List of African American newspapers in Oklahoma

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Front page of a 1904 issue of The Muskogee Cimeter, containing a speech marking the establishment of Rentiesville or Rentiville. The Muskogee Cimeter 1904-10-06.jpg
Front page of a 1904 issue of The Muskogee Cimeter , containing a speech marking the establishment of Rentiesville or Rentiville.

This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of Oklahoma. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first known African American newspaper in Oklahoma was the Oklahoma Guide (distinct from the later Guthrie publication of the same name), which was a monthly newspaper published in Oklahoma City in 1889. [1] The state's first weekly African American newspaper was The Langston City Herald in 1891. [1]

Contents

Many of these early Oklahoma newspapers were published in the many all-Black towns established after the Land Run of 1889. Langston City in particular was home to eleven newspapers from 1891 to 1913. [2]

Notable African American newspapers in Oklahoma today include The Black Chronicle of Oklahoma City and The Oklahoma Eagle of Tulsa.

Newspapers

CityTitleBeginningEndFrequencyCall numbersRemarks
Ardmore The Avalanche1908 [3] ? [3] Weekly [3]
  • LCCN   sn97070143
  • OCLC   37472030
  • Edited by B. J. F. Wesbrooks, G. B. Richards. [3]
Ardmore The Oklahoma Sun
Indian Territory Sun [4]
Sun		1902 [5] 1906 [5] Weekly [5]
Ardmore The World1907 [6] ? [6] Weekly [6]
  • Edited by B.C. Franklin. [6]
Boley The Beacon
Boley Beacon		1908 [7] ? [7] Weekly [7]
  • Edited by E.D. Lynwood. [7]
Boley The Boley Informer1909? [8] ? [8] Weekly [8]
  • Published by A.L. Moore. [8]
  • Attested through at least 1911. [8]
Boley The Boley News1914? [9] ? [9] Weekly [9]
  • Published by A.L. Moore. [9]
  • Billed as the “Official Organ for the Town of Boley, the Largest Exclusive Negro Town in the World.” [9]
  • Attested through at least 1918. [9]
Boley Boley Progress /
The Boley Progress [10] 		1905 [11] 1926 [11] Weekly [11]
  • Published by O.H. Bradley. [10]
Boley The Boley Trumpet1924? [12] ? [12] Weekly [12]
  • Edited by Elijah J. Burns. [12]
Bookertee The Bookertee Searchlight1919? [13] ? [13] Weekly [13]
  • Published by I. L. Leathers. [13]
Castle Castle News /
The Castle News [14] 		1908 [15] ? [15] Weekly [15]
Clarksville The Clarksville Echo1900s [16] 1900s [16] Weekly [16]
Clear View Clearview Tribune1904 [17] 1904 [17] Weekly [17]
  • Published by B.K. Bruce. [17]
Clearview The Lincoln Tribune1904 [18] 1900s [18] Weekly [18]
  • Published by E.D. Lynwood. [18]
Clearview The Patriarch /
The Clearview Patriarch (1911–1913) [19] 		1911 [20] 1917 [20] Weekly [20]
  • Numerous different editors and publishers. [20]
Fallis The Fallis Blade1904 [21] 1900s [21] Weekly [21]
  • Published by G.W. Hutchins. [21]
Garvin The Garvin Pioneer1900s [22] 1910s [22] Weekly [22]
  • Published by W.H. Carroll. [22]
Guthrie Labor Advocate1902 [23] 1900s [23] Weekly [23]
  • Published by O.O. Blesh. [23]
Guthrie The Oklahoma Guide 1892 [24] 1922 [24] Weekly [24]
  • Published by G.N. Perkins. [24]
Guthrie The Oklahoma Safeguard 1894 [25] or 1895 [26] 1915 [26] Weekly [26]
  • Published by Published by Buchanan Publishing Co., edited by C.A. Buchanan. [26]
Guthrie The Peoples Elevator1922 [27] 1940s [27] Weekly [27]
  • Published in Wichita, Kansas, from February 21, 1924 to October 28, 1926; in Independence, Kansas, from November 4, 1926 to July 24, 1930; and in Kansas City, Kansas from August 19, 1937 to September 19, 1940. [27]
  • Published by Watton Brown. [27]
Guthrie The Guthrie Progress1901 [28] 1905? [28] Weekly [28]
  • Published by O.H. Bradley. [28]
Guthrie The Weekly Sun1913 [29] 1914 [29] Weekly [29]
  • Edited by J. H. Hubbard. [29]
Langston Church and State1911 [30] 1911 [31] Weekly [30]
  • Edited by E. J. Vance. [30]
Langston The Langston City Herald 1891 [32] 1902 [32] Weekly [32]
Langston The Western Age1904 [33] 1909 [33] Weekly [33]
  • Published and edited by S. Douglas Russell. [33]
