List of African American newspapers in Georgia Facts for Kids

The Colored American of Augusta, Georgia, from December 30, 1865.

This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in Georgia. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first such newspaper in Georgia was The Colored American, founded in Augusta in 1865. However, most were founded in Atlanta.

While most such newspapers in Georgia have been very short-lived, a few, such as the Savannah Tribune, Atlanta Daily World, and Atlanta Inquirer, have had extensive influence over many decades.

Newspapers that are currently published are highlighted in green in the list below.

Newspapers

City	Title	Beginning	End	Frequency	Call numbers	Remarks
Albany	The Albany Southwest Georgian Southwest Georgian	1938	current	Weekly	LCCN sn98062571	Official site: http://www.albanysouthwestgeorgian.com/
Albany	The Albany Times	1960s	?	Weekly	LCCN sn91074129
Athens	Athens Blade	1879	1880	Weekly	LCCN sn88054120, sn94089964
Athens	The Athens Clipper	1888	1900s	Weekly	LCCN sn88054119	Attested from 1901.
Athens	The Athens Republique	1919	?	Weekly	LCCN 2012233098	Attested from 1923.
Athens	Athens Voice	1975	1900s		LCCN sn91099196
Athens	The Progressive Era	1899		Semimonthly	LCCN sn89053508
Atlanta	Atlanta Age	1898	1908	Weekly	LCCN 2011254045, sn82014241
Atlanta	The Crusader	1967	1900s	Weekly	LCCN sn89053535
Atlanta	The Crusader	1963	?	Biweekly	LCCN sn90052121
Atlanta	Atlanta Daily World Atlanta World (1928–1932)	1928 or 1932	current	4 times a week or Semiweekly	LCCN sn82015425 ISSN 1528-6142 1528-6142 Atlanta World: LCCN sn85047544 ISSN 2473-5892 2473-5892	Official site: https://atlantadailyworld.com/
Atlanta	Atlanta Independent	1903	1928	Weekly	LCCN sn84025917
Atlanta	The Atlanta Inquirer	1960	current	Weekly	LCCN sn88063050 ISSN 2574-867X 2574-867X	Official site: http://www.atlinq.com/ Published by John B. Smith.
Atlanta	The People's Crusader	1972?	?	Weekly		Published by Martin Luther King Jr. Peoples Church of Love.
Atlanta	Georgia Sentinel	1989	current	Weekly		Official site: https://www.georgiasentinelnews.com Published by Andre Moses White. Edited by Andre R. White.
Atlanta	The Southern Courier	1965	1968	Weekly	LCCN 2010233919, sn84025852
Atlanta	The Southern Recorder	1886?	1888?	Weekly		Edited by H.M. Turner.
Atlanta	The Atlanta Times	1890	?	Weekly	LCCN sn89070060	Reuben Shannon Lovinggood was editor and part owner.
Atlanta	Voice Of Missions Voice of Missions: By Way of the Cross	1893	1900	Monthly newspaper	LCCN sn83016234	Edited by H.M. Turner and H.B. Parks.
Atlanta	The Voice Of The People Voice of the People	1901	1918?	Monthly newspaper	LCCN sn95061008	Published by the Colored National Emigration Association. Edited by Henry McNeal Turner.
Atlanta	The Atlanta Voice	1966	current	Weekly	LCCN sn84025806	Published by Janis L. Ware.
Atlanta	The Weekly Defiance	1881	1889	Weekly	LCCN 2013254357, sn83016184, sn94090636	Published by Brown & Barnett.
Augusta	The Colored American	1865	1866	Weekly	LCCN 2011254290, sn82014351	Founded by John T. Shuften, who was forced to sell the paper within six months. Published by John T. Shapiro.
Augusta	The Echo	1914?	?	Weekly
Augusta	Augusta Focus	1980s	?	Weekly	LCCN sn83004595 ISSN 0746-4657 0746-4657	Attested through at least 1993.
Augusta	The Loyal Georgian	1866 or 1867	1868 or 1867	Daily	LCCN sn83016180, 2011254291	Official organ of the Georgia Educational Association and Republican Party.
Augusta	The Metro Courier Metro County Courier (1984–1991)	1981	current	Weekly		Published by Barbara Gordon.
Augusta	Augusta News-Review The Augusta News-Review The News-Review	1971	1985	Weekly	LCCN sn88054027, sn88054028, sn88054928	Published by Mallory K. Millender.
Augusta	Southern Christian Advocate	1800s	1800s	Weekly	LCCN sn87065702
