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' Appeal 1964 [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 February 5, 2020.
  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 February 5, 2020.
  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 February 5, 2020.
  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 February 5, 2020.
  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 February 5, 2020.
  19. 1 2 3 "About Mississippiana. (Greenville, Miss.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  20. 1 2 "About The Voice of SHIMPH. (Greenville, Miss.) 1975-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  21. 1 2 "About The Zion harp. (Greenville, Miss.) 1896-1910". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  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 February 5, 2020.
  25. 1 2 "About The Union messenger. (Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Miss.) 1934-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  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 February 5, 2020.
  29. 1 2 "About The drummer. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1971-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  30. 1 2 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 200, ¶ 2080.
  31. 1 2 Thompson 1983, p. 205.
  32. ↑ Becca Walton (April 19, 2018). "Jackson Eagle Eye". Mississippi Encyclopedia. Center for Study of Southern Culture. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  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 February 5, 2020.
  36. ↑ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 370, ¶ 3862.
  37. ↑ "About Mississippi free press. [online resource] (Jackson, Miss.) 1961-1964". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  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 February 5, 2020.
  42. 1 2 "About The new African. [microfilm reel] (Jackson, Miss.) 19??-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  43. ↑ Thompson 2015, p. 13.
  44. 1 2 "About Mississippi weekly. [online resource] (Jackson, Miss.) 193?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  45. 1 2 "About Voice of the people. (Laurel, Miss.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  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 February 5, 2020.
  48. 1 2 3 "About Mississippi memo digest. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1968-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  49. 1 2 "About The Weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  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 February 5, 2020.
  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 February 5, 2020.
  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 February 5, 2020.
  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.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  60. 1 2 "About The Community citizen. (New Albany, Miss.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  61. 1 2 3 "About The Baptist herald. (Senatobia, Miss.) 1888-18??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  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 February 5, 2020.
  65. ↑ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 413, ¶ 4299.
  66. ↑ "About Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  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 February 5, 2020.
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