List of African American newspapers in Arizona

Front page of a 1918 issue of the Phoenix Tribune , filled with news of World War I.

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

The first African American newspaper in Arizona was the Phoenix Tribune , which was published from 1918 to the 1940s. ^[1] Notable such newspapers in Arizona today include the Arizona Informant .

Newspapers

City	Title	Beginning	End	Frequency	Call numbers	Remarks
Fort Huachuca	93d Blue Helmet	1942 [2]	? [2]	Weekly [2]	LCCN   sn95060757 OCLC   35142260, 24621529	Published by the 93rd Infantry Division. [2] Billed as "the first newspaper in the history of the army that has been published for a complete Negro division." [2] Available online
Fort Huachuca	The Apache Sentinel	1943 [3]	1945 [3]	Weekly [3]	LCCN   sn95060813 OCLC   31640242	Published by the 92nd Infantry Division. [3] Available online
Fort Huachuca	The Buffalo	1942 [4]	1945 [4]	Weekly [5]	LCCN   sn95060758 OCLC   35083693	Published by the 92nd Infantry Division. [5] Published from Fort McClellan, Alabama from December 19, 1942 to 1943. Published in Northern Italy from September 1944 to October 29, 1945. [4] Available online
Fort Huachuca	The Bullet	1921 (uncertain) [6] or 1922 [7]	? [7]	Weekly [7]	LCCN   sn99063205 OCLC   40862983	Published by the 25th Infantry Regiment without government funding. [6] Available online
Fort Huachuca	Post Script of the Apache Sentinel	1944 [8]	1944 [8]	Weekly [8]	LCCN   sn95060817 OCLC   31640589	Published by the 92nd Infantry Division. [8] Available online
Phoenix	Arizona Black Dispatch	1976 [9]	1977? [9]	Bi-weekly [9]	OCLC   1204303805	Available online First issue front page headline: "Arizona Black Dispatch Will Assist Black Businesses" [9]
Phoenix	The Arizona Gleam	1929 [10]	1930s [10] or 1946 [11]	Weekly [10]	LCCN   sn95060626 OCLC   33668826	Available online Founded by Ayra Hackett and published by a primarily female staff. [12]
Phoenix	Arizona Informant	1957 [13]	current	Weekly [14]	ISSN   1095-2861 LCCN   sn94093188, sn92060457 OCLC   32808244, 4202179, 9127287	Official site The Informant was purchased by brothers Cloves C. Campbell Sr. and Charles R. Campbell in 1969 [15] and restarted in 1971. [16]
Phoenix	Arizona Now Newspaper	1972 (uncertain) [17] or 1974 [18]	? [17]	Monthly newspaper [18]	LCCN   sn96060832 OCLC   35234660	Published by Major Davis. [17]
Phoenix	Arizona Sun	1942 [19]	1960 [20]	Weekly [19]	LCCN   sn84021917 OCLC   2701819	Available online
Phoenix	Arizona Tribune	1958 [21]	1973 [22]	Weekly [21]	LCCN   sn84021918 OCLC   2712104	Available online
Phoenix	The Phoenix Index	1936 [23]	1939 [23]	Weekly [23]	LCCN   sn96060866 OCLC   35591812	Available online Founded by Rev. W. Gray and taken over in 1937 by Alberta Gibson, who aligned it with the Scott Newspaper Syndicate. [24]
Phoenix	Phoenix Press Weekly	1970s [25]	1980s [25]	Weekly [25]	LCCN   sn96060882 OCLC   35643018
Phoenix	Phoenix Sunday State	1920s [26]	? [26]	Weekly [26]	LCCN   sn96060627 OCLC   37539762
Phoenix	Phoenix Tribune	1918 [27]	1930s [27] or 1941 [1] or 1946 [28]	Monthly newspaper [27]	LCCN   sn96060881 OCLC   35642959	Available online Edited by Arthur R. Smith. [28]
Phoenix	The Western Dispatch	1924 [29]	1929 [29]	Weekly [29]	LCCN   sn96060628 OCLC   37558532
Tucson	The Arizona Register	1946 [30]	? [30]	Weekly [30]	LCCN   sn00060068 OCLC   44799772
Tucson	The Arizona Times	1925 [31] or 1926 [32] or 1930 [33]	1934 [31]	Weekly [32]	LCCN   sn00060009 OCLC   43452777	Edited by Louis J. Washington. [31] Available online
Tucson	Arizona's Negro Journal	1941 [33] or 1942 [34]	1943 [35]	Weekly [34]	LCCN   sn87062100 OCLC   15305207	Available online
Tucson	Inter-State Review	1920 [33] or 1921 [36]	1933 [37]	Weekly [37]		Tucson's first African American newspaper. [33] Edited by E.J. Richardson. [37]
Tucson	Spokesman	1920s [38]	? [38]	Weekly [38]		Edited by George B. Cruikshank. [38]

