African American Historical Newspapers: Chronology

Timothy T. Fortune, born a slave in Marianna, Fl worked as a young man at several Florida newspapers. He went to New York in 1881 and eventuallly was editor and owner of the Globe, then the Freeman which later became the The York Age.

• Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1841-1955, 1960-1963), Brooklyn, NY: 1841-1902

• Frederick Douglass' Paper (1851-1857), Rochester, NY: 1852-1855 

• Frederick Douglass' Paper (1851-1857), Rochester, NY: 1853

• Freedom's Journal (1827-1829), New York, NY: 1827-1829

• National Era (1847-1860), Washington, D.C.: 1847-1860

• The Afro-American Citizen (1899-1902), Charleston, SC: 1900

• The Afro-American Ledger (1900-1917?), Baltimore, MD: 1906-1917

• Afro American Mission Herald (1895?-????), Louisville, KY: 1900-1901

• American Baptist (1879-19??), Louisville, KY: 1903-1904

• The Appeal (1889-19??), Saint Paul, MN: 1889-1922

• The Broad Ax (1895-19??), Salt Lake City, UT and Chicago, IL: 1895-1922  

• The California Eagle (1879-1966), Los Angeles, CA: 1879-1964  

• The Colored American (1893-19??), Washington, D.C.: 1899-1904

• The Freeman (1884-1927), Indianapolis, IN: 1888-1915

• The Gazette (1883-1945?), Cleveland, OH: 1883-1904

• The Indianapolis Recorder (1899-2005), Indianapolis, IN: 1899-1916, 1926-1931, May 1932-2005

• The Informer (1897-1924, 1925-????), Urbana and Springfield, OH: 1902-1920  

• The Journal (1903-1913?), Cleveland, OH: 1903-1910

• Kentucky Reporter (1???-19??), Owensboro and Louisville, KY: 1902

• The Lexington Standard (1892-1912), Lexington, KY: 1900

• The Montana Plaindealer (1906-1911), Helena, MT: 1906-1911

• The Muskogee Cimeter (1901-19??), Muskogee Indian Territory, OK: 1904-1920

• The National Forum (1910-19??), Washington, D.C.: 1910

• The New Age (1902-1903), Butte, MT: 1902-1903

• New York Age (1887-1953), New York, NY: 1906-1953  

• The People's Recorder (1893-1925), Columbia, SC: 1898-1909

• The Portland New Age (1905-1907), Portland, OR: 1906-1907

• The Professional World (1901-192?), Columbia, MO: 1901-1903

• Richmond Planet (1883-1938), Richmond, VA: 1889-1910  

• Richmond Planet (1883-1938), Richmond, VA: 1890-1934  

• The Rising Son (1896-19??), Kansas City, MO: 1903-1907

• The Rock Hill Messenger (1896-1921), Rock Hill, SC: 1900

• The Seattle Republican (1???-19??), Seattle, WA: 1900-1913

• Sedalia Weekly Conservator (1903-1909), Sedalia, MO: 1903-1908

• The Southern Indicator (1903-1925), Columbus, SC: 1913-1922

• St. Louis Palladium (1903-1907), St. Louis, MO: 1904

• The Tulsa Star (1913-19??), Tulsa, OK: 1913-1921

• The Washington Bee (1884-1922), Washington, D.C.: 1886-1912