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Wisconsin Weekly Blade 1916-06-08
Front page of the Wisconsin Weekly Blade from June 1916.
Wisconsin Labor Advocate 1886-08-20
Inaugural issue of the Wisconsin Labor Advocate, August 1886.

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

The total number of African Americans in Wisconsin prior to 1900 was less than 1,000, and the growth of Wisconsin's African American newspapers was commensurately delayed.

The first such newspaper in Wisconsin is generally considered to be the Wisconsin Afro-American, which George A. Brown (son of Bishop John Mifflin Brown) and Thomas H. Jones launched in 1892. The status of the Wisconsin Afro-American as a genuine African American newspaper has been disputed, however. In that case, the first such paper in Wisconsin would be the Wisconsin Weekly Advocate, launched in 1898.

The first newspaper published by an African American in Wisconsin was launched several years before either of these: George Edwin Taylor published the Wisconsin Labor Advocate for workers of all races from 1886 to 1887.

Notable African American newspapers in Wisconsin today include The Madison Times, The Milwaukee Courier, The Milwaukee Times, and The Milwaukee Community Journal.

Newspapers

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Beloit Beloit Chronicle 1981 1982 Irregular
  • Billed as "Beloit's only minority newspaper."
  • Also served nearby Rockford, Illinois.
  • Published by Eugene Relerford.
Beloit Soul City Courier 1976 ? Biweekly
  • ISSN 2639-3506 2639-3506
  • LCCN 2014254330, sn85041151
  • Extant through at least 1977.
Gratiot The Gratiot Reporter 1903 1915 Weekly
  • ISSN 2574-7843 2574-7843
  • LCCN sn84024844
Green Bay Green Bay Spectator 1851 1852 Weekly
  • ISSN 2574-7835 2574-7835
  • LCCN sn84025597
La Crosse Wisconsin Labor Advocate 1886 1888 Weekly
  • ISSN 2640-5830 2640-5830
  • LCCN 2013254378, 2017235084
  • Free online archive
Madison Mid-West Observer 1980 1980? Monthly newspaper
  • Published by Glenn E. Sturgis.
Madison The Madison Sun 1966 1966 Twice monthly
  • Published by Lawrence Saunders.
Madison The Madison Times 1990 current Weekly
  • Official site: https://themadisontimes.themadent.com/
  • Published and edited by Betty Franklin Hammonds.
Madison Wisconsin Free Press 1984 ? Twice monthly or biweekly
  • Sold to The Milwaukee Times in 1990, folded into The Madison Times.
Madison The Wisconsin Weekly Blade 1916 1925 or 1922 Weekly

First Black newspaper in Madison. Founder J. Anthony Josey recognized posthumously in 1998.

  • Free online archive
Milwaukee The Beacon 1953 1953 Weekly
  • Published by Lawrence Saunders.
  • Continued as The Rocket.
Milwaukee / Beloit Chronicle / Beloit Chronicle 1981 Irregular
  • LCCN sn85041090, sn85041091
Milwaukee The Communicator News 1984 Weekly
Milwaukee The Milwaukee Community Journal 1975 current Twice weekly or weekly
  • Official site: https://communityjournal.net/
  • Published by Patricia O'Flynn Thomas.
Milwaukee The Milwaukee Community Journal: Daily City Edition 1987 1989 Daily (except weekends and holidays)
  • Published by Patricia O'Flynn Thomas.
Milwaukee Milwaukee Courier 1964 current Weekly
  • ISSN 0026-4350 0026-4350
  • LCCN sn78005245
  • Official site: https://milwaukeecourieronline.com/
Milwaukee The Milwaukee Defender 1956 or 1957 1960 Weekly
  • LCCN 2013254319, sn89080118
  • Published by Mary Ellen Shadd.
  • Milwaukee affiliate of the Chicago Defender.
  • Attacked and "literally run out of town" by Milwaukee's white business community in retaliation for its militant reporting.
Milwaukee The Milwaukee Gazette 1960 1961 Weekly
  • "A nonpartisan paper for all the people."
  • Published by LeRoy G. White
Milwaukee The Milwaukee Globe 1945 or 1948 1949 Weekly
  • Edited by L. J. Saunders.
Milwaukee National Defender And Sun 1905 1923 Weekly
Milwaukee The Northwest 76er / MCJ Northwest 76er 1989? or 1990 ? Weekly
  • Published by Patricia O'Flynn Thomas.
  • Subsidiary of Milwaukee Community Journal
Milwaukee The Northwestern Recorder 1892 1893 Monthly newspaper, weekly from August 1892 to January 1893
  • LCCN sn84025844, sn84025845
  • Succeeded by Wisconsin Afro-American.
Milwaukee Racine Courier / Racine Star (1971–1972) / Racine Star News (1970–1971) / Racine Star Times (1972–1976) 1970 or 1976 1992 Monthly or weekly
  • LCCN 2014254307, sn84025858, sn84025859, sn84025850, sn84025851
  • Published in Milwaukee but serving the Racine-Kenosha area.
  • "A division of the Racine Star Times, Inc."
Milwaukee The Rocket 1953 1953 Weekly
Milwaukee The Milwaukee Sepian 1951 1951 Weekly
  • Edited by Hosea N. Doxey.
Milwaukee Soul City Times 1968 1971 Weekly
  • ISSN 2644-187X 2644-187X
  • LCCN 2014254329, 2019201081
  • Merged into The Milwaukee Star.
Milwaukee The Milwaukee Star (1963–1968, 1976–2005) /
Greater Milwaukee Star /
Your Greater Milwaukee Star /
Milwaukee Star-Times (1971–1976)		 1961 2005 Weekly
  • LCCN sn84025853, sn84025854, sn84025855, sn84025856, sn84025857
  • The Star Times name of the 1970s reflected the absorption of the Soul City Times.
Milwaukee The Milwaukee Times 1981 current Weekly
  • Official site: https://milwaukeetimesnews.com/
Milwaukee Wisconsin Afro-American 1892 1892 Weekly
  • ISSN 2643-3818 2643-3818
  • LCCN 2013254375, sn84025844
  • Reported closely on the activity of William T. Green as delegate to the state Republican convention.
  • Status as an African American newspaper is disputed.
Milwaukee Wisconsin Enterprise-Blade / Wisconsin Weekly Blade (1916–1922) 1916 1943? Weekly
Milwaukee The Wisconsin Weekly Advocate 1898 1915 Weekly
  • LCCN 2013254379, sn84025861
  • Extant through at least 1907.
Racine The Communicator News 1984 2013? Bimonthly newspaper
  • Official site: http://www.racinecommunicator.com/
  • "Serving Racine, Kenosha and the North Shore communities."
Racine The Racine Community Chronicle 1989 ? Biweekly
Racine The Racine Insider News 1992 Bimonthly newspaper
  • Published by Kenneth Lumpkin.
  • Extant through at least 1995.
Racine Racine Star News 1970 1971 Weekly
Racine Racine Star 1971 1972 Weekly
  • "Supplement to the Greater Milwaukee Star serving the Racine-Kenosha area."

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