List of African-American newspapers in Ohio

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An 1844 issue of the .

This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in the state of Ohio.

The history of African-American publishing in Ohio is longer than in many Midwestern states, beginning well before the Civil War. In 1843, the became Ohio's first African-American newspaper.[1] It was followed by The Aliened American in Cleveland in the 1850s, and by the Cincinnati The Colored Citizen in 1863, which was one of the few African-American newspapers published during the Civil War.[1]

Notable African-American newspapers currently published in Ohio include the Akron , The Cincinnati Herald, the Cleveland Call and Post, , and the Youngstown .

Newspapers[]

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Akron 1969[2] current Weekly[2]
  • LCCN sn84024228
  • OCLC 11304626
Cincinnati The Afro-American 1882[3] ?[3] Weekly[3]
Cincinnati American Catholic Tribune 1884[5] or 1885[4] 1890s[4] Irregular[4]
  • "[T]he only newspaper in the country for black Catholics".[5]
  • Published in Detroit for portions of 1893 and 1894.[4]
Cincinnati Colored Patriot 1883?[6] ?[6] Weekly[6]
  • Billed as "the only Colored Republican paper published or printed in Cincinnati."[6]
Cincinnati The Cincinnati Crusader 1981[7] ?[7] Monthly newspaper[7]
  • Extant through at least 1987.[7]
Cincinnati The Cincinnati Herald 1955[8] current Weekly[8]
Cincinnati The Colored Citizen 1863[9] 1869[9] or 1873[5] Weekly[9]
Cincinnati The Ohio Enterprise 1902[11] 1906[11] Weekly[11]
Cincinnati Cincinnati Union 1907[13] 1952[13] Weekly[13]
Cincinnati News Recorder 1893[12]
Cincinnati Voice of the People 1896[12]
Cleveland Cleveland Advocate / Advocate (1915–1918)[15] 1914[15] 1924[14] Weekly[15]
  • Published by , known as the "dean of Cleveland Negro newspapermen".[16]
Cleveland Aliened American 1853[17] 1854[17] or 1856[1] Weekly[17]
Cleveland Call and Post 1919[18] current Weekly[18]
Cleveland Cleveland Community News / The Greater Cleveland Community News 1968[21] Weekly[21]
Cleveland The Cleveland Gazette 1883[22] 1945[22] Weekly[22]
Cleveland The Cleveland Globe[24] 1884[12] 1887[12]
  • Founded by Richard A. Jones.[12]
Cleveland The Cleveland Guide 1929[25] ?[25] Weekly[25]
  • Extant through at least 1937.[25]
Cleveland Cleveland Herald 1919?[26] ?[26] Weekly[26]
  • Extant through at least 1936.[26]
Cleveland Inner-City Voice 1970[27] ?[27] Monthly[27]
Cleveland 1903[28] 1913[28] or 1912[29] Weekly[28]
  • Circulation of 2500.[29]
Cleveland The Cleveland Metro 1959?[30] ?[30] Weekly[30]
  • Extant through at least 1986.[30]
Cleveland Eastside Daily News 1980[31] current Three times a week[31]
Cleveland The Real Deal 1991[32] current Monthly newspaper[32]
Cleveland Voice of the People 1895[12]
Columbus Columbus Advocate 1933[33] ?[33] Weekly[33]
  • Extant through at least 1940.[33]
Columbus The Challenge 1942[34] ?[34] Unknown[34]
Columbus The Columbus Challenger 1963[35] 1975[35] Monthly (irregular) newspaper[35]
Columbus The Free American 1887[5] 1888[36] Weekly[36]
  • Columbus' first African-American newspaper since the Palladium of Liberty.[37]
Columbus The Lamp 1994[38] Monthly newspaper[38]
Columbus The Columbus Minority Communicator 1996?[39] [39] Weekly[39]
Columbus Onyx / Columbus Onyx News 1971[40] 1978?[40] Weekly[40]
Columbus 1843[41] 1844[41] Weekly[41]
  • First known African-American newspaper in Ohio.
Columbus The Columbus Post 1995[42] current Weekly
  • Founded in 1995 by Amos Lynch after leaving the Call and Post.[43]
Columbus The Columbus Recorder 1923[42] ?[42] Monthly newspaper[42]
Columbus The Ohio Sentinel 1949[44] [43] 1963[44] Weekly[44]
Columbus Columbus Standard 1889[45] or 1901[46] 1901[45] Weekly[45]
Columbus Ohio State Monitor 1918[47] 1922[47] Weekly[47]
Columbus The Ohio State News 1935[48] 1952[48] Weekly[48]
Columbus The Columbus Voice 1928[49] 1933?[49] Weekly[49]
  • Published by Florence W. Oakfield.[49]
Columbus Whip-Poor-Will 1866[50] 1866[50] Monthly[50]
Dayton Dayton / Black Press 1972?[51] ?[51] Weekly[51]
  • Extant through at least 1980.[51]
Dayton 1890[52] 1891[52] Weekly[52]
Dayton The Daily Bulletin: Combined with The Ohio Express 1941[53] ?[53] Daily (except Sunday)[53]
  • Extant through at least 1946.[53]
Dayton Dayton Communicator 1994?[54] Weekly[54]
Dayton / New Dayton Defender 1986?[55] current Biweekly[55]
  • Now part of Sesh Communications, which also publishes the Cincinnati Herald.[56]
Dayton The Dayton Forum 1913[57] 1949[57] Biweekly[57]
Dayton New Dayton Express 1964[58] 1971[58] Weekly[58]
Dayton The Ohio Daily Express 1943?[59] 1955[59] Daily (except Sunday)[59]
Dayton The Soul/phisticator 1986?[60] ?[60] Unknown[60]
  • Associated with the WDAO AM radio station.[60]
East Cleveland East Cleveland Citizen 1970[61] ?[61] Unknown[61]
Hamilton Butler County American 1940[62] 1969[62] Weekly[62]
  • Succeeded by the Fort Hamilton American.[63]
Lima Lima Post 1953[64] 1956[64] Weekly[64]
  • Billed as “Lima’s Only Negro Newspaper.”[64]
Toledo The Observer 1918?[65] ?[65] Weekly[65]
Toledo Toledo Bronze Raven 1949[67] or 1953[66] 1976[66] Weekly[67]
Toledo 1975[68] current Weekly[68]
Toledo The Toledo Script 1943[69] 1949[69] Weekly[69]
Toledo The Toledo Sepia City Press 1948[70] ?[70] Weekly[70]
  • Extant through at least 1950.[70]
Urbana The Informer 1897[71] 1900s[71] Monthly newspaper[71]
  • Founded by of the .[12]
  • Extant through at least 1925.[71]
Xenia Ohio Standard and Observer 1897[72] 1903[72] Weekly[72]
Xenia Xenia Sentinel 1911[73] ?[73] Weekly[73]
Youngstown 1937[74] current Weekly[74]
Youngstown Mahoning Valley Challenger 1967[75] 1974[75] Weekly[75]

