List of African American newspapers in California

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This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of California, including both historical and contemporary publications. California's first such newspaper was the Mirror of the Times , which began publishing in the mid-1850s. [1] Although the number of African Americans in California did not exceed 1,100 until the 20th-century, [2] seven African American newspapers were established in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 19th century. [3]

Contents

Northern California

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Northern California

The Northern California region takes up the northern two-thirds of the state, including the Central Valley and San Francisco Bay Area.

CityTitleBeginningEndFrequencyCall numbersRemarks
Albany Black Times: Voices of the National Community 1971 [4] 1976? [4] Monthly [4]
  • ISSN   0006-4289
  • LCCN   sn7801557
  • OCLC   1772794
Fresno The California Advocate1967 [5] currentMonthly / irregular [5] or weekly
Menlo Park Ravenswood Post 1953 [6] 1981 [6] Weekly [6]
  • Published by Clarence A. Burley.
Oakland The Black Panther 1967 [7] 1980 [7] Weekly/ Biweekly/ Monthly [7]
Oakland Illustrated Guide: The recognized organ of the Colored people1892 [8] ? [8] Weekly [8]
  • Official newspaper of the Afro-American League of Alameda County. [8]
Oakland Oakland Post / Oakland Sunday Post1963 [9] currentWeekly / Triweekly / Daily / Semiweekly [9]
Oakland Oakland Sunshine 1897 [10] 1922 [10] Weekly [10]
Oakland Oakland Times1869 [11] ? [11] Daily (except Sunday) [11]
Oakland [12] San Francisco Post / San Francisco Sunday Post [12] 1963 [12] Twice weekly / Weekly [12]
Oakland Berkeley Tri-city Post1985 [13] Weekly [13]
Oakland Western American1926 [14] 1929 [14] Weekly [14]
  • Published by S. DeWitt Moss. [14]
Richmond Richmond Post 1963 [15] currentTwice weekly [15]
Sacramento The Forum1906 [16] ? [16] Twice weekly [16]
  • Published by Rev. J. Gordon McPherson. [16] McPherson also published Salt Lake City's Democratic Headlight in 1899.
San Francisco The Elevator: A Weekly Journal of Progress 1865 [17] 1904 [17] Weekly [17]
  • Edited by Philip A. Bell
Sacramento The Sacramento Observer 1964? [18] currentWeekly [18]
San Francisco African American Chronicle1991 [19] 1993? [19] Monthly newspaper [19]
San Francisco The Free American1866 [20] ? [20] Weekly [20]
San Francisco The Lunar Visitor1862 [21] ? [21] Monthly [21]
San Francisco Pacific Appeal / The Pacific Appeal1862 [22] 1880 [22] Weekly [22]
San Francisco San Francisco Reporter1942 [23] ? [23] Weekly [23]
  • Edited and published by W.A. Hambrick. [23]
San Francisco The Sun Reporter1943 [24] Weekly [24]
San Francisco California Voice 1919 [25] Weekly [25]
San Francisco Western Appeal1919? [26] ? [26] Twice-monthly [26]
  • Edited by G.E. Watkins, [26] formerly a partner in the publication of the Pacific Coast Appeal. [27]
San Francisco Mirror of the Times 1855, [1] 1856, [3] [28] or 1857 [29] 1862 [29] or 1858 [30] Weekly [29]
San Francisco Peninsula Metro Reporter1972? [31] 1993? [31] Weekly [31]
San Francisco San Francisco Bay View 1976 [32] currentBiweekly [32]
San Francisco San Francisco Metro Reporter1972 [33] ? [33] Weekly [33]
San Francisco San Francisco Vindicator1884 [34] 1906 [34] Weekly [34]
San Francisco The Western Outlook1894 [35] 1928 [35] Weekly [35]
San Jose The Forum1908 [36] ? [36] Weekly [36]
San Jose The Phoenix1891 [37] 1892 [37] Daily (except Monday) [37]
  • Successor to the San Jose Daily Times [37]
Stockton Progressor / San Joaquin Progressor1969 [38] ? [38] Weekly [38]


Southern California

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Southern California

The Southern California region takes up the southern third of the state, and includes the Los Angeles metropolitan area, San Diego, and the Inland Empire region.

