List of African-American newspapers in Mississippi

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A surviving issue of the Vicksburg Golden Rule, from 1899. The Golden Rule 1899-01-14.jpg
A surviving issue of the Vicksburg Golden Rule, from 1899.

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

Contents

The first such newspaper in Mississippi was the Colored Citizen in 1867. [1] More than 70 African-American newspapers were founded across Mississippi between 1867 and 1899, in at least 37 different towns. [2] From 1900 to 1980, at least 116 more such newspapers were founded in the state, but increasingly concentrated in the larger cities. [3] The Jackson Advocate is the oldest African American newspaper still in publication. The Mississippi Link was one of the first African American publications to be widely available on the internet. [4]

Several African-American newspapers are currently published in Mississippi. They are highlighted in green in the list below.

Newspapers

CityTitleBeginningEndFrequencyCall numbersRemarks
Brandon The Free State1898 [5] 1904 [5]
  • LCCN   sn84025823, 2011254379
  • OCLC   753811338, 10347200, 2747535
  • Edited by E.H. Johnson. [5]
Brookhaven People's Relief1900s1910
  • Edited by Eugene N. Bryant, who was driven from Brookhaven by white mob in retaliation for his political positions. [6]
Canton Canton Citizen1869 [2] ?
Cary The Weekly Negro World1890s [7] 1900s [7]
Clarksdale Tutwiler Whirlwind1979 [8]
  • Edited in 1979 by J.D. Rayford. [8]
Columbia Brotherhood1976 [8]
Fayette Jefferson County Chronicle1986 [9] 1992 [9]
Greenville The Delta Farmer’s Digest1939 [10] ? [10]
  • Published by H.H. Humes Publishing Co. [10]
  • Attested through at least 1948. [11]
Greenville
1929 [14] or 1930 [12] ? [12]
Greenville
1896 [16] 1930 [16] or 1920s [15]
  • Published by E.M. Weddington. [16]
  • Edited by J.C. Chapple from 1896 until his death in 1919. [15]
Greenville Mississippi Freelance1969 [17] 1970 [17]
  • Different color of paper used for each issue. [18]
Greenville Mississippi News1974 [8]
  • Founded by Katie M. Johnson and David Johnson. [8]
Greenville Mississippiana1900s [19] 1900s [19]
  • Attested from at least 1942. [19]
Greenville Negro Leader1962 [8]
  • Founded by Albert Jenkins. [8]
Greenville The Voice Of SHIMPH1975 [20] 1900s [20]
Greenville The Zion Harp1896 [21] 1910 [21]
Greenwood The Baptist Observer1960? [22] ? [22]
  • Published by General Missionary Baptist Convention of Mississippi. Edited by W.L. Terrell. [22]
Hattiesburg Hub City Community News1984 [23] 1987 [24]
  • Published by Eddie Taylor. [23]
Hattiesburg The Union Messenger1934 [25] 1900s [25]
Holly Springs Mississippi Oddfellow1908? [26] ? [26]
  • Edited by E.H. McKissak. [26]
  • Attested through at least 1915. [26]
Jackson Jackson Advocate 1938 [27] or 1939 [28] current
Jackson Colored Citizen 1870 [2] ?
Jackson
  • The Drummer [29]
  • The Drummer: Mississippi’s Black Community Newspaper [30]
1971 [30] 1900s [29]
Jackson
1944 [31] 1967? [32]
  • Published by Arrington High. [31]
  • "The one radical journal of resistance" out of the five newspapers published in Mississippi in the 1950s. [33]
Jackson The Mississippi Enterprise1938 [34] or 1939 [14] ? [34]
Jackson Mississippi Free Press 1961 [36] 1964 [37]
Jackson Highlighter1975 [8]
  • Founded by Gene L. Mosley. [8]
Jackson Mississippi Independent1967 [39] 1967? [39]
Jackson The Mississippi Link1993 [40] current
Jackson The Messenger1800s [41] ? [41]
Jackson Metropolitan Observer1976
  • Founded by Lee Dilworth. [8]
Jackson The New African1900s [42] ? [42]
Jackson
  • People's Journal
  • People's Advisor
  • People's Defender
1877 [43] 1882? [15]
Jackson Mississippi Weekly1930s [44] 1900s [44]
Jackson Jackson Field Hand1870? [15]
Jackson Weekly Communicator1975 [8]
Laurel Voice Of The People1900s [45] 1900s [45]
McComb Freedom's Journal1964 [46]
  • Edited by Barbara JoAnn Lea. [46]
Meridian The Echo1923 [47] 1931 [47]
Meridian The Echo1942 [47] 1960 [47]
Meridian Mississippi Memo Digest 1968 [48] ?
  • Attested through at least 1979. [48]
  • Editor: Robert E. Williams. [48]
Meridian
  • The Weekly Echo
  • Daily Echo
1931 [49] 1942 [49]
Moss Point Pas-Point Journal1976 [8]
  • Founded by Bernard Barnes and E.V. Cole. [8]
Mound Bayou Demonstrator1900 [15] 1925? [15]
  • Edited by Aurelius P. Hood. [50]
  • Circulation of 4,000 in 1912. [15]
Mound Bayou Mound Bayou News-Digest1900s [51] 1900s [51]
  • Attested from at least 1948–1950. [51]
Mound Bayou The Mound Bayou Sentinel1952 [52] ? [52]
Mound Bayou The Southern Advocate1933 [53] ? [53]
Mound Bayou The Taborian Star1923? [54] ? [54]
Mound Bayou The Voice1900s [55] 1900s [55]
  • Attested from at least 1970–1971. [55]
Natchez Bluff City Bulletin1961 [56] 1966 [56]
  • Published by Savoy Publishing Company. Edited by Theodore C. Johnson. [56]
Natchez Bluff City Post1978 [57] current
  • Founded by William H. Terrell and Theo C. Johnson. [8]
Natchez Natchez News Leader1971 [58] 1983? [58]
  • Founded by William H. Terrell and Theo C. Johnson. [8]
Natchez Weekly Reporter19091930s? [15]
  • Owned and edited by Joseph A. Young, Jr. [59]
  • Circulation may have reached 1500. [15]
New Albany The Community Citizen1900s [60] 1900s [60]
Senatobia The Baptist Herald1888 [61] 1800s [61]
  • Attested through at least 1891. [61]
Vicksburg Vicksburg Citizens' Appeal1964 [62] 1967 [62]
Vicksburg Colored Citizen 1867 [2] ?
  • Founded by Vicksburg civic leader Henry Mason. [2]
Vicksburg The Golden Rule1898 [63] 1902 [63]
Vicksburg The Light1891 [64] 1900s [64]
Vicksburg The New Times1993? [65] ?
Yazoo City Afro-American Courier1926 [66] 1957? [67]
Yazoo City
  • Century Voice [68]
  • The Century Voice [69]
1942 [68] ? [68]