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Works cited[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Ross 1996, p. 244.
  2. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 489, ¶ 5105.
  3. ^ a b c d "The Afro-American". The African-American Experience in Ohio 1850-1920. Ohio Historical Society. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
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  5. ^ a b c d Ross 1996, p. 246.
  6. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 163, ¶ 1691.
  7. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 153, ¶ 1592.
  8. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 153, ¶ 1593.
  9. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 162, ¶ 1686.
  10. ^ Ross 1996, p. 245.
  11. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 439, ¶ 4578.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Ross 1996, p. 247.
  13. ^ a b c "About The Union. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1907-1952". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  14. ^ "Cleveland Advocate". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  15. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 157, ¶ 1629.
  16. ^ "Forte, Ormond Adolphus". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  17. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 33, ¶ 333.
  18. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 130, ¶ 1347.
  19. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 130, ¶ 1348.
  20. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 130, ¶ 1349.
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  22. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 157, ¶ 1632.
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  24. ^ Penn 1891, p. 298.
  25. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 158, ¶ 1633.
  26. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 158, ¶ 1634.
  27. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 298, ¶ 3142.
  28. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 158, ¶ 1635.
  29. ^ a b Ross 1996, p. 256.
  30. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 158, ¶ 1636.
  31. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 204, ¶ 2126.
  32. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 485, ¶ 5060.
  33. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 164, ¶ 1704.
  34. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 142, ¶ 1480.
  35. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 164, ¶ 1706.
  36. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 236, ¶ 2478.
  37. ^ Ross 1996, p. 246-247.
  38. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 331, ¶ 3467.
  39. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 164, ¶ 1708.
  40. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 164, ¶ 1709.
  41. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 451, ¶ 4700.
  42. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 165, ¶ 1711.
  43. ^ a b "Amos Lynch, longtime newspaperman and black leader, dies at 90 - News - The Columbus Dispatch - Columbus, OH". Retrieved 2020-02-06. Lynch helped start three different Columbus newspapers: the Ohio Sentinel in 1949; the Call and Post, a local edition of a popular black paper in Cleveland, in 1962; and the Columbus Post in 1995.
  44. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 440, ¶ 4582.
  45. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 165, ¶ 1712.
  46. ^ Ross 1996, p. 248.
  47. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 440, ¶ 4584.
  48. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 440, ¶ 4585.
  49. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 165, ¶ 1714.
  50. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 613, ¶ 6412.
  51. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 187, ¶ 1943.
  52. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 187, ¶ 1948.
  53. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 183, ¶ 1907.
  54. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 187, ¶ 1944.
  55. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 187, ¶ 1945.
  56. ^ "Media Kit". Sesh Communications. Retrieved 2020-01-05. Our three weekly newspapers are the award-winning Cincinnati Herald (est. 1955), The Northern Kentucky Herald, and The Dayton Defender.
  57. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 187, ¶ 1946.
  58. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 407, ¶ 4239.
  59. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 439, ¶ 4577.
  60. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 523, ¶ 5463.
  61. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 203, ¶ 2117.
  62. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 126, ¶ 1309.
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  64. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 340, ¶ 3568.
  65. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 437, ¶ 4554.
  66. ^ a b "About Toledo bronze raven. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1953-1976". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  67. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 562, ¶ 5870.
  68. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 562, ¶ 5871.
  69. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 562, ¶ 5872.
  70. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 562, ¶ 5873.
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  72. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 440, ¶ 4583.
  73. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 623, ¶ 6515.
  74. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 120, ¶ 1239.
  75. ^ a b c "About Mahoning Valley challenger. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1967-1974". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-05.

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