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Alaska Spotlight 1956-07-28
Front page of Alaska's first African American newspaper, The Alaska Spotlight, from 1956.

This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in Alaska. All of them have been published in Anchorage, the state's largest city.

The first African American newspaper in the Territory of Alaska (1912-1959) was The Alaska Spotlight, which began publication in 1952 when Alaska was not yet a state.

Newspapers

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Anchorage Crusader 1974 1974 Weekly
  • Edited by Margaret L. Roblow Neal.
Anchorage The Anchorage Gazette 1992 Monthly, weekly, or irregular
  • ISSN 2576-7380
  • LCCN sn98060276, 2011254011
  • Suspended from May 1993 to December 1995.
  • Published by Elgin R. Jones.
Anchorage Midnight Sun Reporter 1962 1960s Weekly
  • Published by George C. Anderson.
  • Published through at least 1964. Suspended publication from 1962 to 1964.
  • Weekly circulation reached 2500 in 1962.
Anchorage The New Horizon 1976 ? Weekly
  • Edited by Alberta Jones.
  • Published through at least 1978.
Anchorage The North Star Reporter 1982 1983? Twice-monthly
  • Published through at least 1983.
Anchorage The Alaska Spotlight 1952 1960s Weekly
  • ISSN 2574-5557
  • LCCN sn84025839, 2011254030
  • Published by George C. Anderson
  • Extant through 1968. Defunct by 1970.
Anchorage Anchorage Town Crier 1994 1990s Biweekly
  • Edited by Dorothy Cox.
  • Published through at least early 1995.
Anchorage Vox Populi 1978? 1980s Monthly newspaper
  • Published through at least 1981.
  • Edited by Al Stills.

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