List of African-American newspapers in Nebraska

The Omaha Star Building, home to the Omaha Star .

This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in the state of Nebraska.

Most African American publishing has been concentrated in the city of Omaha, which was home to about half of the state's African-American population in the 19th century, and 70-80% in the 20th century. ^[1] Some have also been published in Lincoln, home to a much smaller African American community.

The state's first known African-American newspaper was the short-lived Western Post of Hastings, founded in 1876. ^[2] The first commercially successful newspapers were established in the 1890s. ^[3] By far the most successful and longest-lived of Nebraska's African-American newspapers has been the Omaha Star , which was founded in 1938 and continues in operation today.

Newspapers

City	Title	Beginning	End	Frequency	Call numbers	Remarks
Hastings	Western Post	1876 [2]	1877 [4]			"Nebraska’s first black newspaper for which evidence exists". [2] In this period there were approximately 25 African Americans residing in Hastings. [2] No copies survive. [3]
Lincoln	Colored People’s Advocate	1919 [5]	1920 [5]			No copies survive. [5]
Lincoln	Leader	1899 [6]	1899? [6]			"The first black newspaper of which there is record" in Lincoln. [6]
Lincoln	The Review [7]	1919 [5]	1920 [5]	Weekly [8]		No copies survive. [7] Briefly designated as the official organ of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Lincoln. Founded and edited by Trago McWilliams, who sold it in 1920 to the Omaha Monitor, where it briefly became the paper's "Lincoln Department." [7]
Lincoln	Review	1937 [8]	? [8]	Weekly [8]
Lincoln	The Voice	1946 [9]	1953 [10]	Weekly [9]		Last known African-American weekly in Lincoln. [11]
Lincoln	Weekly Review	1933 [12]	1933 [13]	Weekly [12]		Published and edited by Trago McWilliams. [13]
Omaha	Omaha Advocate	1923 [5]	1925 [5]	Weekly [5]
Omaha	The Afro-American Sentinel	1893 [14] or 1896 [15]	1899 [14]	Weekly [14]
Omaha	American Record	1945 [11]	1948? [11]
Omaha	Omaha Chronicle	1934 [13]	1936 [13]			No copies survive. Edited by John Benjamin Horton, Jr.
Omaha	The Enterprise	1893 [16]	1914 [16] or 1911 [15]	Weekly [16]		Editors included Ella Mahammitt. [17] "[O]fficial journal of the Nebraska State Afro-American League". [17]
Omaha	Omaha Guide	1927 [18]	1958 [13]	Weekly [18]
Omaha	Omaha Journal	1930s [13]	1930s [13]			No copies survive. [13] Edited by Ballard Dunn. [13]
Omaha	Metro Star Times	1990 [19]	? [19]	Unknown [19]		Extant through November 1991
Omaha	The Omaha Monitor	1915 [20]	1929 [21]	Weekly [20]		Marketed as a “national weekly newspaper devoted to the interests of Colored Americans.” [20] Edited until 1928 by John Albert Williams. [21]
Omaha	The New Era	1920 [22] or 1922 [7]	1926 [7]			Edited for a time by George Wells Parker. [23]
Omaha	The Progress	1889 [3]	1904 [3]			Founded by Ferdinand L. Barnett. [3]
Omaha	Progressive Age	1913 [5]	1915? [5]
Omaha	The Omaha Star	1938 [24]	current	Weekly, [25] currently biweekly [26]		Founded by Mildred Brown, formerly of the Omaha Guide. Official site
Omaha	The Omaha Whip	1921	1921	Weekly [27]		Founded by George Wells Parker, formerly of the New Era. [23] [28] Published only two issues before dissolving. [29]

See also

• African Americans in Omaha, Nebraska
• List of African-American newspapers and media outlets
• List of African-American newspapers in Colorado
• List of African-American newspapers in Iowa
• List of African-American newspapers in Kansas
• List of African-American newspapers in Missouri
• List of newspapers in Nebraska

Works cited

• Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E., eds. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Harvard University Press. ISBN   9780674007888.
• Mihelich, Dennis N (1998). "Boom Bust: Prince Hall Masonry in Nebraska During the 1920s" (PDF). Nebraska History. 79: 74–84. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
• Paz, D.G. (1996). "The Black Press and the Issues of Race, Politics, and Culture on the Great Plains of Nebraska, 1865-1985". In Suggs, Henry Lewis (ed.). The Black Press in the Middle West, 1865-1985. ISBN   9780313255793.
• Rose, James M.; Eichholz, Alice (2003). Black Genesis: A Resource Book for African-American Genealogy (2nd ed.). Genealogical Publishing. ISBN   9780806317359.

References

1. Paz 1996, p. 214.
2. Paz 1996, p. 215.
3. Paz 1996, p. 216.
4. "The state at large". Grand Island Times. 24 May 1877. p. 4.
5. Paz 1996, p. 222.
6. Paz 1996, p. 221.
7. Mihelich 1998, p. 74.
8. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 491, ¶ 5128.
9. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 594, ¶ 6209.
10. Paz 1996, p. 236.
11. Paz 1996, p. 238.
12. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 608, ¶ 6355.
13. Paz 1996, p. 229.
14. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 26, ¶ 258.
15. Rose & Eichholz 2003, p. 231.
16. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 212, ¶ 2213.
17. Paz 1996, p. 217.
18. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 441, ¶ 4598.
19. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 361, ¶ 3773.
20. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 441, ¶ 4599.
21. Paz 1996, p. 223.
22. Paz 1996, p. 226.
23. Sasse, Adam Fletcher (2016-06-10). "A History of African American Newspapers in Omaha". North Omaha History. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
24. Paz 1996, p. 233.
25. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 441, ¶ 4600.
26. "Omaha Star" . Retrieved 2019-12-21. NEBRASKA'S ONLY BLACK BI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
27. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 442, ¶ 4601.
28. "The Omaha Whip". Omaha Monitor . 10 March 1921. p. 2.
29. "New York World exposes Kluxies". Omaha Monitor . 15 September 1921. p. 1.

Elsewhere online

• "A history of African American newspapers in North Omaha," by Adam Fletcher Sasse for NorthOmahaHistory.com.