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African American newspapers in New York have a very important history! New York was actually the first place in the United States where an African American newspaper was published. This was Freedom's Journal in 1827. Since then, New York has always been a busy place for these newspapers. They helped share news, ideas, and stories important to the African American community, both in the past and today.

Newspapers Across New York

Upstate New York

North Star Newspaper February 22, 1856
An 1856 issue of The North Star, a newspaper published in Rochester.

"Upstate New York" means all of New York State except for New York City and Long Island. Many important African American newspapers were published here.

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Albany Albany Capitol 1890s Monthly newspaper
Albany The Community Chronicle 1993 1990s Monthly newspaper Edited by Arthur Mitchell.
Albany / Buffalo The Fortnightly Spectator 1899 1900s Published every two weeks
Albany The Albany Liberator 1960s 1900s Published every two weeks
Albany The New York Sojourner-Herald 1993 Monthly newspaper Edited by Paul C. Webster.
Albany The Northern Star and Freeman's Advocate 1842 1843 Weekly or monthly
Albany The Scene 1977 1990s Monthly newspaper
Albany Urban Voices 2000 Monthly newspaper Executive editor: Kenneth Braswell.
Albany Whazup! 1994 1990s Monthly newspaper
Buffalo The Buffalo American 1920 Weekly
Buffalo Black News 1970
Buffalo The Buffalo Broadcaster 1937 Weekly
Buffalo The Buffalo Criterion 1925 current Weekly
Buffalo The Empire Star Weekly 1948 Weekly
Buffalo Empire State Bulletin 1966 1900s Weekly
Buffalo Fine Print 1972 Weekly Edited by Carolyn Fleming.
Buffalo The Buffalo Guardian 1946 1900s Weekly Edited by Eric E.L. Hercules.
Buffalo The Buffalo Newscaster 1963 1900s Weekly Edited by Calvin Kimbrough.
Buffalo Buffalo Spokesman 1928 Weekly
Buffalo Buffalo Weekly Challenger 1977 1979 Weekly
Buffalo Challenger Community News 1962 current Weekly Official site: https://thechallengernews.com/
Hastings on Hudson The Westchester County Press 1928 current Weekly Edited and published by Sandra Blackwell as of 2018.
Ithaca The Monitor 1923 1900s Monthly newspaper Published by J. Elliott Douglass, Jr.
Ithaca The Wheat Street Independent 1990 Monthly newspaper Motto: "Until the last blade of grass is free."
Mount Vernon The Westchester Observer 1947 1971 Weekly Edited and published by Ben Anderson.
Newburgh The Hudson Valley Black Press 1983 or 1984 current Weekly Official site: https://hudsonvalleypress.com
Poughkeepsie Mid-Hudson Herald 1968 1900s Published every two weeks
Rochester Rochester Challenger 1962 1971 Weekly
Rochester The Communicade 1972 or 1973 Published every two weeks
Rochester Douglass' Monthly 1858 1863 Monthly newspaper Edited by Frederick Douglass.
Rochester Frederick Douglass Voice 1967 1970s Published every two weeks
Rochester Frederick Douglass Voice 1934 Weekly Published by Howard W. Coles.
Rochester Frederick Douglass' Paper 1851 1860 Weekly Published by Frederick Douglass.
Rochester The North Star 1847 1851 Weekly Edited by Frederick Douglass.
Rochester Star Weekly
Rochester The Voice 1933 1967 Published every two weeks
Schenectady The Communicator 1993 Monthly newspaper Printed in English and Spanish.
Syracuse The Syracuse Banner 1980 Published at irregular times
Syracuse CNY Syracuse Gazette 1980 1980 Weekly
Syracuse Syracuse Challenger 1970 1900s Weekly
Syracuse The Syracuse Constitution 1989 Published at irregular times
Syracuse The Syracuse Crusader 1988 Monthly newspaper
Syracuse Syracuse Gazette News Weekly 1973 1976 Published at irregular times
Syracuse Syracuse Gazette 1900s 1973 Published at irregular times
Syracuse The Syracuse Gazette 1976 1980 Weekly
Syracuse Home Town News 1960s 1960s Weekly Published by Chris Powell.
Syracuse The Impartial Citizen 1980 Weekly Called "the nation's first multi-ethnic newspaper." Some articles were in Spanish.
Syracuse Progressive Herald 1932 1957 Weekly Official newspaper for the Federation of Colored Men's Clubs.
Utica The Utica Sentinel 1983 1900s Monthly newspaper Published by Suzanne M. Felton and Willie R. Felton.
Utica The Western Echo 1870s
White Plains The Westchester County Press 1928 2010s Weekly

Long Island Newspapers

Long Island is a large island east of New York City. It also had many important African American newspapers.

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Freeport Community Journal 1993 Published every two weeks
Great Neck New York Trend 1991 Published every two months
Hempstead Hempstead Beacon 1956 Weekly Edited by Sheila H. Noeth.
Hempstead Community Reporter 1990s Monthly newspaper
Hempstead Economic Forum 1973 Published every two weeks
Hempstead Hempstead Village Times 1996
Huntington Black Starliner 1988 1900s Monthly newspaper
Long Island Long Island Call 1952 Weekly
Roosevelt Community Journal 1993 Published twice a month or weekly
West Hempstead Long Island Rapper 1973 Weekly
Westbury Long Island Free Press 1970 1970s Monthly newspaper
Wyandanch Point Of View 1900s Published every two weeks Founded and edited by Delano Stewart.

