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Palladium of Liberty 1844-02-14
An 1844 issue of the Palladium of Liberty.

This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of Ohio.

The history of African American publishing in Ohio is longer than in many Midwestern states, beginning well before the Civil War. In 1843, the Palladium of Liberty became Ohio's first African American newspaper. It was followed by The Aliened American in Cleveland in the 1850s, and by the Cincinnati Colored Citizen in 1863, which was one of the few African American newspapers published during the Civil War.

Notable African American newspapers currently published in Ohio include the Akron Reporter, The Cincinnati Herald, the Cleveland Call and Post, The Toledo Journal, and the Youngstown Buckeye Review.

Newspapers

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Akron The Reporter 1969 current Weekly
  • Official site: https://www.thereporternewspaperonline.com/
  • Issues online
Cincinnati The Afro-American 1882 ? Weekly
  • One issue available online
  • Extant through at least 1885.
Cincinnati American Catholic Tribune 1884 or 1885 1890s Irregular
  • LCCN sn90057162, sn97016092
  • "[T]he only newspaper in the country for black Catholics".
  • Published in Detroit for portions of 1893 and 1894.
Cincinnati Colored Patriot 1883? ? Weekly
  • Billed as "the only Colored Republican paper published or printed in Cincinnati."
Cincinnati The Cincinnati Crusader 1981 ? Monthly newspaper
  • Extant through at least 1987.
Cincinnati The Cincinnati Herald 1955 current Weekly
  • Official site: http://thecincinnatiherald.com/
Cincinnati Colored Citizen 1863 1869 or 1873 Weekly
Cincinnati The Ohio Enterprise 1902 1906 Weekly
Cincinnati Cincinnati Union 1907 1952 Weekly
Cincinnati News Recorder 1893
Cincinnati Voice of the People 1896
Cleveland Cleveland Advocate / Advocate (1915–1918) 1914 1924 Weekly
  • Published by Ormond Forte, known as the "dean of Cleveland Negro newspapermen".
Cleveland Aliened American 1853 1854 or 1856 Weekly
Cleveland Call and Post 1919 current Weekly
  • Main (Cleveland) edition:
  • Columbus edition:
  • Cincinnati edition:
  • Official site: https://www.callandpost.com/
  • Columbus edition published from 1962.
  • Cincinnati edition published from 1967.
Cleveland Cleveland Community News / The Greater Cleveland Community News 1968 Weekly
  • Official site: http://www.nationalcommunitynewsnetwork.com/
Cleveland The Cleveland Gazette 1883 1945 Weekly
  • Founded by Harry Clay Smith.
  • Became the longest-publishing African American weekly in the country.
Cleveland The Cleveland Globe 1884 1887
  • Founded by Richard A. Jones.
Cleveland The Cleveland Guide 1929 ? Weekly
  • Extant through at least 1937.
Cleveland Cleveland Herald 1919? ? Weekly
  • Extant through at least 1936.
Cleveland Inner-City Voice 1970 ? Monthly
Cleveland The Cleveland Journal 1903 1913 or 1912 Weekly
  • Circulation of 2500.
Cleveland The Cleveland Metro 1959? ? Weekly
  • Extant through at least 1986.
Cleveland Eastside Daily News 1980 current Three times a week
  • Official site: http://www.eastsidedailynews.com/
Cleveland The Real Deal 1991 current Monthly newspaper
  • Official site: https://therealdealpress.com/
Cleveland Voice of the People 1895
Columbus Columbus Advocate 1933 ? Weekly
  • Extant through at least 1940.
Columbus The Challenge 1942 ? Unknown
Columbus The Columbus Challenger 1963 1975 Monthly (irregular) newspaper
  • LCCN sn84024220, sn84024980
Columbus The Free American 1887 1888 Weekly
  • Columbus' first African American newspaper since the Palladium of Liberty.
Columbus The Lamp 1994 Monthly newspaper
Columbus The Columbus Minority Communicator 1996? Weekly
  • Official site: http://communicatornews.homestead.com/
Columbus Onyx / Columbus Onyx News 1971 1978? Weekly
  • LCCN sn88077700, sn88077701, sn88077699
Columbus Palladium of Liberty 1843 1844 Weekly
  • First known African American newspaper in Ohio.
Columbus The Columbus Post 1995 current Weekly
  • Founded in 1995 by Amos Lynch after leaving the Call and Post.
Columbus The Columbus Recorder 1923 ? Monthly newspaper
Columbus The Ohio Sentinel 1949 1963 Weekly
Columbus Columbus Standard 1889 or 1901 1901 Weekly
  • LCCN sn84025831, 2011254355
Columbus Ohio State Monitor 1918 1922 Weekly
Columbus The Ohio State News 1935 1952 Weekly
Columbus The Columbus Voice 1928 1933? Weekly
  • Published by Florence W. Oakfield.
Columbus Whip-Poor-Will 1866 1866 Monthly
Dayton Dayton / Black Press 1972? ? Weekly
  • Extant through at least 1980.
Dayton Dayton Tattler 1890 1891 Weekly
Dayton The Daily Bulletin: Combined with The Ohio Express 1941 ? Daily (except Sunday)
  • Extant through at least 1946.
Dayton Dayton Communicator 1994? Weekly
Dayton The Dayton Defender / New Dayton Defender 1986? current Biweekly
  • Now part of Sesh Communications, which also publishes the Cincinnati Herald.
Dayton The Dayton Forum 1913 1949 Biweekly
Dayton New Dayton Express 1964 1971 Weekly
  • LCCN sn84024237, sn84024238
Dayton The Ohio Daily Express 1943? 1955 Daily (except Sunday)
Dayton The Soul/phisticator 1986? ? Unknown
  • Associated with the WDAO AM radio station.
East Cleveland East Cleveland Citizen 1970 ? Unknown
Hamilton Butler County American 1940 1969 Weekly
  • Succeeded by the Fort Hamilton American.
Lima Lima Post 1953 1956 Weekly
  • Billed as “Lima’s Only Negro Newspaper.”
Toledo The Observer 1918? ? Weekly
Toledo Toledo Bronze Raven 1949 or 1953 1976 Weekly
Toledo The Toledo Journal 1975 current Weekly
  • Official site: https://thetoledojournal.com/
Toledo The Toledo Script 1943 1949 Weekly
Toledo The Toledo Sepia City Press 1948 ? Weekly
  • Extant through at least 1950.
Urbana The Informer 1897 1900s Monthly newspaper
  • Founded by Elmer W.B. Curry of the Curry Institute.
  • Extant through at least 1925.
Xenia Ohio Standard and Observer 1897 1903 Weekly
Xenia Xenia Sentinel 1911 ? Weekly
Youngstown The Buckeye Review 1937 current Weekly
  • Official site: http://www.blackcommunitynewsinyoungstownoh.com/
Youngstown Mahoning Valley Challenger 1967 1974 Weekly

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