See also

• Arizona portal
• Journalism portal
• Lists portal

• List of African American newspapers and media outlets
• List of African American newspapers in California
• List of African American newspapers in Colorado
• List of African American newspapers in Nevada
• List of African American newspapers in New Mexico
• List of African American newspapers in Utah
• List of newspapers in Arizona

Works cited

• Abajian, James De Tarr (1974). Blacks and Their Contributions to the American West: A Bibliography and Union List of Library Holdings Through 1970 . G. K. Hall. ISBN   9780816111398.
• Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E., eds. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Harvard University Press. ISBN   9780674007888.
• Pride, Armistead Scott; Wilson, Clint C. (1997). A History of the Black Press. Howard University Press. ISBN   9780882581927.
• 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 93rd blue helmet. (Fort Huachuca, Ariz) 1942–19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
3. "The Apache Sentinel. (Fort Huachuca, Ariz) 1943–1945". Arizona Memory Project. State of Arizona Research Library. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
4. Tomlin, Chase (February 23, 2022). "The Buffalo: 92nd Infantry Division's Weekly Newspaper during World War II". The National WWII Museum. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
5. "About The Buffalo. (Fort Huachuca, Ariz.) 194?–194?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
6. Abajian 1974, p. 375, ¶ 4050.
7. "About The bullet. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1922–19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
8. "Post Script of the Apache Sentinel. (Fort Huachuca, Ariz) 1944". Arizona Memory Project. State of Arizona Research Library. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
9. "Arizona Black Dispatch. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1976–19?". Arizona Memory Project. State of Arizona Research Library. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
10. "About The Arizona gleam. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1929–193?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
11. Abajian 1974, p. 375, ¶ 4051.
12. "The Arizona Gleam". Arizona Memory Project. Arizona State Library. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
13. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 47, ¶ 484.
14. "About Arizona informant. [microfilm reel] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 19??–????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
15. Whitaker, Matthew C. (February 12, 2007). "Cloves Campbell Sr. (1931–2004)" . Retrieved January 7, 2020.
16. "About Us". Arizona Informant. January 21, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
17. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 47, ¶ 485.
18. "About Arizona now newspaper. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1974–19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
19. "About Arizona sun. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1942–196?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
20. Abajian 1974, p. 375, ¶ 4053.
21. "About Arizona tribune. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1958–197?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
22. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 48, ¶ 488.
23. Abajian 1974, p. 375, ¶ 4055.
24. Aiello, Thomas (2018). The Grapevine of the Black South: The Scott Newspaper Syndicate in the Generation before the Civil Rights Movement. University of Georgia Press. p. 107. ISBN   9780820354477.
25. "About Phoenix press weekly. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 197?–198?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
26. "About Phoenix Sunday State. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 192?–19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
27. "About Phoenix tribune. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1918–193?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
28. Abajian 1974, p. 375, ¶ 4056.
29. Abajian 1974, p. 376, ¶ 4057.
30. "About The Arizona register. (Tucson, Ariz.) 1946–19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
31. Abajian 1974, p. 376, ¶ 4058.
32. "About The Arizona times. (Tucson, Ariz.) 1926–19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
33. Pride & Wilson 1997, p. 106.
34. "About Arizona's Negro journal. (Tucson, Ariz.) 1942–19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
35. Abajian 1974, p. 376, ¶ 4059.
36. "Tucson". Phoenix Tribune. January 22, 1921. p. 2. Retrieved January 7, 2020. The "Interstate Review," headed by Rev. J. H. Clark as chief editor, and Mr. E. J. Richardson, manager, is the name of the Colored paper of Tucson, of which the first issue will be published on Saturday, January 22nd.
37. Abajian 1974, p. 376, ¶ 4060.
38. Abajian 1974, p. 376, ¶ 4061.