List of African-American newspapers in West Virginia

Front page of The Pioneer Press from July 7, 1917, carrying news of the East St. Louis massacre.

This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in the state of West Virginia. The first such newspaper was The Pioneer Press of Martinsburg, started by J.R. Clifford in 1882. ^[1] West Virginia's last African-American newspaper, the West Virginia Beacon Digest of Charleston, shut down in 2006. ^[2]

Newspapers

City	Title	Beginning	End	Frequency	Call numbers	Remarks
Bluefield	Independent Observer			Weekly [3]		Circulation of 2,400 in 1951. [3]
Charleston	The Advocate	1901 [4]	1913 [4]	Weekly [4]	ISSN   2574-6464 LCCN   2011254015, sn85059812 OCLC   664610971, 12920534	Claimed to reach "more colored readers than any newspaper in West Virginia." [4]
Charleston	West Virginia Weekly / The W. Va. Weekly	1933 [5]	1935 [5]	Weekly [5]	LCCN   sn85059878 OCLC   12929891
Charleston	West Virginia Beacon Digest	1957 [6]	2006 [2]	Weekly [6]	ISSN   1042-8100 LCCN   sn85059870 OCLC   12926221	Only West Virginia African-American newspaper in the 21st century. [2] Published by Stephen R. Starks. [6]
Charleston	West Virginia Digest	1939 [7]	1946 [7]	Weekly [7]	LCCN   sn85059872 OCLC   12926226
Charleston	West Virginia Enterprise	1885 [8]	?	Weekly [9]		Founded by Christopher Payne. [8]
Charleston	West Virginia Weekly	1933 [2]	1935 [2]	Weekly		Edited by Earl K. Kogar. [2]
Clarksburg	The Clarion	1911 [10]	1910s [10]	Weekly [10]	LCCN   sn85059700 OCLC   12818724	Ceased publication between 1911 and 1914. [10] Edited by T.L. Higgins. [10]
Huntington	The Breeze	1920s [11]	1920s [11]			Edited and published by J.W. Scott. [11]
Huntington	Huntington Enterprise	1913 [11]				Edited by H. Rufus White. [11]
Huntington	Huntington Times	1918? [12]	?	Weekly [12]	LCCN   sn85059761 OCLC   12897649	Edited by A.N. Johnson. [12]
Huntington	West Virginia Spokesman	1900 [13]				Founded by C.H. Barnett and edited by J.W. Scott. [13]
Keystone	The McDowell Times	1904 [14]	1941 [14]	Weekly [14]	ISSN   2640-348X, 2640-3471 LCCN   2018270642, sn86092050 OCLC   1076345227, 13032822, 17762445	Free online archive Founded by Matthew Thomas Whittico. [15]
Martinsburg	The Pioneer Press	1882 [16]	1918 [16]	Weekly [16]	ISSN   2640-3722, 2640-3714 LCCN   2014254021, sn83025146 OCLC   876188253, 9285482	Free online archive Published and edited by J.R. Clifford, the first African American admitted to practice law in West Virginia. [16]
Montgomery	The Mountain Eagle	1890s [2]	1900s [2]	Weekly [17]		Founded by Christopher Payne. [8]
Montgomery	The Pioneer	1890s [2]	1900s [2]	Weekly		Founded by Christopher Payne. [8]

See also

• List of African-American newspapers and media outlets
• List of African-American newspapers in Maryland
• List of African-American newspapers in Ohio
• List of African-American newspapers in Pennsylvania
• List of African-American newspapers in Virginia
• List of newspapers in West Virginia

Works cited

• Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E., eds. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Harvard University Press. ISBN   9780674007888.
• Fain, Cicero M (2019). Black Huntington: An Appalachian Story. University of Illinois Press. ISBN   9780252051432.
• Smith, Jessie Carney; Horton, Carrell Peterson, eds. (1995). Historical Statistics of Black America: Media to Vital Statistics . Gale Research. ISBN   0810393921.

References

1. Powell, Bob; Thornhill, Gail (2016-10-06). "Civil Rights Legend J.R. Clifford Dies: October 6, 1933" . Retrieved 2020-01-20.
2. Plein, Stewart (2017-01-12). "The African American Press in West Virginia". WVU Libraries. Retrieved 2020-01-20. The state’s only African American newspaper that continued into this century is the Beacon Digest in Charleston, until it ceased publication in 2006.
3. Smith & Horton 1995, p. 1214.
4. "About The advocate. [online resource] (Charleston, West Virginia) 1901-1913". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
5. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 600, ¶ 6275.
6. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 609, ¶ 6371.
7. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 609, ¶ 6372.
8. Rice, Connie Park (2015-12-08). "Christopher H. Payne". e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
9. Rowell, George Presbury (1887). Geo. P. Rowell and Co.'s American Newspaper Directory. Printers' Ink Publishing Company. p. 837.
10. "About The clarion. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1911-191?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
11. Fain 2019, p. 217 n.137.
12. "About The Huntington times. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1918-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
13. Fain 2019, p. 113.
14. "About The McDowell times. [online resource] (Keystone, West Virginia) 1904-1941". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
15. Sullivan, Ken (2017-09-25). "M. T. Whittico". e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
16. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 465, ¶ 4842.
17. Bergman, Peter M. (1969). The Negro in America. p. 191. OCLC   702330366.