC   9903269
Little Rock	Arkansas Weekly Mansion / Arkansas Mansion [35]	1880 [35]	1886 [35]	Weekly [35]	LCCN   2011254044, sn84020670 OCLC   715390724, 4065923, 2696488	Edited by Henry Simkens. [35] Notable for Simkens' unusual position in support of the Supreme Court decision in the Civil Rights Cases of 1883. [36]
Little Rock	Arkansas Weekly Sentinel	1978 [37]	1980s [37]	Weekly [37]	LCCN   sn92050034 OCLC   25404307	Published and edited by J.F. Cooley. [37]
Little Rock	The Arkansas World	1940 [38]	1957 [38]	Weekly [38]	LCCN   sn92050010 OCLC   25133894	Published by A.G. Shields Jr. Edited by P.L. Dorman. [38]
Little Rock	The Baptist Vanguard	1800s [39]	1800s [39]	Twice monthly [39]	LCCN   sn93050523 OCLC   28427823	Attested in at least 1893. [39]
Little Rock	The Black Consumer / The Consumer [40]	1972 [41]	1900s [41]	Weekly [41]	LCCN   sn93050477 OCLC   10343546, 10343529	Attested through at least 1974. [41] Edited and published by David W. Walters. [40]
Little Rock	The Mosaic Guide	1898? [42]	1900s [43]	Weekly [42]	LCCN   sn93050487 OCLC   28287760	Attested through at least 1909. [42]
Little Rock	The Little Rock Reporter	1901 [44] or 1902 [45]	1906 [45]	Weekly [45]	LCCN   sn92050009 OCLC   25133899
Little Rock	The Southern Christian Recorder	1885? [46]	? [46]	Weekly [46]	LCCN   sn92050008 OCLC   25133910
Little Rock	State Weekly News	1976 [47]	1977 [47]	Weekly [47]	LCCN   sn92050039 OCLC   25404230	Published and edited by Clarence H. Guy. [47]
Little Rock	The Twin City Press / Twin City Press [48]	1930s [48] or 1940? [49]	1940 [48]	Weekly [49]	LCCN   sn92050007 OCLC   25133924	Published by Southern Recorder Publishing Company. [48]
Little Rock	The World Picture Magazine	195? [50]	? [50]	Monthly [50]
Pine Bluff	Arkansas Dispatch	1962 [51]	? [51]	Biweekly [51]	LCCN   sn89051162 OCLC   9850935	Edited by Elijah Coleman. [51] Suspended publication between 1962 and July 4, 1975. [52]
Pine Bluff	The Arkansas Mirror	1967 [53]	1970 [53]	Weekly [53]	LCCN   sn90050300 OCLC   22405073
Pine Bluff	The Negro Spokesman	1900s [54]	1900s [54]	Weekly [54]	LCCN   sn93050450 OCLC   27179792	Attested from at least 1941. [54]
Pine Bluff	Pine Bluff Press	1940 [55]	? [55]	Weekly [55]	LCCN   sn93050474 OCLC   27299502	Published by A.R.D. Thompson. [55]
Pine Bluff	The Weekly Echo	1880s [56]	? [56]	Weekly [56]	LCCN   sn93050533 OCLC   28565947	Edited by Jesse C. Duke in 1892. [57]
Pine Bluff	Pine Bluff Weekly Herald	1900 [58]	1907 [58]	Weekly [58]	LCCN   2014254020, sn84020671 OCLC   876186620, 4054417, 9586261, 2754418
West Memphis	Many Voices	1971 [59]	1900s [59]	Biweekly (irregular) [59]	LCCN   sn93050567 OCLC   28824585

See also

• List of African-American newspapers and media outlets
• List of African-American newspapers in Mississippi
• List of African-American newspapers in Missouri
• List of African-American newspapers in Oklahoma
• List of African-American newspapers in Tennessee
• List of African-American newspapers in Texas
• List of newspapers in Arkansas

Works cited

• Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E., eds. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Harvard University Press. ISBN   9780674007888.
• Jones, Allen Woodrow (1983). "Alabama". In Suggs, Henry Lewis (ed.). The Black Press in the South, 1865–1979 . ISBN   9780313222443.
• Smith, Calvin (1983). "Arkansas". 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

1. Smith 2012, p. 409.
2. "About The Baxter vidette. (Baxter, Ark.) 1902-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
3. "About The eastern Arkansas world. (Earle, Ark.) 1940-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
4. "About Times / [volume] ([Fayetteville, Ark.) 1976-1977". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
5. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 233, ¶ 2445.
6. "About Home with homeland. [online resource] (Forrest City, AR) 1998-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
7. "About Homeland. [online resource] (Forrest City, AR) 1991-1998". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
8. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 279, ¶ 2927.
9. "About The Southern liberator. (Forrest City, Ark.) 1???-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
10. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 46, ¶ 476.
11. "About The appreciator-union. (Fort Smith [Ark.) 1???-1???". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
12. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 302, ¶ 3178.
13. "About The New era. (Helena, Ark.) 1891-1???". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
14. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 489, ¶ 5103.
15. "About The Citizen. (Hot Springs National Park, Ark.) 1958-1963". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
16. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 154, ¶ 1598.
17. "About The Arkansas citizen. [volume] (Hot Springs National Park, Ark.) 1963-198?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
18. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 280, ¶ 2943.
19. "About The Negro voice. (Hot Springs Nat'l. Park, Ark.) 1933-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
20. "About Southern mediator journal. [online resource] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1938-1978". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
21. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 528, ¶ 5510.
22. "About The Southern mediator. [volume] (Jacksonville, Ark.) 1978-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
23. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 41, ¶ 412.
24. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 48, ¶ 489.
25. "About The Arkansas freeman. [online resource] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1869-18??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
26. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 48, ¶ 491.
27. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 48, ¶ 493.
28. Smith 1983, p. 82.
29. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 48, ¶ 494.
30. "About Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, AR) 1984-1998". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
31. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 49, ¶ 496.
32. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 49, ¶ 497.
33. "About Arkansas survey-journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1935-195?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
34. "About Arkansas tribune. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1973-1973". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
35. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 49, ¶ 499.
36. Smith 1983, p. 69.
37. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 49, ¶ 500.
38. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 49, ¶ 501.
39. "About The Baptist vanguard. (Little Rock, Ark.) 18??-18??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
40. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 173, ¶ 1801.
41. "About The Black consumer. [volume] ([Little Rock, Ark.]) 1972-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
42. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 377, ¶ 3932.
43. "About The Mosaic guide. (Little Rock, Ark.) 18??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
44. "About The Little Rock reporter. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1901-1906". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
45. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 344, ¶ 3606.
46. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 526, ¶ 5497.
47. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 542, ¶ 5644.
48. "About Twin city press. (Little Rock, Ark.) 193?-1940". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
49. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 573, ¶ 5987.
50. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 621, ¶ 6494.
51. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 48, ¶ 490.
52. "About Arkansas dispatch. [volume] (Pine Bluff Ark.) 1962-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
53. "About The Arkansas mirror. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1967-1970". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
54. "About The Negro spokesman. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
55. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 464, ¶ 4835.
56. "About The Weekly echo. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 188?-1???". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
57. Jones 1983, p. 58.
58. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 464, ¶ 4836.
59. "About Many voices. [volume] (West Memphis, Ark.) 1971-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-28.