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Pioneer Press 1917-07-07
Front page of The Pioneer Press from July 7, 1917, carrying news of the East St. Louis massacre.

This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of West Virginia. The first such newspaper was The Pioneer Press of Martinsburg, started by J.R. Clifford in 1882. West Virginia's last African American newspaper, the West Virginia Beacon Digest of Charleston, shut down in 2006.

Newspapers

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Bluefield Independent Observer Weekly
  • Circulation of 2,400 in 1951.
Charleston The Advocate 1901 1913 Weekly
  • ISSN 2574-6464 2574-6464
  • LCCN 2011254015, sn85059812
  • Claimed to reach "more colored readers than any newspaper in West Virginia."
Charleston West Virginia Weekly / The W. Va. Weekly 1933 1935 Weekly
Charleston West Virginia Beacon Digest 1957 2006 Weekly
  • ISSN 1042-8100 1042-8100
  • LCCN sn85059870
  • Only West Virginia African American newspaper in the 21st century.
  • Published by Stephen R. Starks.
Charleston West Virginia Digest 1939 1946 Weekly
Charleston West Virginia Enterprise 1885 ? Weekly
Charleston West Virginia Weekly 1933 1935 Weekly
  • Edited by Earl K. Kogar.
Clarksburg The Clarion 1911 1910s Weekly
  • Ceased publication between 1911 and 1914.
  • Edited by T.L. Higgins.
Huntington The Breeze 1920s 1920s
  • Edited and published by J.W. Scott.
Huntington Huntington Enterprise 1913
  • Edited by H. Rufus White.
Huntington Huntington Times 1918? ? Weekly
  • Edited by A.N. Johnson.
Huntington West Virginia Spokesman 1900
  • Founded by C.H. Barnett and edited by J.W. Scott.
Keystone The McDowell Times 1904 1941 Weekly
  • ISSN 2640-348X 2640-348X
  • LCCN 2018270642, sn86092050
  • Free online archive
  • Founded by Matthew Thomas Whittico.
Martinsburg The Pioneer Press 1882 1918 Weekly
  • ISSN 2640-3722 2640-3722
  • LCCN 2014254021, sn83025146
  • Free online archive
  • Published and edited by J.R. Clifford, the first African American admitted to practice law in West Virginia.
Montgomery The Mountain Eagle 1890s 1900s Weekly
Montgomery The Pioneer 1890s 1900s Weekly

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