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1865-10-07 South Carolina Leader
Inaugural issue of the South Carolina Leader from October 1865.

This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in South Carolina. It includes both current and historical newspapers. More than 130 such newspapers were published in the state between 1865 and 1970. The first was the South Carolina Leader, established at Charleston in 1865. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the growth of the African American press in South Carolina was hampered by the fact that a large proportion of South Carolina African Americans lived in poverty in the countryside.

Newspapers

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
1800s
  • Founded by S.H. Jefferson.
  • Only African American newspaper published in upper South Carolina during the 1880s.
Anderson The Herald 1957 1970s Weekly
Beaufort The New South 1879 or 1880s 1890s Weekly
  • Attested through at least 1898.
Beaufort The Sea Island News 1879 1888 Weekly
Beaufort
  • Standard
  • Beaufort Southern Standard
 1870s 1870s
  • Edited by Robert Smalls.
  • Designated as the official newspaper of the Beaufort County government.
Beaufort / Blackville
  • Beaufort County Times
  • Barnwell County Times
 1871 1870s Weekly
  • Edited by D. Thomas.
  • Published by William S. Whipple, who moved the paper to Barnwell County after becoming the county treasurer there.
  • Attested through at least 1874.
Bennettsville The Carolina Messenger 1974 1978 Weekly
Bennettsville Community Observer 1978 1981 Weekly
Bennettsville Pee Dee Educator 1879 or 1890 1900 or 1906 Twice monthly
Charleston The Charleston Advocate 1867 1868 Weekly
  • LCCN 2011254277, sn83025784
  • ISSN 2166-1707 2166-1707
  • Published by H.J. Moore.
  • Free online archive
Charleston The Afro-American Citizen 1899 1900 or 1902 Weekly
  • LCCN 2011254023, sn83025782
  • ISSN 2166-1669 2166-1669
  • Free online archive
Charleston
1971 2021 Weekly
  • LCCN sn93067867
  • The Chronicle:
    • LCCN sn93067968, sn83008435
    • ISSN 0746-1429 0746-1429
  • Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/20170613020732/http://www.charlestonchronicle.net/[Usurped!]
  • Published and edited by J. John French.
Charleston The Coastal Times 1983 ? Weekly
Charleston Charleston Free Press 1871 1871 Daily
Charleston The Free Press 1868 1868 Weekly
  • LCCN 2011254378, sn83025795
  • ISSN 2166-1715 2166-1715
  • Free online archive
  • Published by T. Hurley.
Charleston The Charleston Herald 1952 1955 Weekly
Charleston The Charleston Inquirer 1963 1964 Weekly
Charleston The Charleston Journal 1866 1860s Weekly
Charleston / Columbia
  • Lighthouse and Informer
  • The Lighthouse and Informer
 1941 1954 Weekly
  • LCCN sn92065442, 2013254302
  • Published in Columbia from 1944 to 1954.
  • A key voice of protest during the early years of the civil rights movement.
Charleston The Charleston Lighthouse 1939 1941 Weekly
Charleston The Charleston Messenger 1894 1946 Bimonthly newspaper
  • Published by Daniel Jenkins and affiliated with an orphanage he operated.
Charleston Missionary Record 1868 1879 Weekly
  • LCCN 2013254323, sn83025781, sn84026949
  • ISSN 2165-9419 2165-9419
  • Free online archive
  • Successor to the South Carolina Leader.
  • Edited by Richard Harvey Cain.
Charleston The New Citizen 1948 1952 Weekly
Charleston The Palmetto Press 1882 1885 Weekly
  • Edited by R.L. Smith.
Charleston South Carolina Leader 1865 1868 or 1867 Weekly
  • LCCN 2012203298, sn83025783
  • ISSN 2166-1693 2166-1693
  • Free online archive
  • Published by T. Hurley and Co.
Charleston Southern Reporter 1900 1920
Columbia
  • Black News
  • Black Star
  • Black Sun
  • Black Times
  • Black Views
  • Black Voice
 1970 or 1977 current Weekly
  • Official site: https://scblacknews.com/
  • Published by Isaac Washington.
  • Numerous local editions published with different titles.
Columbia Black On News 1972 1977 Weekly
