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Maryville Republican 1867-11-02
A front page of the Maryville Republican from 1867.

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

More than 100 such papers have been published in Tennessee. The first was The Colored Tennessean, first published in Nashville on April 29, 1865.

Newspapers currently in publication are highlighted in green in the list below.

Newspapers

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Athens Watchman 1891 1895
Chattanooga The Chattanooga Advocate 1915 1900s Weekly
Chattanooga
  • Blade
  • Chattanooga Weekly Blade
 1898 1916 Weekly
Chattanooga Citizen 1947 1947
Chattanooga Colored Citizen 1908 1911
Chattanooga Chattanooga Courier 1990s 1990s Weekly
Chattanooga Defender 1917 1937
Chattanooga The Chattanooga Enterprise 1969 1900s Weekly
Chattanooga Freeman 1896 1897
Chattanooga Harambee 1974 1974
Chattanooga Independent Tribune 1886 1886
Chattanooga Industrial Searchlight 1899 1903
Chattanooga Journal 1973 1974
Chattanooga Justice 1887 1887 Weekly
  • LCCN 2012254032, sn83025741
  • Published by Horn, Wilson & Co.
Chattanooga
  • News Weekly
  • Chattanooga News Weekly (1986–1989)
 1986 1994 Weekly
  • LCCN sn98069727, sn98069725
Chattanooga Sun 1913 1915
Chattanooga National Democracy 1918 1921
Chattanooga
  • Chattanooga News Chronicle
  • Chattanooga Chronicle
 current Weekly
  • Official site: https://www.chattnewschronicle.com/
Chattanooga The Chattanooga North Star 1982 1980s Weekly
Chattanooga Observer 1890 1895
  • Distinct from later Observer in 20th century.
Chattanooga Chattanooga Observer 1927 or 1928? 1966 Weekly
Chattanooga Radiance 1978 1978
Chattanooga Southern American 1884 1887
Chattanooga Tribune 1928 1931
Clarksville News Herald 1913 1917
Clarksville Negro Index 1901 1903
Clarksville Sun 1950s 1950s
Columbia Headlight 1893 1895
Columbia Columbia Index 1901 1900s Monthly newspaper
Fayetteville Advocate 1900 1905
Fayetteville Rising Sun 1895 1899
Franklin The Black Perspective Inside/Out 1981 1980s Monthly newspaper
  • LCCN sn2001062217
  • Edited by Robert W. Blair.
Gallatin The Major 1905 1914 Twice monthly
  • Attested from at least 1906.
Jackson
  • Afro-American Sentinel
  • The Afro-American Sentinel
 1890 1890 Weekly
Jackson Afro-American Standard 1903 1906
Jackson Community Focus 1985 1987 Weekly
  • Edited by Martha Robinson.
Jackson Gazette 1910 1912
Jackson The Jackson Headlight 1899 or 1900 1900 Weekly
Jackson The Metro Forum 1989 ? Weekly
  • Edited by Bill Marable. Published by Bobby Lee.
  • Attested through at least 1993.
Jackson News 1906 1907
Knoxville Knoxville Bulletin 1881 ?
Knoxville Knoxville Crusader 1963 ? Weekly
  • Edited by G.J. Hill.
Knoxville The East Tennessee News 1906 or 1908? 1948 Weekly
  • Published by Webster L. Porter.
Knoxville The Enlightener 1989 1990s Weekly
Knoxville Enquirer 1939? 1939?
Knoxville The Knoxville Examiner 1982 ? Biweekly
  • LCCN sn2001062127
Knoxville The Examiner 1878 1878
Knoxville The Knoxville Express 1982 1982 Biweekly
  • LCCN sn2001062107
  • Edited by R.J. Booker.
Knoxville Flashlight Herald 1931 1963
Knoxville Gleaner 1891 1900 Founded by printer and attorney James Leonard Smith.
Knoxville Herald 1927 1935
Knoxville Independent Call 1952 1961
Knoxville Keyana 1974 1974 Weekly
Knoxville The Keyana Spectrum 1974 1975 Weekly
Knoxville Messenger 1908 1910
Knoxville Monitor 1944 1954
