List of African American newspapers in Minnesota Facts for Kids

Front page of the Western Appeal from June 13, 1885.

This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of Minnesota. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first such newspaper published in Minnesota was the Western Appeal, established in 1885. African American newspapers currently published in Minnesota include Insight News and the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.

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City	Title	Beginning	End	Frequency	Call numbers	Remarks
Minneapolis and Saint Paul	Afro-American Advance / The Afro-American Advance	1899	1905	Weekly	LCCN 2011254021, sn86058061	Available online Formed by merger of Colored Citizen and Twin-City American.
Saint Paul	Afro-Independent	1888	?	Weekly	LCCN sn86058058	Available online Edited by Charles S. Sweed.
Minneapolis	The Twin-City American	1899	1899	Weekly	LCCN sn86058062	Available online Published by Jay Moses Griffin. Merged with the Colored Citizen to form the Afro-American Advance.
Saint Paul	Western Appeal / Appeal (1889–1924)	1885	1924	Weekly	ISSN 2163-7083 2163-7083 LCCN sn83016811, 2013254362	Available online (Western Appeal) Available online (Appeal)
Minneapolis	The Banner	1962	1963?	Weekly	LCCN sn90059706	Published by Edwin A. Hayden.
Minneapolis	The Colored Citizen	1899	1899	Weekly		No issues survive. Merged with the Twin City American to form the Afro-American Advance in 1899.
Minneapolis	Twin Cities Courier	1966	1986	Weekly	ISSN 0300-6603 0300-6603 LCCN sn7804217	Published by Mary J. Kyle.
Saint Paul	The St. Paul Echo	1925	1927	Weekly	LCCN sn90059272, sn94081608	Available online
Saint Paul	Globe News	1939	?	Weekly	LCCN sn90059293
Saint Paul	The Grand Selby Digest	1971	?	Monthly newspaper	LCCN sn90059298	"Serving the Summit-University, Crocus Hill, Lexington-Hamline Communities." Published by Eloise Adams.
Saint Paul	The Twin City Guardian	1895	1923	Weekly	LCCN sn83045427	Available online Published by Jacob R. Steiner.
Saint Paul	Insight / Insight News	1964?	current	Weekly	ISSN 1535-4679 1535-4679 LCCN 2001215064	Official site: https://www.insightnews.com/ Issues available online Multiple local editions published.
Minneapolis	Twin City Leader or Twin-City Leader	1940	1941	Weekly	LCCN sn90060425
Minneapolis	Twin-City Herald	1927	1940	Weekly	LCCN sn90060227	Edited by J.E. Perry.
Minneapolis	The Minnesota Messenger / The Minneapolis Messenger (1921–1922)	1922	1924	Weekly	LCCN sn90060138, sn90060139	Published by Charles Sumner Smith and Hamlet B. Rowe.
Minneapolis	The National Advocate	1916	1924?	Weekly	LCCN sn90060154	Available online Published by R.B. Montgomery.
Saint Paul	The Negro World	1892	1900s	Weekly	LCCN 2013254337, sn86058057	Available online
Minneapolis and Saint Paul	The Negro World	1892	?	Weekly	LCCN sn86058057	Published by Joseph Houser.
Minneapolis and Saint Paul	Northwest Monitor	1930	1931	Weekly	LCCN sn90060180	Published by William F. Helm.
Saint Paul	The Northwestern Bulletin	1922	1924	Weekly	LCCN sn90060931	Available online
Saint Paul	The Northwestern Bulletin-Appeal	1924	1925	Weekly	LCCN sn90060932	Available online
Minneapolis	Northwestern-Vine	1901	1905	Weekly	LCCN sn90060184	Available online
Minneapolis	The Minneapolis Observer	1890	1891	Weekly	LCCN sn86058064	Available online Published by A.G. Plummer.
Minneapolis	Twin City Observer	1943	1976	Weekly	LCCN sn83016844	Published by Milton Williams.
Minneapolis	The Protest	1892	1892	Weekly	LCCN sn90060335	Available online
Saint Paul	St. Paul Recorder	1934	2000	Weekly	LCCN sn83016804	Merged with Minneapolis Spokesman to become Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
Minneapolis	Minneapolis Spokesman	1934	2000	Weekly	LCCN sn83025247	Followed by Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
Minneapolis	Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder	2000	current	Weekly	LCCN sn00058014	Official site: https://spokesman-recorder.com/ Formed by the merger of Minneapolis Spokesman and St. Paul Recorder.
Minneapolis	The Twin City Star	1910	?	Weekly	LCCN sn90060427	Available online Published by Charles Sumner Smith.
Saint Paul	Summit University Free Press	1974	?	Monthly newspaper	LCCN sn90059631	Edited by Mazi Johnson.
Saint Paul	Saint Paul Sun	1941	1976	Weekly	LCCN sn84025909
Minneapolis	The Timely Digest	1931	1932	Monthly newspaper		Edited by Cecil E. Newman.
Minneapolis	The World	1896	1897	Weekly	LCCN sn90059173	Available online Edited by A.G. Plummer. Published by P.O. Gray. Also published in Duluth.

List of African American newspapers in Minnesota facts for kids

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