New York City Newspapers

5 Boroughs Labels New York City Map
The five boroughs of New York City.
NegroWorld-July31-1920
A 1920 issue of Marcus Garvey's Negro World.

New York City is made up of five main areas called boroughs. Here are some of the newspapers from each one.

Bronx Newspapers

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Bronx Caribbean Daylight 1992 Weekly Official page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/CaribbeanDaylight
Bronx The Bronx Independent 1956 Monthly (except July and August)
Bronx The Listener-News: Thought And Opinion 1938 1900s Weekly

Brooklyn Newspapers

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Brooklyn New York Echo 1974 1900s Weekly Published by Echo Reporter Inc.
Brooklyn The Brooklyn Advocate 1993 Monthly newspaper
Brooklyn Afro Times 1987 Weekly
Brooklyn Big Apple After Five 1975 1994 Weekly
Brooklyn Black Community 1968 Published twice a month
Brooklyn The City Sun 1984 1996 Weekly Edited by Andrew Cooper.
Brooklyn Daily Challenge 1972 Daily (except Saturday, Sunday, and holidays) Called "the City's only black daily."
Brooklyn Fort Greene News 1991 Published twice a month Edited by S. Eric Blackwell.
Brooklyn Haiti Diaspo 1987 Monthly Mostly in French.
Brooklyn Haïti Progrès 1983 current Weekly Official site: http://haiti-progres.com. In Haitian Creole, English, and French.
Brooklyn The Network Journal 1991 Monthly Edited by Njeru Waithaka.
Brooklyn The New York Beacon 1976 current Weekly Official site: https://newyorkbeacon.com/.
Brooklyn New York Recorder 1953 1987 Weekly Published by Thomas H. Watkins.
Brooklyn Our Time Press 1996 current Monthly Official site: https://www.ourtimepress.com/
Brooklyn Brooklyn Trend 1987 Monthly
Brooklyn The Brooklyn Voice 1939 Weekly