Knoxville
  • The Knoxville Negro World
  • Negro World
  • The Weekly Negro World
 1887 or 1888 1895 or 1892 Biweekly or weekly
  • LCCN sn83025748, sn83025753, sn83025767, 2013254339, 2013254338
  • Published by Patterson Brothers & Co.
Knoxville New South 1887 1895
Knoxville Public Guide 1934 1938
Knoxville Review 1904 1910
Knoxville The Righteous Tribe 1973 ? Biweekly
  • LCCN sn2001062119
Knoxville The Knoxville Spectrum 1974 or 1975 1975 Weekly
Knoxville Times 1964 1966
Knoxville Voice 1949 1949
Liberty Afro-American 1899 1902
Maryville
  • Blount County Democrat
  • Democrat
 1879 1882
Maryville The Maryville Monitor 1872 1874 Monthly newspaper
  • Published by W.B. Scott & Co.
Maryville
  • Maryville Republican
  • The Republican
 1867 1878 or 1877 Weekly
  • LCCN 2013218970, sn83025728, 2013218987, sn96091618
  • ISSN 2331-3196 2331-3196
  • Free online archives: Maryville Republican (1867–1870, 1876–1877); The Republican (1873–1875)
Memphis African American Voice 1994? ? Monthly newspaper
Memphis Afro-American 1895 1895
Memphis
  • Bluff City News
  • The Bluff City News
 1902 or 1903 or 1904? 1920 Weekly
  • "The official organ of the National Negro Bankers Association."
Memphis Colored Citizen 1900 1921
Memphis Dublin Weekly Bulletin 1920 1922
Memphis The Greater Memphis & Mid-South Silver Star News 1980s 1998 Weekly
Memphis Head and Hand 1902? 1902?
Memphis Headlight 1886 1888
Memphis
  • Memphis Free Speech and Headlight
  • Memphis Free Speech
 1888 1892
  • Edited by Ida B. Wells starting in 1889.
  • Received national attention for its coverage of the People's Grocery lynchings in 1892.
  • No copies survive.
Memphis Index 1923 1936
Memphis The Jerusalem Chronicle 1990 current Monthly
  • Official feed: https://twitter.com/jerusalemchroni
  • Edited by Yehoshaphat Ben Israel.
Memphis Journal 1936 1938
Memphis Mid-South Express 1979 1980s Weekly
  • Published by M. Latroy A. Williams Publishing Co.
Memphis The Mid-South Tribune 1996 Weekly
  • LCCN sn2005062331
Memphis Mid-Weekly Progress 1905 1910
Memphis The Moon Illustrated Weekly 1905 or 1906 1906 Weekly
Memphis The New Tri-State Defender 1961 1967 Weekly
Memphis Outlook 1902 1906 + 1920s
Memphis Record 1920 1922
Memphis Scimitar 1898 1900
Memphis The Memphis Sentinel 1940 1900s Weekly
  • LCCN sn2003062313
Memphis Signal 1901 1916
Memphis The Memphis Silver Star News 1980s 1989 Weekly
Memphis Star Times 1954 1957
Memphis Sun 1913 1913
Memphis Times 1918 1937
Memphis The Times-Herald 1959 1900s Weekly
  • LCCN sn2003062305
Memphis
  • Tri-State Defender
  • The Tri-State Defender
 1951 current Weekly
  • LCCN sn83045432, 00225460
  • Official site: https://tri-statedefender.com/
Memphis The Tri-state Tribune 1920s or 1930 1932 Weekly
Memphis Memphis Triangle 1920s or 1930 1932 Weekly
  • Billed as the "[l]argest circulated Negro weekly newspaper in the Mid-South."
Memphis Memphis Watchman 1884? 1889? Weekly
  • Edited by J. Thomas Turner.
Memphis Weekly Planet 1872 1872 Weekly
Memphis Memphis World 1931 1972 Twice weekly or weekly
Morristown Reporter 1920 1921
Murfreesboro The Murfreesboro News 1954 or 1956 1966 Monthly newspaper
  • Published by Pearl Wade.
Murfreesboro The Murfreesboro Union 1920 1900s
  • LCCN 2013254328, sn96091136
  • Attested through at least 1939.
Nashville 780 Countdown 1962 1964
Nashville The Block Bulletin 1947 or 1950 1950s Monthly newspaper
