List of African-American newspapers in Massachusetts

Front page of The Woman's Era , the first newspaper produced by and for African American women, from 1894.

This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in the state of Massachusetts. It includes both current and historical newspapers.

The roots of the African-American press are particularly deep in Massachusetts, dating back well before the Civil War. The first such newspaper in Massachusetts was the Anti-Slavery Herald in 1838. ^[1] Notable African-American newspapers in Massachusetts today include the Bay State Banner .

Newspapers

City	Title	Beginning	End	Frequency	Call numbers	Remarks
Boston	The Boston Advance	1896 [2]	1907 [2]	Weekly [2]	LCCN   2011254255, sn84025816 OCLC   717486007, 10338032
Boston	Boston Advocate [3] / The Boston Advocate [4]	1885 [3]	1887? [3]	Weekly [3]	LCCN   sn91058048 OCLC   23710919	Published by W. Grandison and J.B. Powell, Jr. [4]
Boston	Anti-Slavery Herald	1838 [1]	1838 [5]			No copies survive. [1] Published by Benjamin F. Roberts, who later published the Self-Elevator. [6]
Boston	Boston Chronicle	1915 [7]	1966 [7]	Weekly [7]	LCCN   sn86058056 OCLC   13285833	Circulation of 5,000 in 1951. [8]
Boston	The Boston Colored Citizen	1903 [9]	1905? [9]	Weekly [9]	LCCN   sn93059264 OCLC   27840644	Published by Charles Alexander. [9]
Boston	The Boston Courant	1890 [10]	1902 [10]	Weekly [10]	LCCN   2011254256, sn84025817 OCLC   717486022, 2639755, 70337702
Boston	The Guardian	1901 [11]	1960? [11]	Weekly [11]	LCCN   sn94080255, sn83045863 OCLC   2642259, 9930768, 10838996, 10834942	Edited by William Monroe Trotter to 1934, and by Maude Trotter Stewart thereafter. [11] Circulation of 10,000 in 1951. [8]
Boston	The Hub	1883 [12]	1885? [12]	Weekly [12]		Edited by B.R. Wilson. [12]
Boston	New England Black Weekly	1980 [13]	1982 [13]	Weekly [13]	LCCN   sn93059307 OCLC   28173754
Boston	Pine and Palm / The Pine and Palm [14]	1861 [15]	1862 [15] or 1861 [14]	Weekly [15]	LCCN   sn84023420, 2017225065 OCLC   10860438, 607389373	Successor to the Weekly Anglo-African. [15] Promoted emigration to Haiti. [14] Published simultaneously in New York and Boston. [14]
Boston	Boston Reliance	1912 [16]	1910s [17]	Weekly [16]	LCCN   sn92057047 OCLC   27182669	Published simultaneously in Boston and Cambridge. [17] Extant through at least 1913. [17]
Boston	The Self Elevator	1853 [18]	1850s [19]	Twice monthly [18]	LCCN   sn93059335 OCLC   28740084	"Devoted to the subject of general elevation among the Colored People of the country." [19] Published by Benjamin F. Roberts. [19]
Boston	Struggle	1972? [20]	? [20]	Monthly [20]	OCLC   5072011
Boston	Boston Times / The Boston Times [21]	1943 [22]		Weekly [22]	LCCN   sn93062818, sn94081629 OCLC   27319256, 32229799	Circulation of 12,000 in 1951. [8]
Boston	Urban Beat	1991? [23]	? [23]	Biweekly [23]	OCLC   32933377
Boston	The Woman's Era	1890 [24]	1897 [25]	Monthly newspaper [24]		Founded and edited by Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin. [24] First national publication by and for African American women. [24] Became the official newspaper of the National Association of Colored Women in 1895. [26]
Brockton	Haiti 2004	1992? [27]	? [27]	Monthly [27]	OCLC   30719284	Written in French, and catering to the Haitian-American community. [27]
Dorchester / Roxbury (1965–1981)	Bay State Banner [28] / The Bay State Banner [29]	1965 [29]	current	Weekly [28]	LCCN   2008242359, sn83045147 OCLC   244125663	Official site
Roxbury	Rebellion News	1960s [30]	? [30]	Monthly newspaper [30]	LCCN   sn2001062021 OCLC   12090918	Extant through at least 1968. [30]
Springfield	The Bottom Line	1984? [31]	? [31]	Weekly [31]		Published by Samuel R. Bass. [31]
Springfield	Hartford-Springfield Chronicle	1940 [32]	1940s [32]	Weekly [32]	ISSN   2688-9102, 2688-9110 LCCN   sn95063011, 2019271301 OCLC   31813207, 1119386134	Available online
Springfield	Salt: Springfield Area Life and Times	1971 [33]	1973? [33]	Weekly [33]	LCCN   sn91057038 OCLC   23479812	In English and Spanish. [34]

See also

• List of African-American newspapers and media outlets
• List of African-American newspapers in Connecticut
• List of African-American newspapers in New York
• List of African-American newspapers in Rhode Island
• List of newspapers in Massachusetts

Works cited

• Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E., eds. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Harvard University Press. ISBN   9780674007888.
• Price, George R. (2006). The Easton family of southeast Massachusetts: The dynamics surrounding five generations of human rights activism 1753--1935 (Ph.D. thesis). University of Montana.
• Pride, Armistead Scott; Wilson, Clint C. (1997). A History of the Black Press. Howard University Press. ISBN   9780882581927.
• Smith, Jessie Carney; Horton, Carrell Peterson, eds. (1995). Historical Statistics of Black America: Media to Vital Statistics. Gale Research. ISBN   0810393921.
• Streitmatter, Rodger (1996). "Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin: A Nineteenth-Century Journalist of Boston's Black Elite Class". In Porter, Susan L. (ed.). Women of the Commonwealth: Work, Family, and Social Change in Nineteenth-century Massachusetts. University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN   9781558490055.

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1. Price 2006, p. 117.
2. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 113, ¶ 1168.
3. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 113, ¶ 1169.
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5. Price 2006, p. 118.
6. Price 2006, p. 117-118.
7. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 113, ¶ 1170.
8. Smith & Horton 1995, p. 1206.
9. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 113, ¶ 1171.
10. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 113, ¶ 1172.
11. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 259, ¶ 2712.
12. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 285, ¶ 2992.
13. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 407, ¶ 4242.
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15. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 464, ¶ 4834.
16. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 114, ¶ 1173.
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18. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 509, ¶ 5310.
19. "About The Self elevator. (Boston [Mass.]) 1853-185?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
20. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 545, ¶ 5680.
21. "About The Boston times. (Boston, Mass.) 1943-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
22. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 114, ¶ 1174.
23. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 582, ¶ 6088.
24. Streitmatter 1996, p. 147.
25. Streitmatter 1996, p. 156.
26. Streitmatter 1996, p. 151.
27. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 260, ¶ 2731.
28. "About Bay State banner. [online resource] (Dorchester, Mass.) 1965-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
29. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 62, ¶ 640.
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31. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 114, ¶ 1176.
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33. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 500, ¶ 5216.
34. "About Salt. (Springfield, Mass.) 1971-197?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.