Manhattan Newspapers

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Manhattan Carib News 1983 current Weekly Official site: https://www.nycaribnews.com/
Manhattan Freedom 1950 1955 Monthly
Manhattan Freedom's Journal 1827 1829 Weekly
Manhattan The Harlem Advocate 1996 Monthly
Manhattan The Harlem Bulletin 1937 Weekly Edited by Columbus A. Austin.
Manhattan Harlem Chronicle 1938 Published twice a month
Manhattan The Harlem Daily 1965 Daily, Monday through Friday Edited by Greg Harris.
Manhattan Harlem Democrat 1949 Published by The Independent Democrats.
Manhattan Harlem Evening Star 1928 Published three times a week
Manhattan Harlem Heights Daily Citizen 1933 1934 Daily (except Sunday)
Manhattan Harlem Home Journal 1928 Weekly
Manhattan Harlem News 1967 1971 Monthly
Manhattan The Harlem Overheard 1996 Published every three months
Manhattan Harlem Reporter 1930 Weekly Edited by G. W. Abott.
Manhattan Harlem Resident Community News 1996 current Published every two weeks Official site: https://harlemcommunitynews.com/.
Manhattan Harlem Weekly 1980 Weekly
Manhattan Harlem Youth Speaks 1970s
Manhattan Manhattan Tribune 1968 1973 Weekly
Manhattan The Negro Liberator 1933 1935 Weekly or twice monthly
Manhattan The New American 1972 Weekly Published by Carl Offord.
Manhattan The New York News and Harlem Home Journal 1914 Weekly
Manhattan Uptown: The Voice of Central Harlem 1979 Published 10 times per year or monthly Founded and published by Helen Brodie Baldwin.
New York Mr. Muhammad Speaks 1960 1961 Monthly newspaper
New York People's Community News 1970 1900s Weekly
New York The Pine And Palm 1861 1861 Weekly Published in New York and Boston at the same time. It encouraged people to move to Haiti.
New York Africa and World News 1977 1978 Weekly Called "the first African paper printed in New York."
New York African News & Views 1959 Published at irregular times
Manhattan The African Sun Times 1996 Published twice a month Edited and published by Chika A. Onyeani.
New York The New York Age 1887 1960 Weekly
New York Alternatives 1973 Published at irregular times
New York The American Recorder 1928 Weekly
New York The American West Indian News 1928 Weekly
New York New York Amsterdam News 1909 1941 Weekly
New York New York Amsterdam News 1943 current Weekly Official site: http://amsterdamnews.com/
New York New York Amsterdam Star-News 1941 1943 Weekly Edited by C. B. Powell.
New York The Anglo-African 1860s 1865 Weekly
New York The Business Journal 1922 Published twice a month
New York The Business World 1921 Weekly
New York Calvin's Newspaper Service 1935 Weekly Published and edited by Floyd J. Calvin.
New York Caribbean Echo 1969 1970 Weekly
New York Champion 1943 Monthly
New York New York Citizen-Call 1960 1961 Weekly
New York The City Sun 1984 1996 Weekly
New York The Colored American 1837 1842 Weekly
New York Connection: All African Community Newsweekly 1987 Weekly
New York New York Courier 1961 1971 Weekly
New York The Crusader 1853 1854 Weekly
New York Daily Journal 2001 Daily (except Saturday and Sunday)
New York The Daily Star 1921 Daily Edited by Arthur V. Craig.
New York The Dunbar News 1929 Published every two weeks
New York El Mulato 1854 Weekly or published every two weeks In Spanish.
New York Ethiopian World 1934 Weekly
New York New York Evening Express 1955 Daily
New York New York Freeman 1884 1887 Weekly Published and edited by Timothy Thomas Fortune.
New York The New York Globe 1880 1884 Weekly Edited by Timothy Thomas Fortune.
New York The Home Journal News 1933 1900s Weekly
New York The Hotel Tattler 1922 1924 Weekly
New York In-formation: Black Revolutionary Newspaper 1965
New York The Inter-State Tattler 1925 Weekly
New York Kontact 1932 1900s Published at irregular times Official newspaper for the Liberian Knights of Industry.
New York Liberator 1996 Weekly Edited by William Pleasant.
New York The Liberator 1929 1932 Weekly
New York The Light: A Journal of Opinion, Information, Inspiration, Education 1927 Published twice a month
New York Lincoln News 1929 Weekly
New York Metro Exchange 1988 Monthly Edited by Lori Thompson Reid.
New York National Negro News 1938 Published and edited by J.J. Allen.
New York National New York Amsterdam News 1949 1900s Weekly
New York National News 1932 1932 Weekly Edited by George S. Schuyler.
New York The Negro Champion 1928 1929 Weekly Official newspaper for the American Negro Labor Congress.
New York The Negro Times 1920s Daily
New York The Negro World 1917 1933 Published every two weeks Edited by Marcus Garvey from 1923 to 1932. It also had a Spanish section.
New York The New African Observer 1981 Published every three months
New York New York Dispatch 1920 Weekly Edited by J.L. Jackson.
New York The Paper 1970 Monthly newspaper
New York The People's Voice 1942 1948 Weekly
New York Pictorial News 1921 Weekly Edited by C. Ben Curley.
New York The Progressive American 1871 1880s Weekly Edited by John J. Freeman.
New York The Ram's Horn 1847 1848 Weekly
New York The Reporter 1935 1937 Weekly Published during a strike against the Amsterdam News.
New York The Rights of All 1829 1830 Monthly
New York Rumor 1880 1880 Weekly
New York New York Star & Amsterdam News 1941 1941 Weekly Formed by combining New York Amsterdam News and New Jersey Star.
New York New York State Contender 1930 Weekly
New York The Suffragist 1880 Weekly Published and edited by J.W.A. Shaw.
New York The Tattler 1924 1920s Weekly
New York The Union 1876 1890s Weekly Edited and published by Charles Henry Bauer.
New York The Unique Advertiser 1904 Weekly Edited by J. R. Pedro.
New York Weekly Advocate 1837 1837 Weekly
New York The Weekly Anglo-African 1859 1862 Weekly Published and edited by Thomas Hamilton.
New York The West Indian Times and American Review 1928 Weekly Edited by Samuel Manning.
New York Woman's Echo 1948 Monthly Edited by Wittie Anna Biggins.
New York World Echo 1934 1934 Weekly
New York World Health 1936 1937 Weekly

Queens Newspapers

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Queens, New York (Jamaica) Beton Arme 1994 Published every two weeks Half in French. Published by Patrick Xavier.
Queens, New York (Jamaica) Brooklyn Informer 1920 Weekly Edited by William S. McKinney Jr.
Queens, New York (Jamaica) The Jamaican Gleaner 1940 Published every two weeks
Queens, New York (Jamaica) Long Island Review 1937 Published twice a month
Queens, New York (Jamaica) Long Island Star 1953 Weekly
Queens, New York (Jamaica) New Voice Of New York, Inc 1999 Weekly Official site: http://newvoiceofnewyork.dostweb.com/
Queens, New York (Jamaica) The New York Page 1984 Published at irregular times
Queens, New York (Jamaica) The New York Voice 1971 Weekly
Queens, New York (Jamaica) The Queens Voice 1959 1970 Weekly
Queens, New York (Jamaica) The Voice 1970 1971 Weekly
Queens, New York (Jamaica) The Weekly Gleaner 1976 Weekly
Queens, New York (Jamaica) Weekly Star 1995 Weekly Published by Gleaner Publishing Company.
Queens (Corona) Enspire 1996 Monthly
Queens (Fresh Meadows / Jamaica (1968–1981) / Flushing) New York Voice, Inc. Harlem USA 1958 1990s Weekly or published every two weeks

Staten Island Newspapers

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Staten Island The Black Agenda 1900s Monthly newspaper
Staten Island The Staten Island Black Press 1979
Staten Island The Black Reign Community Newspaper 1996 Published every two weeks

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