List of African-American newspapers in Rhode Island
This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in the state of Rhode Island. It includes both current and historical newspapers.
Relatively few African-American newspapers have been published in Rhode Island. The first known such newspaper, and the only one published in the 19th century, was 's Eastern Review (1879–1880).[1] Rhode Island was thus the only state to show a net drop in African-American newspapers between 1880 and 1890, namely from 1 to 0, as Irvine Garland Penn recorded in The Afro-American Press and Its Editors.[2]
In addition to its African-American newspapers, Rhode Island is the site of another important advancement in the history of the Black press: when became editor-in-chief of the Providence News-Democrat in 1906, he was the first African American to head a daily newspaper that catered to the white community.[3] Upon leaving the News-Democrat in 1911, Minkins purchased the weekly , which under his leadership gave front-page coverage to issues affecting African Americans.[4]
Newspapers[]
City | Title | Beginning | End | Frequency | Call numbers | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Providence | 1906[5] | ?[5] | Monthly newspaper[5] |
|
|
|
Providence | 1986[6] | current | Biweekly[6] or monthly[7] |
|
|
|
Providence | 1939[9] | 1957[9] | Weekly[9] |
|
||
Providence | The Citizen | 1968[12] | 1970s[12] | Weekly[12] |
|
|
Providence | Eastern Review | 1879[13][14] | 1880[13] | Weekly[15] | ||
Providence | The Ebenezer Grapevine | 1978[16] | 1980s[16] | Monthly newspaper[16] |
|
|
Providence | New England Torch Light / New England Torchlight | 1890s | Weekly[17] | |||
Providence | The North Star | 1977[20] | ?[20] | Monthly newspaper[20] |
|
|
Providence | Ocean State Grapevine | 1986[22] | 1980s[21] | Twice-monthly[21] or biweekly[22] |
|
|
Providence | The Sun | 1890s | Weekly[17] |
See also[]
- List of African-American newspapers and media outlets
- List of African-American newspapers in Connecticut
- List of African-American newspapers in Massachusetts
- List of newspapers in Rhode Island
Works cited[]
- Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E., eds. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674007888.
- Lemons, J. Stanley; Lambert, Diane (2003). "John Carter Minkins: Pioneering African-American Newspaperman". The New England Quarterly. 76 (3): 413–438. doi:10.2307/1559809. JSTOR 1559809.
- Penn, Irvine Garland (1891). The Afro-American Press and Its Editors. Willey & Company.
- Smith, Jessie Carney; Horton, Carrell Peterson, eds. (1995). Historical Statistics of Black America: Media to Vital Statistics. Gale Research. ISBN 0810393921.
References[]
- ^ Penn 1891, pp. 113–114.
- ^ a b Penn 1891, p. 114.
- ^ Lemons & Lambert 2003, p. 413.
- ^ Lemons & Lambert 2003, pp. 424–425.
- ^ a b c d "About The advance. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
- ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 477, ¶ 4969.
- ^ "About The Providence American. (Providence, R.I.) 198?-201?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
- ^ a b "RI's Media Decline — Projo Staff Cuts, Providence American Stops Printing and Pivots to Digital". GoLocalProv.com. 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
- ^ a b c "About Providence chronicle. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1939-1957". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
- ^ Bell, Andrew J. (1997). An assessment of life in Rhode Island as an African American in the era from 1918 to 1993. Vantage Press. p. 111. ISBN 9780533120659.
- ^ Smith & Horton 1995, p. 1207.
- ^ a b c d "About The citizen. (Providence, R.I.) 1968-197?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
- ^ a b North, Simon Newton Dexter (1884). History and Present Condition of the Newspaper and Periodical Press of the United States: With a Catalogue of the Publications of the Census Year. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 333.
- ^ a b Howard, R. H.; Crocker, Henry E. (1881). "Ballou, Esq. John H.". A History of New England: Containing Historical and Descriptive Sketches of the Counties, Cities and Principal Towns of the Six New England States. Crocker & Company. p. 7.
- ^ a b C.A. Cooke and Co.'s United States Newspaper Directory Revised, Containing Names of All the Newspapers and Other Periodicals Published in America. Cook, C.A. & Co. 1881. p. 177.
- ^ a b c d e "About The Ebenezer grapevine. (Providence, R.I.) 1978-198?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
- ^ a b Afro-American Encyclopedia: Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race. Haley & Florida. 1895. p. 134.
- ^ The New England Business Directory and Gazetteer. Sampson & Murdock Company. 1896. p. 1858.
- ^ "McKay, Barney M. [McDougal]". Notable Kentucky African Americans Database. University of Kentucky. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- ^ a b c "About The north star. (Providence [R.I.]) 1977-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
- ^ a b c "About Ocean state grapevine. (Providence, R.I.) 1986-198?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
- ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 438, ¶ 4564.
- African-American history of Rhode Island
- Lists of African-American newspapers
- Newspapers published in Rhode Island
- Rhode Island-related lists