List of African American newspapers in Oregon Facts for Kids

Front page of the November 25, 1899 issue of The New Age.

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

Portland is the only city where such newspapers are known to have been published. The first was the Portland New Age, founded as The New Age in 1896. Notable contemporary newspapers include The Observer and The Skanner.

Newspapers

City	Title	Beginning	End	Frequency	Call numbers	Remarks
Portland	The Oregon Advance Times	1968	1968	Weekly	LCCN sn00063638	Available online Suspended publication November 7, 1968.
Portland	The Advocate	1903	1937	Weekly	LCCN sn98062568	Available online Founded by McCants Stewart and Edward Cannady. Edited by Edward Cannady from 1923 to June 14, 1930, and by Beatrice Morrow Cannady from June 21, 1930 to 1933.
Portland	The Portland Advocate	1981	1981	Monthly newspaper		Organ of the Black Urban Front Available online Published by the National Black United Front.
Portland	Advocate Register	1943	1951	Weekly		Available online Published by Oliver E. Smith, who upon taking a job with the Bonneville Power Administration in 1951 was required to abandon the paper by the Hatch Act.
Portland	Portland Challenger	1952	1954	Weekly or biweekly	LCCN 2015260134	Available online Founded by William Hilliard, who also worked for The Oregonian while publishing the Challenger.
Portland	Clarion Defender	1953 or 1965 or 1966	1973?	Weekly	LCCN sn00063577	Available online
Portland	Portland Inquirer	1944	1946	Weekly	LCCN sn00063637	Issues from 1944 available online Edited by Ralph H. Faulk.
Portland	Oregon Mirror	1959	1962?	Weekly	LCCN 2015260135	Issues from 1962 available online Published by J. Marcus Wellington, III. Extant through at least 1962.
Portland	The New Age / Portland New Age (1905–1907)	1896 or 1899	1907	Weekly	LCCN 2009257329, 2014254028, sn83025107, sn83025137	Available online (New Age) Available online (Portland New Age) Published by Adolphus D. Griffin. Carried local news columns from cities across Washington and Montana, including Walla Walla and Great Falls.
Portland	The Newspaper / Albina Newspaper	1969	?	Biweekly		One issue from 1970 available online. Served the Albina District.
Portland	Northwest Clarion	1943 or 1944	1961	Weekly	LCCN sn00063575	Available online Published by Arthur and Etoile Cox.
Portland	Northwest Defender	1962	1965	Weekly	LCCN sn00063576	Available online Founded by Jimmy "Bang-Bang" Walker. Published by J.W. Zell II. Later merged with the Northwest Clarion to become the Clarion Defender.
Portland	Observer	1901?	1903	Weekly
Portland	The Observer / Portland Observer / People's Observer	1938	1950?	Weekly, later twice-monthly, monthly after 1946	The Observer (1938-1939): LCCN sn00058013, 2009257308 The Observer (1945-1950): LCCN sn00062130, 2009257306 The People's Observer: LCCN sn00062131, 2009257307	Issues from 1938–1939, 1944, and 1945 available online. Published by William H. McClendon from 1938 to 1939, and revived by him as The People's Observer in 1943.
Portland	The Portland Observer / New Portland Observer	1970	current	Weekly	LCCN sn83025151	Official site: http://portlandobserver.com/ Some issues available online
Portland	The Pacific Dispatch	1946	1947		LCCN sn87093419	Published jointly in Seattle and Portland starting September 20, 1946, at which point it was identified as the "Portland edition" of the Pacific Dispatch, which continued until June 27, 1947. Succeeded by The Seattle Dispatch.
Portland	The Skanner	1975	current	Weekly	ISSN 1543-6357 1543-6357 LCCN sn85042482	Official site: https://www.theskanner.com/ Some issues available online Became online-only in 2014.
Portland	The Portland Times	1909 or 1918	1924 or 1923	Weekly		Two issues available online Founded by William J. McLemore. Edited by J.A. Merriman, a founder of the Advocate.

List of African American newspapers in Oregon facts for kids

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