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James W.C. Pennington, who published The Clarksonian in the 1840s.

This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in Connecticut. It includes both current and historical newspapers.

Connecticut's first newspaper by and for African Americans was The Clarksonian, published from 1843 to 1844 in Hartford. The first known paper after that came much later, however, with the Hartford Herald in 1918. Connecticut's African American community has also historically been served by papers from neighboring states such as Massachusetts.

African-American newspapers in Connecticut today include the Inner-City News of New Haven and the Inquiring News of Hartford (successor to the Inquirer family of newspapers in Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, and Waterbury).

Newspapers

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Bridgeport Afri-Voice Review (1991–) /
Afro-Voice Review (1988–1991)		 1988 1992? Unknown
  • LCCN sn94053124, sn94053125
Bridgeport Harambee Union /
Harambee		 1969 1976 Monthly newspaper
  • LCCN sn94053122, sn94053123
  • Partially in Spanish.
Bridgeport / Hartford The Bridgeport Inquirer 1977? 2006 Weekly
  • Merged into Inquiring News.
Hamden The Elm City Trader 1991 1990s Weekly
Hartford The Clarksonian 1843 1844 Monthly newspaper
  • Founded and edited by James W.C. Pennington.
Hartford Connecticut Chronicle /
Hartford Chronicle /
Hartford-Springfield Chronicle		 1915 1949? Weekly
  • ISSN 2642-7117 2642-7117
  • LCCN sn95063011, sn92051342, sn92051345
  • Free online archives:
    • Connecticut Chronicle
    • Hartford Chronicle
  • Published by George W. Goodman.
Hartford Hartford Herald 1918
  • No issues survive.
Hartford The Informer 1977 ? Weekly
  • Published by Robert Hales
Hartford The Hartford Inquirer 1975 2006 Weekly
  • LCCN sn89080095, sn94092715
  • Merged with other Inquirer papers to form Inquiring News.
  • Edited and published by William R. Hales.
Hartford The New Haven Inquirer 1976 ? Weekly
  • LCCN sn94093004, sn92060556
Hartford Inquiring News 2006 current
  • Official site: https://www.inqnews.com/
Hartford New England Bulletin 1949 ? Weekly
  • ISSN 2643-5012 2643-5012
  • LCCN 2019271081, sn92051343
  • Free online archive
Hartford North Hartford Truth 1971 1974? Monthly
  • Published by Horace Bushnell Church.
Hartford Northend Agent's 1974 or 1975 current Weekly
  • Official site: http://www.northendagents.com/
  • Edited until 2015 by John Robert Allen.
Hartford Springfield Inquirer 1981? ? Weekly
Hartford / Springfield Hartford Star 1969 1974 Weekly
  • Edited by Henry Morris.
Hartford / Springfield The Hartford Voice 1974 1975 Weekly
  • Successor to the Hartford Star.
New Haven The Crow / The Heritage Hall Crow 1968 ? Twice monthly or biweekly
  • The Crow:
  • Heritage Hall Crow:
New Haven Black Coalition Weekly /
The Greater New Haven Black Coalition Weekly (1972)		 1972 1900s Weekly
  • ISSN 2638-3756 2638-3756
  • LCCN sn95063100
New Haven The Inner-City News /
The Inner-City		 1980s current Monthly newspaper
  • Free online archive
  • Only member of the National Newspaper Publishers Association in Connecticut.
  • Estimated readership of 50,000 in 2003.
  • Subject of a controversy over a sponsored content deal with Yale University in 2003.
New Haven New Haven Local News 1987 1990 Twice monthly
  • Published by Willie Williams, Jr.
New Haven The Open Gate News 1961 ? Twice-monthly or bimonthly
  • Edited by Jeff Dyous.
  • Extant through at least 1962.
Waterbury Black Voice 1970 1970s
Waterbury People's Weekly 1972 1900s Monthly newspaper
  • Published by the Center for Black Development.

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