See also

Works cited

References

  1. ↑ Smith 2012, p. 409.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Thompson 1983, p. 178.
  3. ↑ Thompson 1983, p. 181.
  4. ↑ "Top Black Newspapers | African American Newspapers".
  5. 1 2 3 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 237, ¶ 2487.
  6. ↑ McMillen 1990, p. 176.
  7. 1 2 3 "About The weekly Negro world. [volume] (Cary, Miss.) 189?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Thompson 2001, p. 52.
  9. 1 2 "About Jefferson County chronicle. (Fayette, Miss.) 1986-1992". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  10. 1 2 3 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 191, ¶ 1983.
  11. ↑ "About The Delta farmer's digest. (Greenville, Miss.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 191, ¶ 1985.
  13. ↑ "About Greenville leader. (Greenville, Miss.) 1930-1939". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  14. 1 2 Thompson 1983, p. 182.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 McMillen 1990, p. 173.
  16. 1 2 3 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 191, ¶ 1986.
  17. 1 2 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 371, ¶ 3865.
  18. ↑ "About Mississippi freelance. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1969-1970". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  19. 1 2 3 "About Mississippiana. (Greenville, Miss.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  20. 1 2 "About The Voice of SHIMPH. (Greenville, Miss.) 1975-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  21. 1 2 "About The Zion harp. (Greenville, Miss.) 1896-1910". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  22. 1 2 3 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 60, ¶ 615.
  23. 1 2 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 285, ¶ 2993.
  24. ↑ "About Hub city community news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1984-1987". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  25. 1 2 "About The Union messenger. (Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Miss.) 1934-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  26. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 371, ¶ 3870.
  27. ↑ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 308, ¶ 3241.
  28. ↑ "About Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  29. 1 2 "About The drummer. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1971-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  30. 1 2 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 200, ¶ 2080.
  31. 1 2 Thompson 1983, p. 205.
  32. ↑ Becca Walton (2018-04-19). "Jackson Eagle Eye". Mississippi Encyclopedia. Center for Study of Southern Culture. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  33. ↑ Thompson 1983, p. 188.
  34. 1 2 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 370, ¶ 3861.
  35. ↑ "About The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  36. ↑ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 370, ¶ 3862.
  37. ↑ "About Mississippi free press. [online resource] (Jackson, Miss.) 1961-1964". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  38. ↑ Thompson 1983, p. 193.
  39. 1 2 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 371, ¶ 3866.
  40. 1 2 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 371, ¶ 3867.
  41. 1 2 "About The Messenger. (Jackson, Miss.) 18??-1???". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  42. 1 2 "About The new African. [microfilm reel] (Jackson, Miss.) 19??-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  43. ↑ Thompson 2015, p. 13.
  44. 1 2 "About Mississippi weekly. [online resource] (Jackson, Miss.) 193?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  45. 1 2 "About Voice of the people. (Laurel, Miss.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  46. 1 2 Thompson 1983, p. 192.
  47. 1 2 3 4 "About The Echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1923-1931". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  48. 1 2 3 "About Mississippi memo digest. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1968-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  49. 1 2 "About The Weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  50. ↑ McMillen 1990, p. 175.
  51. 1 2 3 "About Mound Bayou news-digest. [online resource] (Mound Bayou, Miss.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  52. 1 2 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 377, ¶ 3934.
  53. 1 2 3 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 525, ¶ 5488.
  54. 1 2 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 551, ¶ 5754.
  55. 1 2 3 "About The Voice. (Mound Bayou, Miss.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  56. 1 2 3 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 110, ¶ 1144.
  57. ↑ "About Bluff City post. (Natchez, Miss.) 1978-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  58. 1 2 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 386, ¶ 4035.
  59. ↑ Mather, Frank Lincoln (1915). Who's who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent, Volume 1. p. 295. ISBN   9780598610218.
  60. 1 2 "About The Community citizen. (New Albany, Miss.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  61. 1 2 3 "About The Baptist herald. (Senatobia, Miss.) 1888-18??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  62. 1 2 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 589, ¶ 6165.
  63. 1 2 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 251, ¶ 2631.
  64. 1 2 "About The light. [online resource] (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1891-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  65. ↑ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 413, ¶ 4299.
  66. ↑ "About Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  67. ↑ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 24, ¶ 241.
  68. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 142, ¶ 1476.
  69. ↑ "About The Century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
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