Augusta	The Augusta Union	1889	1904	Weekly	LCCN 2011254047, 770640224, sn83016240
Augusta	The Loyal Georgian The Weekly Loyal Georgian	1866 or 1867	1868 or 1867	Weekly and daily editions	LCCN sn82016224, sn83027105, 2011254292
Augusta	The Weekly Review	1947	?	Weekly	LCCN sn88063054, sn94084531	Attested through at least 1970.
Brunswick	Brunswick Herald	1895?	?	Weekly	LCCN sn93059127	Edited by A. Jasper Shootes. Attested through at least 1904.
Columbus	Columbus Chronicle	1895	1900	Weekly	LCCN 2011254354, sn83016189	Published by J.T. Coleman.
Columbus	Family	1990	?	Bimonthly		Published by Ophelia DeVore Associates.
Columbus	The Columbus Times	1961 or 1970	current	Weekly	LCCN sn89053331	Official site: http://www.columbustimes.com/ Published by Ophelia DeVore Mitchell.
Cordele	Southeastern News	1981?	?	Weekly	LCCN sn91074130 ISSN 1078-7607 1078-7607	Published by Eugene Rutland. Attested through at least 1995.
Decatur	The Champion Newspaper	1900s	current	Weekly	LCCN 00211074 ISSN 1528-042X 1528-042X	Official site: http://thechampionnewspaper.com/
Fort Valley	Fort Valley Herald	1986	current	Weekly	LCCN sn91074173	Published by Atlantic Communications of Georgia.
Kingsland	The South Georgia Journal	?	?	Weekly	LCCN 2009233103	Attested through at least 2008.
Macon	The Macon Community Enterprise	1955 or 1970s	1990?	Monthly newspaper	LCCN sn88054043	Published by A.M.E. Churches of Georgia.
Macon	The Macon Courier	1974	?	Weekly	LCCN sn88054044	Published by Melvin Williams. Attested through at least 1993.
Macon	Georgia Informer	1982	current	Monthly		Official site: https://www.gainformer.com/ Published by Herbert Dennard.
Macon	Macon Metro Times	1968?	1993	Weekly		Published by Harris Walker Jr.
Macon	The Negro Progress Progress	1929	1948?	Monthly newspaper		Published by Memorial Institutional Church. Edited by J.T. Saxon.
Macon	Macon Reporter	1964	Ceased publication 2017 or earlier. See notes.	Weekly	LCCN sn91099178	In approximately 2017 the name "Macon Reporter" was taken over by Local Government Information Services, a Pink-slime journalism conservative advocacy operation.
Macon	The Macon Sentinel	1899	1900s	Weekly	LCCN 2013254313, sn83016188	"Official organ of the Georgia Colored Industrial Orphans' Home."
Macon	The Macon Times	1900s	?	Weekly	LCCN sc82005306 ISSN 0735-729X 0735-729X
Savannah	The Savannah Banner	1963	?	Irregular	LCCN sn90052133	Published by Abram Eisenman.
Savannah	Freedom's Journal	1991		Bimonthly		Published by Shabazz Publishing Company.
Savannah	Savannah Herald The Herald	1945	current	Weekly	LCCN sn89077295, sn97046024	Official site: http://savannahherald.net/
Savannah	The Savannah Journal	1919?	?	Unknown
Savannah	The Savannah Sentinel	1962	?	Weekly	LCCN sn90052194	Published by Houston L. Tolbert.
Savannah	The Savannah Tribune The Colored Tribune (1875–1876)	1875	current	Weekly	LCCN sn82016225, sn84020323, 2014254301, sn91074131, 2014254320	Founded by Sol Johnson and John H. Deveaux. Official site: https://www.savannahtribune.com/
Savannah	Savannah Weekly Echo	1879	1884	Weekly	LCCN 2014254317, sn83016195	Published by Hardin Bros.
Thomasville	The Thomasville News The Progress News	1967	1967	Weekly	LCCN sn84025918, sn84025919	Published by D.L. Inman. Attested through at least 1978.
Thomasville	The T T News	1967	?	Weekly	LCCN sn99026799
Union City	Atlanta News Leader	1991?	current	Weekly		Published by Rochelle Render Pannell. Edited by Lee R. Haven. Weekly paid circulation of 13,515 as of 2018.
Waycross	The Gazette and Land Bulletin	1896	1900s	Weekly	LCCN sn83016194
Waycross	South Georgia Times	1936	?	Weekly		Edited by Lloyd H. King.
Waycross	The Waycross Tribune	1915?	?	Weekly		Edited by Isaac Gainus.

List of African American newspapers in Georgia facts for kids

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