LibGuides: Newspapers & Other News Media: Black & ethnic news

Black and ethnic news online

These are popular databases that contain Black and ethnic news.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers - Black Newspapers This link opens in a new window
A subset of the larger ProQuest Historical Newspapers, this is a collection of several prominent black newspapers including the Chicago Defender, Norfolk Journal and Guide, Pittsburgh Courier, Baltimore Afro-American, and NY Amsterdam News.
African American Newspapers: Part I-V This link opens in a new window
Searchable African American Newspapers.
Part I: Freedom's Journal, New York, 1827-Mar. 1829; Colored American, New York, 1837-Mar. 1840; The North Star, Rochester, NY, 1847-July 1849; National Era, Washington, DC, 1847-Dec. 1848.
Part II: Colored American, 1840-41; The North Star, July 1849-1851; Frederick Douglass’ Paper (continuation of The North Star), 1851-May 1852; National Era, 1847-Dec. 1850; Provincial Freeman, Toronto, ON, 1854-Dec. 18, 1855.
Part III: Frederick Douglass’ Paper, May 1852-Dec. 1852; National Era, Dec. 1850-Dec. 1853; Provincial Freeman, Dec. 1855-57; The Christian Recorder, Toronto, ON, 1861-April 1862.
Part IV: The Christian Recorder, May 1862-Dec. 1864; National Era, Jan. 1854-Dec. 1855; Frederick Douglass’ Paper, Jan. 1853-Dec. 1854.
Part V: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1865-June 1868; National Era, Jan. 1856-Dec. 1857; Frederick Douglass’ Paper, Jan. 1855-Dec. 1856.
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Full-text of newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from 200 ethnic, minority, and native publications in the U.S., in English and in Spanish.

Accessible Archives - African American Historical News
19th Century African America news.
New America Media
Founded by the nonprofit Pacific News Service in 1996, New America Media is the country's first and largest national collaboration and advocate of 3,000 ethnic news organizations.
The Black Panther: Newspaper of the Black Panther Party
This resource from libcom.org provides 20 browseable issues published between 1968-1973. See also our larger collections of this title in microfilm and print.

Black and Ethnic Newspapers Finding Aids & Indexes

CRL Ethnic Press Database
The Center holds over 1000 newspaper titles published in the U.S. from the mid 1800s to the present, primarily for specific ethnic groups.

Don't know what you need for your research? These finding aids can help you find what you are looking for!

Immigration History Research Center
List of ethnic periodicals.
Print Culture in a Diverse America
The Ethnic press in the United States: a historical analysis and handbook
African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography
Bibliographic checklist of African American newspapers
Antislavery newspapers and periodicals
Blacks in selected newspapers, censuses and other sources : an index to names and subjects
Index to the University of Virginia (UVA) Library "clippings files" on African-American subjects, 1950-2006
Ask at Shannon Reference Desk for access to actual newspaper clippings files.
Alternative Press Index (multivolume set)
Use as subject index for Underground Newspapers (1963-1985) on microfilm. Covers over 550 radical newspapers from the United States and some foreign countries.

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