  • Published by Solid Block. Edited by George W. Harvey.
Nashville
  • Capitol City Defender
  • Capital City Defender
 1963 1965 Twice monthly
  • Published by H.C. Savage.
Nashville Citizen 1893 1905
Nashville The City Examiner 1960 or 1962 1962? Weekly
  • Published and edited by Mrs. W.A. Mason.
Nashville Nashville Clarion 1896 or 1902 1937 Weekly
  • Attested through at least 1931.
Nashville The Colored Tennessean 1865 1866 or 1867 Weekly
  • First African American newspaper in Tennessee, first published April 29, 1865.
  • Founded by William B. Scott.
Nashville The Nashville Commentator 1948 1971 Weekly
Nashville Corner Stone 1881 1892
Nashville The Nashville Defender 1938 1943 Weekly
  • Edited by D.J. Fabree.
Nashville The Ebony Gazette 1975 1976 Weekly
  • Edited by Norman G. Simons.
Nashville Emigration Herald 1879 1879
Nashville Free Lance 1885 1887
Nashville
  • Nashville Globe And Independent
  • The Nashville Globe and Independent
 1930s 1960 Weekly
  • Formed by the merger of the Nashville Globe and Nashville Independent.
Nashville The Nashville Globe 1906 1930s Weekly
  • LCCN 2014218453, sn86064259
  • ISSN 2373-4892 2373-4892
  • Free online archive
  • Merged with the Nashville Independent to form the Nashville Globe and Independent.
Nashville The Herald Examiner 1976 1976 Biweekly or irregular
  • LCCN sn2002062623
  • Published by Robert J. Sye.
Nashville Herald and Pilot 1879 1879
Nashville Independence News 1972 ? Biweekly
  • Published by the Nashville Urban League.
Nashville Nashville Independent 1929 or 1931 1938 Weekly
  • Merged with Nashville Globe to become the Nashville Globe and Independent.
Nashville Metropolitan 1979 1979
Nashville Metropolitan Times 1980 1997 Weekly
  • Published by Latham Communications, Inc. Edited by Bruce Honick.
Nashville Metropolitan Weekly 1980 1980s Irregular
Nashville The Mid-State Observer 1978 1970s Weekly or irregular
  • Published by The Eagle Press. Edited by Lou Taylor.
Nashville Neighborhood Times 1959 1962 Monthly newspaper (two summer months combined)
Nashville News 1914 1918
Nashville Nashville News-Star 1960 1961 Weekly
Nashville Palladium 1883 1909
Nashville
  • Nashville P.R.I.D.E
  • Nashville Pride
 1988 current Weekly
  • LCCN sn2002062624
  • Official site: https://www.pridepublishinggroup.com/pride/nashville-pride/
  • Founded by Larry Davis and Cynthia Hodge.
Nashville The Nashville Sun 1950 ? Weekly
  • Published by Central Southern Publishing Co., Inc. Edited by L.D. Williams (1950) and W.N. Daniel (1951).
Nashville
  • The Tennessean
  • The Colored Tennessean
 1865 or 1866 1867 or 1866 Weekly
  • LCCN sn83025745, sn83025746
  • Published by Scott, Waring and Co. Edited by W.B. Scott.
Nashville The Tennessee Star 1886 1891 Weekly
  • Edited by George T. Robinson.
Nashville Sun 1950 1951
Nashville Times Mirror Tennessee 1997 1998 Weekly
Nashville Tribune 1912 1913
Nashville The Tennessee Tribune 1992 current Weekly
  • LCCN sn93002386, sn9302386
  • ISSN 1067-5280 1067-5280
  • Official site: https://tntribune.com/
Nashville Uplift 1973 1976
Nashville The Urban Journal 1998 ? Weekly
  • LCCN sn98002469
  • ISSN 1521-9038 1521-9038
Nashville Weekly Pilot 1878 / 1879 1879 / 1879
Nashville Nashville World 1932 1938 Weekly
Nashville Yours 1949 1949
Paris Headlight 1909 1911
Winchester Negro Enterprise 1899 1900

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