The Athens Clipper

The Athens Clipper
	Front page of The Athens Clipper from 31 August 1901.
Type	Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)	Samuel B. Davis, Minnie Davis
Founded	1887
Ceased publication	1912
Headquarters	Athens, Georgia
City	Athens, Georgia
Country	United States of America
OCLC number	20236763
	Media of the United States of America ;

Last updated October 04, 2025

The Athens Clipper was a newspaper in Athens, Georgia, United States, for the African American community. It was published from circa 1887 to circa 1912. The four-page weekly newspaper was edited by Samuel B. Davis, and its content was restricted mostly to local events in the black community and religious news.^[1]^{: 182–184} After Davis' death, the paper continued to be edited for several years by his wife Minnie.^[2]^[3] Few copies of the Clipper still exist, despite the newspaper's long publication history.^[4]

References

↑ Thurmond, Michael L.; Sparer, Dorothy (1978). A Story Untold: Black Men and Women in Athens History, Clarke County School District. OL 21912464M. "Athens was without a black newspaper for only three years until the first copy of the Athens Clipper came off the press in 1887....Following Davis' death, his widow Minnie published the Clipper for a short period of time and then sold the newspaper to A. T. Jackson around 1912.
↑ "Gospel Pilgrim Biographies | The ADP - Minnie Davis". adp.ehistory.org. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021. [Minnie Davis'] husband, Samuel B. Davis, published the Athens Clipper, a newspaper catering to Athens's emerging black, middle-class community. After his death, she ran the newspaper for a few years, before selling it.
↑ "From Slavery To Freedom: Athens Teacher Minnie Davis". Flagpole. 5 February 2020. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
↑ "The Athens Clipper". Georgia Historic Newspapers. Digital Library of Georgia. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Despite over 16 years of circulation, very few copies of the Athens Clipper survived to present day.

External links

"The Athens Clipper". Georgia Historic Newspapers. Digital Library of Georgia. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
"The Athens clipper". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.

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[1] Thurmond, Michael L.; Sparer, Dorothy (1978). A Story Untold: Black Men and Women in Athens History, Clarke County School District. OL 21912464M. "Athens was without a black newspaper for only three years until the first copy of the Athens Clipper came off the press in 1887....Following Davis' death, his widow Minnie published the Clipper for a short period of time and then sold the newspaper to A. T. Jackson around 1912.

[2] "Gospel Pilgrim Biographies | The ADP - Minnie Davis". adp.ehistory.org. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021. [Minnie Davis'] husband, Samuel B. Davis, published the Athens Clipper, a newspaper catering to Athens's emerging black, middle-class community. After his death, she ran the newspaper for a few years, before selling it.

[3] "From Slavery To Freedom: Athens Teacher Minnie Davis". Flagpole. 5 February 2020. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.

[4] "The Athens Clipper". Georgia Historic Newspapers. Digital Library of Georgia. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Despite over 16 years of circulation, very few copies of the Athens Clipper survived to present day.

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