CityTitleBeginningEndFrequencyCall numbersRemarks
Altadena The Eagle (1973–?) [39] / Pasadena Eagle (1968–1973) [40] 1968 [39] ? [40] Weekly [39]
Bakersfield The Bakersfield Advocate1970s [41] 1979 [41] Weekly [41]
Bakersfield 1970 [42] 1970s [42] Weekly [42] * LCCN   sn95061892
Bakersfield The Colored Citizen1914 [43] ? [43] Weekly [43]
  • Billed as “The Only Paper Published in the Interests of Colored People Between San Francisco and Los Angeles.” [43]
Bakersfield The News1957 [44] ? [44] Monthly newspaper [44]
  • Published by Isaiah E. Owens.
Bakersfield Bakersfield News Observer1977 [45] Weekly [45]
Bakersfield Outlook / The News Publication (1950s–1961) [46] / The Outlook: The News Publication (1961–1964) [47] / The Outlook (1964–1966) [48] / The Outlook News (1966–?) [49] 1950s? [49] Twice-monthly, [46] later weekly [48] [49]
Beverly Hills The Ethiopian Mirror1993? [50] ? [50] Monthly newspaper [50]
Compton Compton Bulletin1970? [51] currentWeekly [51]
Compton Metropolitan Gazette1967? [52] ? [52] Weekly [52]
  • Edited by Mildred L. Hamm. [52]
Compton Compton Star Review1927? [53] ? [53] Weekly [53]
  • Extant from 1971–1973. [53]
Culver City Culver City Wave1925 [54] Weekly [54]
Hollywood The National Record1944 [55] 1993? [55] Monthly newspaper. [55]
Los Angeles African Connection Newspaper1988? [56] Biweekly [56]
Los Angeles South End Bee1934 [57] 1987? [57] Weekly [57]
Los Angeles Bronzeville News1943 [58] ? [58] Weekly [58]
Los Angeles Herald-Dispatch1952 [59] Weekly [59]
Los Angeles The California Eagle 1879 [60] 1965 [60] Weekly [60]
Los Angeles Central News Wave1963? [61] Weekly [61]
Los Angeles Firestone Park News & Southeast News-Press1954? [62] ? [62] Weekly [62]
Los Angeles Florence Messenger1939? [63] 1983? [63] Weekly [63]
Los Angeles Florence News1986? [64] ? [64] Twice monthly [64]
Los Angeles The Illustrated Journal1956 [65] ? [65] Weekly [65]
Los Angeles Los Angeles Black Voice1968 [66] ? [66] Weekly [66] see Black Voice News
Los Angeles Los Angeles Herald1950? [67] ? [67] Weekly [67]
Los Angeles (Pacoima) Pacoima Herald-Dispatch1952 [68] ? [68] Weekly [68]
Los Angeles New Age Dispatch or New Age [69] 1907 [69] 1949 [69] Weekly [69]
Inglewood Los Angeles Bay News Observer1986? [70] Weekly [70]
Los Angeles The Weekly Observer1888 [71] 1888 [71] Weekly [71]
Los Angeles Liberator1901 [65] 1913 [65] Weekly [65]
Los Angeles The Pacific Defender1923 [72] Weekly [72]
Los Angeles Pacific Enterprise1927 [73] Weekly [73]
  • Edited by William A. Venerable. [73]
Los Angeles Los Angeles Sentinel 1933 [74] or 1934 [75] currentWeekly [75]
Los Angeles Watts Star Review1875 [76] or 1929 [77] Weekly [76]
Los Angeles Angeles Mesa Wave1978 [78] ? [78] Weekly [78]
Los Angeles Hawthorne Wave1981 [79] 1987? [79] Weekly [79]
Los Angeles Inglewood Wave1981 [80] 1987? [80] Weekly [80]
Los Angeles Southwest Wave1920 [81] 1987? [81] Weekly [81]
Los Angeles Topics / Sun Wave1942? [82] Weekly [82]
Los Angeles Westchester Wave1921? [83] Weekly [83]
Los Angeles The Western Clarion1926? [84] ? [84] Weekly [84]
Los Angeles The Western Dispatch1921 [85] ? [85] Weekly [85]
Los Angeles The Western News1889 [86] 1889 [86] Weekly [86]
Los Angeles Inglewood Hawthorne Wave1987? [87] Weekly [87]
  • Later replaced by Inglewood Wave and Hawthorne Wave [87]
  • Part of the Los Angeles Wave newspaper family.
Los Angeles L.A. Watts Times1976? [88] Weekly [88]
Los Angeles / Inglewood The Los Angeles Community Circle News / Los Angeles Community Circle Clipper1989 [89] Bimonthly newspaper [89]
Los Angeles Los Angeles Illustrated Reflector1934? [90] ? [90] Weekly [90]
Los Angeles Los Angeles Tribune1941 [91] 1960 [91] Weekly [91]
Los Angeles The Los Angeles Truth1935? [92] ? [92] Unknown [92]
Los Angeles The National Negro Press1970? [93] ? [93] Unknown [93]
Los Angeles The Search Light and Open Sesame1893 [94] 1908 [94] Weekly [94]
Los Angeles (or Bakersfield) [95] United Pictorial Review1965 [96] or 1966 [95] ? [96] Weekly [96]
  • Published by George Scott Jr. [96]
Los Angeles Southeast Star Wave1938? [97] 1987? [97] Weekly [97]
Los Angeles Southern California Guide1892 [98] 1895 [98] Weekly [98]
Los Angeles Southside Journal Wave1937? [99] 1987? [99] Weekly [99]
Los Angeles Southwestern Sun Wave1947? [100] 1987? [100] Weekly [100]
Los Angeles Tribune Mesa News Wave1978 [101] Weekly [101]
Los Angeles Wave1958? [102] Weekly [102]
Pasadena The Western Herald1925? [103] ? [103] Weekly [103]
Redlands The Colored Citizen1905 [104] 1906 [104] Monthly newspaper [104]
  • Published by Robert Henry Harbert and H.A. Harroll [104]
Riverside Black Voice News [105] 1972 [105] currentWeekly [105]
San Bernardino Precinct Reporter 1965 [106] Weekly [106]
San Bernardino The San Bernardino American1969 [107] Weekly [107]
San Diego San Diego Voice & Viewpoint1960 [108] Current [108] Weekly [108] https://sdvoice.info/
San Diego San Diego Eagle1923? [109] ? [109] Weekly [109]
Santa Ana The Orange County Star Review1971 [110] 1973? [110] Weekly [110]

See also

Works cited

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