Lawton The New Community Guide1970? [34] 1977? [34] Weekly [34]
  • Published by Robert Goodwin and William P. Kuykendall. [34]
Lawton The Lawton Oklahoma Eagle1970? [35] or 1978 [36] 1990? [35] or 1980s [36] Weekly [35]
  • Published by James O. Goodwin and Edward L. Goodwin. [35]
Mulhall The Mulhall Enterprise1894 [37] 1911 [37] Weekly [37]
  • Published by Willis B. Ehrman. [37]
Muskogee Muskogee Cimeter /
The Muskogee Cimeter [38] 		1899 [39] or 1901 [38] 1930 [39] Weekly [39]
Muskogee The Muskogee Comet1904 [40] ? [40] Weekly [40]
  • Published by J.E. Toombs. [40]
Muskogee Creek Baptist Herald1911 [41] 1910s [41] Weekly [41]
Muskogee The Daily Search-Light1905 [42] 1900s [42] Daily (except Sunday) [42]
Muskogee The Dispensation1905 [43] 1900s [43] Monthly newspaper [43]
  • Published by D.P. Pruett. [43]
Muskogee The Muskogee Lantern1926 [44] or 1927 [45] 1940s [45] Weekly [44]
Muskogee The Oklahoma Gazette1910? [46] ? [46] Weekly [46]
  • Edited by William Fields. [46]
Muskogee The Oklahoma Independent1936 [47] 1960s [47] Weekly [47]
  • Description based on: Vol. 26, no. 3 (Apr. 16, 1954).
  • Published by M.C. Simmons.
Muskogee The Muskogee Parrot1940 [48] ? [48] Weekly [48]
  • Edited by C. E. Corbett. [48]
Muskogee The Pioneer1898 [49] 1900s [49] Weekly [49]
Muskogee Saturday Evening Tribune1912 [50] ? [50] Weekly [50]
  • Edited by S. Douglas Russell. [50]
  • Extant through at least 1913. [50]
Muskogee Southwesterner1905 [51] ? [51] Weekly [51]
  • Edited by J.T. Nicholson. [51]
Muskogee The Muskogee Star1912 [52] 1912 [52] or 1913 [53] Weekly [52]
Muskogee The Tattler1915 [54] 1917 [54] Weekly [54]
  • Published by Ernest D. Lynwood and Robert Jase. [54]
Muskogee The Weekly Progress1926 [55] 1926 [55] Weekly [55]
  • Edited and published by O.H. Bradley. [55]
Muskogee The Western World1902 [56] ? [56] Weekly [56]
  • Edited by J. C. Leftwich. [56]
Oklahoma City The Black Advocate1992 [57] 1993 [57] Weekly [57]
Oklahoma City The Black Chronicle 1979 [58] currentWeekly [58]
Oklahoma City The Black Dispatch1915 [59] 1982 [59] Weekly [59]
  • Published by Richard Keaton Nash. [59]
Oklahoma City The Oklahoma City Guide /
The Guide (1898–1903) [60] 		1897 [61] or 1898 [60] 1900s [62] Weekly [62]
  • Attested through at least 1910. [62]
  • Published by Mattie M. Mallory. [61]
Oklahoma City The Oklahoma Dispatch1981 [63] 1980s [63] Weekly [63]
  • Attested through at least 1983. [63]
  • Published by Richard Keaton Nash. [63]
Oklahoma City The Oklahoma Guide1889 [1] 1889 [1] Monthly / "sporadic" [1]
  • "We know little else about the journal except the fact of its existence." [1]
Oklahoma City The Oklahoma Tribune1907 [64] 1910s [64] Weekly [64]
Oklahoma City The Western World1900s [65] 1900s [65] Weekly [65]
  • "Published in the interest of the Sango Baptist College and Industrial Institute as well as the Baptist denomination of the Indian Territory." [65]
  • Attested from at least 1903 to 1905. [65]
  • Published by J.C. Leftwich and J.W. Capers. [65]
Okmulgee The Okmulgee Observer1900s0000s [66] Weekly [66]
Okmulgee The Okmulgee Observer1937? [67] ? [67] Weekly [67]
  • Published and edited by B.J. Wilson. [67]
  • Attested through at least 1942. [66]
Paden The Paden Press1908 [68] 1909 [68] Weekly [68]
  • Published and edited by John Young Bryce. [68]
Paden The Paden Times1907? [69] 1908 [69] Weekly [69]
  • Published by E.E. Tabor and S.T. Peet. [69]
Taft Taft Enterprise1910 [70] 1914 [70] Weekly [70]
Tulsa The Tulsa Guide1906 [71] 1900s [71] Weekly [71]
  • Published by W.L. McKee. [71]
Tulsa The Oklahoma Eagle 1922? [72] currentWeekly [72]
Tulsa Oklahoma Sun1920 [73] 1920s [74] Weekly [73]
Tulsa The Tulsa Star /
Tulsa Daily Star		1913 [75] 1921 [75] Weekly [75]
Tulsa Tulsa Weekly Planet1910s [77] ? [77] Weekly [77]
  • Attested from at least 1912. [77]
  • Published by Prof. J.H. Hill. [77]
Wagoner The Wagoner Echo1904 [78] ? [78] Weekly [78]
Wewoka The Wewoka and Lima Courier1913 [79] ? [79] Weekly [79]
  • Edited by M.W. Williams. [79]