Columbia Black On To The Bone 1973 1973 Monthly newspaper
Columbia Carolina Afro-weekly 1969 1974 Weekly
Columbia
  • Carolina Panorama
  • Piedmont Post (1993)
 1978 current Weekly
  • Official site: https://www.carolinapanorama.com/
Columbia The Carolina Tribune 1900s ? Weekly
  • Also published in numerous local editions.
  • Attested through at least 1995.
Columbia The Christian Soldier 1898 1900 Monthly newspaper
Columbia Columbia's Black News 1984 ? Weekly
  • Attested through at least 2012.
Columbia The Columbia Dispatch 1950s ? Weekly
  • Attested from 1957.
Columbia South Carolina Independent 1955 1955 Weekly
Columbia The Light 1916 1928 Weekly
Columbia The Lighthouse 1963 1964 Weekly
Columbia The South Carolina Observer 1960 1960
Columbia Palmetto Gleaner 1890 1892
  • First African American newspaper in Columbia.
Columbia The Palmetto Leader 1925 1960s Weekly
  • Free online archive
  • Published by George H. Hampton.
  • A key voice of protest during the early years of the civil rights movement.
Columbia The Palmetto Post 1970 1971 Weekly
Columbia The Palmetto Post 1984 ? Weekly
Columbia Palmetto Times 1962 1964 Weekly
Columbia / Orangeburg (1903–1921) The People's Recorder 1893 1925 or 1905 Weekly
  • LCCN 2014254019, sn83025797
  • ISSN 2166-1731 2166-1731
  • Free online archive
  • Published by Nix and Holmes.
Columbia The Recorder-Indicator 1925 1931 Weekly
Columbia SouthCarolinian 1987 ? Monthly newspaper
Columbia The Southern Indicator 1913 or 1903 1924 or 1925 Weekly
  • LCCN sn83025803, 2014254328
  • ISSN 2166-1758 2166-1758
  • Free online archive
  • Edited by J.A. Roach.
Columbia The Southern Sun 1902 1909 Weekly
Columbia The Standard 1919 1927 Weekly
Columbia Venture 1978 1979 Monthly newspaper
Florence
  • The Community Times
  • The Times
 1997 or 1992 ? Weekly
  • LCCN 2012271271, sn93067883
  • Official feed: https://www.facebook.com/The-Community-Times-Newspaper-Florence-SC-212803668734514/
Florence Pee Dee Times 1987 1992 Weekly
Georgetown Georgetown Advocate 1902 1905 Weekly
Georgetown The Georgetown Planet 1873 1875 Weekly
  • LCCN 2011254385, sn83025798
  • ISSN 2166-174X 2166-174X
  • Free online archive
  • Edited by local politicians James A. Bawley and R.O. Rush.
Greenville The Carolina News And Guide 1963 1964 Weekly
Greenville Focus 1973 1980? Weekly
Greenville Focus News 1976 1981 Weekly
Greenville Lancet 1890 1890
  • First African American newspaper in Greenville.
Greenville The Palmetto Leader 1945 ? Weekly
  • Published by Norman P. Pearson, Jr.
Greenville Southern Crusader 1942 1940s Weekly
Greenville The Southern Enterprise 1914 1900s Weekly
  • LCCN 2009257327, sn93067720
  • Attested through at least 1926.
Greenville The Times Upstate 1995 ? Weekly
  • Attested through at least 2009.
Kingstree
  • The Williamsburg Republican
  • Williamsburg Republican
 1873 1870s Weekly
Myrtle Beach The Weekly Journal 1975 1976 Weekly
Myrtle Beach The Weekly Observer 1974 1977 Weekly
Orangeburg The Free Citizen 1874 1876 Weekly
  • LCCN sn92065529
  • ISSN 2165-7742 2165-7742
  • Free online archive
  • Edited by E.A. Webster in 1874.
Orangeburg Herald 1960s 1970s
Orangeburg View South News 1979 ? Weekly
  • Attested through at least 1983.
Rock Hill The Rock Hill Messenger 1896 1919 or 1921 Weekly
  • LCCN sn83025796, sn830ROCKERS49625796
  • ISSN 2166-1723 2166-1723
  • Free online archive
  • Edited by C.P.T. White.
Society Hill The Society Hill News 1910 1911 Weekly
Spartanburg Advance 1894 1897
Spartanburg Negro Index 1916 1922
Sumter The Defender 1903 1913 Weekly
Sumter The Peoples Informer 1936 1941 Weekly
Sumter
  • The Samaritan Herald
  • The Samaritan Herald And The Voice Of Job (1942–1950)
 1909 1950 Weekly
  • LCCN sn92065557, sn92065566
Sumter Vindicator 1882 1880s
  • Published by Samuel J. Lee.
Timmonsville The Watchman And Defender 1920 1931 Weekly
Union The Union Standard 1906 1900s Twice monthly
Williamsburg County Republican 1873 1870s

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