See also

Works cited

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Williams 1996, p. 268.
  2. ↑ Williams 1996, p. 273.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 56, ¶ 574.
  4. ↑ "About Indian Territory sun. [volume] (Ardmore, I.T. [Okla.]) 1902-1906". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 441, ¶ 4592.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 621, ¶ 6490.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 64, ¶ 654.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 110, ¶ 1152.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 112, ¶ 1153.
  10. 1 2 "About The Boley progress. [volume] (Boley, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1926". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  11. 1 2 3 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 112, ¶ 1154.
  12. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 112, ¶ 1155.
  13. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 112, ¶ 1162.
  14. ↑ "About The Castle news. (Castle, Okla.) 1908-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  15. 1 2 3 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 138, ¶ 1434.
  16. 1 2 3 "About The Clarksville echo. (Clarksville, I.T. [Okla.]) 190?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  17. 1 2 3 4 "About Clearview tribune. [volume] (Clear View, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1904-1904". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  18. 1 2 3 4 "About The Lincoln tribune. [volume] (Clearview, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1904-190?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
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  20. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 455, ¶ 4741.
  21. 1 2 3 4 "About The Fallis blade. (Fallis, Lincoln County, Okla.) 1904-190?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  22. 1 2 3 4 "About The Garvin pioneer. [volume] (Garvin, Okla.) 190?-191?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  23. 1 2 3 4 "About Labor advocate. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1902-190?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  24. 1 2 3 4 "About The Oklahoma guide. [volume] (Guthrie, Logan Co., Okla.) 1892-1922". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
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  26. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 441, ¶ 4591.
  27. 1 2 3 4 5 "About The Peoples elevator. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1922-194?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  28. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 259, ¶ 2721.
  29. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 608, ¶ 6357.
  30. 1 2 3 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 152, ¶ 1583.
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  32. 1 2 3 "About The Langston City herald. [online resource] (Langston City, Okla.) 1891-1902". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  33. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 610, ¶ 6380.
  34. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 406, ¶ 4235.
  35. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 333, ¶ 3482.
  36. 1 2 "About The Lawton Oklahoma eagle. (Lawton, Okla.) 1978-198?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  37. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 378, ¶ 3949.
  38. 1 2 3 4 "About The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  39. 1 2 3 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 380, ¶ 3971.
  40. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 380, ¶ 3972.
  41. 1 2 3 "About Creek Baptist herald. (Muskogee, Okla.) 1911-191?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  42. 1 2 3 "About The Daily search-light. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1905-190?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  43. 1 2 3 4 "About The Dispensation. [volume] (Muskogee, I.T. [Okla.]) 1905-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  44. 1 2 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 381, ¶ 3973.
  45. 1 2 "About The Muskogee lantern. [volume] (Muskogee, Okla.) 1927-194?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  46. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 440, ¶ 4589.
  47. 1 2 3 "About The Oklahoma independent. (Muskogee, Okla.) 1936-196?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  48. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 381, ¶ 3974.
  49. 1 2 3 4 "About The pioneer. [volume] (Muscogee, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1898-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  50. 1 2 3 4 5 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 502, ¶ 5235.
  51. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 532, ¶ 5550.
  52. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 381, ¶ 3975.
  53. ↑ "About The Muskogee star. [volume] (Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla.) 1912-1913". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  54. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 554, ¶ 5788.
  55. 1 2 3 4 "About The Weekly progress. [volume] (Muskogee, Okla.) 1926-1926". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  56. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 612, ¶ 6402.
  57. 1 2 3 "About The black advocate. (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1992-1993". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  58. 1 2 "About The Black chronicle. (Oklahoma City [Okla.]) 1979-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  59. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 80, ¶ 825.
  60. 1 2 "About The guide. [online resource] (Oklahoma City, OK) 1898-1903". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  61. 1 2 "About The guide. (Oklahoma City, Okla. Territory) 1897-1903". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  62. 1 2 3 "About The Oklahoma City guide. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  63. 1 2 3 4 5 "About The Oklahoma dispatch. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1981-198?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  64. 1 2 3 "About The Oklahoma tribune. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1907-191?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  65. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "About The Western world. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 190?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  66. 1 2 3 "About The Okmulgee observer. [microfilm reel] (Okmulgee, Okla.) 19??-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  67. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 441, ¶ 4594.
  68. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 450, ¶ 4695.
  69. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 450, ¶ 4696.
  70. 1 2 3 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 552, ¶ 5759.
  71. 1 2 3 4 "About The Tulsa guide. (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1906-190?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  72. 1 2 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 440, ¶ 4588.
  73. 1 2 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 441, ¶ 4593.
  74. ↑ "About The Oklahoma sun. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1920-192?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  75. 1 2 3 "About The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
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  77. 1 2 3 4 5 "About Tulsa weekly planet. (Tulsa, Okla.) 191?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  78. 1 2 3 "About The Wagoner echo. (Wagoner, I.T. [Okla.]) 1904-190?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  79. 1 2 3 4 Danky & Hady 1998, p. 613, ¶ 6404.
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