List of African American newspapers in Mississippi

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A surviving issue of the Vicksburg Golden Rule, from 1899.

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

The first such newspaper in Mississippi was the Colored Citizen in 1867.[1] More than 70 African American newspapers were founded across Mississippi between 1867 and 1899, in at least 37 different towns.[2] From 1900 to 1980, at least 116 more such newspapers were founded in the state, but increasingly concentrated in the larger cities.[3] The Jackson Advocate is the oldest African American newspaper still in publication. The Mississippi Link was one of the first African American publications to be widely available on the internet.[4]

Several African American newspapers are currently published in Mississippi. They are highlighted in green in the list below.

Newspapers[edit]

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks


Brandon The Free State 1898[5] 1904[5]
  • LCCN sn84025823, 2011254379
  • OCLC 753811338, 10347200, 2747535
  • Edited by E.H. Johnson.[5]
Brookhaven People's Relief 1900s 1910
  • Edited by Eugene N. Bryant, who was driven from Brookhaven by white mob in retaliation for his political positions.[6]
Canton Canton Citizen 1869[2] ?
Cary The Weekly Negro World 1890s[7] 1900s[7]
Clarksdale Tutwiler Whirlwind 1979[8]
  • Edited in 1979 by J.D. Rayford.[8]
Columbia Brotherhood 1976[8]
Fayette Jefferson County Chronicle 1986[9] 1992[9]
Greenville The Delta Farmer’s Digest 1939[10] ?[10]
  • Published by H.H. Humes Publishing Co.[10]
  • Attested through at least 1948.[11]
Greenville
1929[14] or 1930[12] ?[12]
Greenville
1896[15] 1930[15] or 1920s[16]
  • Published by E.M. Weddington.[15]
  • Edited by J.C. Chapple from 1896 until his death in 1919.[16]
Greenville Mississippi Freelance 1969[17] 1970[17]
  • Different color of paper used for each issue.[18]
Greenville Mississippi News 1974[8]
  • Founded by Katie M. Johnson and David Johnson.[8]
Greenville Mississippiana 1900s[19] 1900s[19]
  • Attested from at least 1942.[19]
Greenville Negro Leader 1962[8]
  • Founded by Albert Jenkins.[8]
Greenville The Voice Of SHIMPH 1975[20] 1900s[20]
Greenville The Zion Harp 1896[21] 1910[21]
Greenwood The Baptist Observer 1960?[22] ?[22]
  • Published by General Missionary Baptist Convention of Mississippi. Edited by W.L. Terrell.[22]
Hattiesburg Hub City Community News 1984[24] 1987[23]
  • Published by Eddie Taylor.[24]
Hattiesburg The Union Messenger 1934[25] 1900s[25]
Holly Springs Mississippi Oddfellow 1908?[26] ?[26]
  • Edited by E.H. McKissak.[26]
  • Attested through at least 1915.[26]
Jackson Jackson Advocate 1938[27] or 1939[28] current
Jackson Colored Citizen 1870[2] ?
Jackson
  • The Drummer[29]
  • The Drummer: Mississippi’s Black Community Newspaper[30]
 1971[30] 1900s[29]
Jackson
1944[32] 1967?[31]
  • Published by Arrington High.[32]
  • "The one radical journal of resistance" out of the five newspapers published in Mississippi in the 1950s.[33]
Jackson The Mississippi Enterprise 1938[34] or 1939[14] ?[34]
Jackson Mississippi Free Press 1961[37] 1964[36]
Jackson Highlighter 1975[8]
  • Founded by Gene L. Mosley.[8]
Jackson Mississippi Independent 1967[39] 1967?[39]
Jackson The Mississippi Link 1993[40] current
Jackson The Messenger 1800s[41] ?[41]
Jackson Metropolitan Observer 1976
  • Founded by Lee Dilworth.[8]
Jackson The New African 1900s[42] ?[42]
Jackson
  • People's Journal
  • People's Advisor
  • People's Defender
 1877[43] 1882?[16]
Jackson Mississippi Weekly 1930s[44] 1900s[44]
Jackson Jackson Field Hand 1870?[16]
Jackson Weekly Communicator 1975[8]
Laurel Voice Of The People 1900s[45] 1900s[45]
McComb Freedom's Journal 1964[46]
  • Edited by Barbara JoAnn Lea.[46]
Meridian The Echo 1923[47] 1931[47]
Meridian The Echo 1942[47] 1960[47]
Meridian Mississippi Memo Digest 1968[48] ?
  • Attested through at least 1979.[48]
  • Editor: Robert E. Williams.[48]
Meridian
  • The Weekly Echo
  • Daily Echo
 1931[49] 1942[49]
Moss Point Pas-Point Journal 1976[8]
  • Founded by Bernard Barnes and E.V. Cole.[8]
Mound Bayou Demonstrator 1900[16] 1925?[16]
  • Edited by Aurelius P. Hood.[50]
  • Circulation of 4,000 in 1912.[16]
Mound Bayou Mound Bayou News-Digest 1900s[51] 1900s[51]
  • Attested from at least 1948–1950.[51]
Mound Bayou The Mound Bayou Sentinel 1952[52] ?[52]
Mound Bayou The Southern Advocate 1933[53] ?[53]
Mound Bayou The Taborian Star 1923?[54] ?[54]
Mound Bayou The Voice 1900s[55] 1900s[55]
  • Attested from at least 1970–1971.[55]
Natchez Bluff City Bulletin 1961[56] 1966[56]
  • Published by Savoy Publishing Company. Edited by Theodore C. Johnson.[56]
Natchez Bluff City Post 1978[57] current
  • Founded by William H. Terrell and Theo C. Johnson.[8]
Natchez Natchez News Leader 1971[58] 1983?[58]
  • Founded by William H. Terrell and Theo C. Johnson.[8]
Natchez Weekly Reporter 1909 1930s?[16]
  • Owned and edited by Joseph A. Young, Jr.[59]
  • Circulation may have reached 1500.[16]
New Albany The Community Citizen 1900s[60] 1900s[60]
Senatobia The Baptist Herald 1888[61] 1800s[61]
  • Attested through at least 1891.[61]
Vicksburg Vicksburg Citizens' Appeal 1964[62] 1967[62]
Vicksburg Colored Citizen 1867[2] ?
  • Founded by Vicksburg civic leader Henry Mason.[2]
Vicksburg The Golden Rule 1898[63] 1902[63]
Vicksburg The Light 1891[64] 1900s[64]
Vicksburg The New Times 1993?[65] ?
Yazoo City Afro-American Courier 1926[67] 1957?[66]
Yazoo City
1942[68] ?[68]

See also[edit]

Works cited[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Smith 2012, p. 409.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Thompson 1983, p. 178.
  3. ^ Thompson 1983, p. 181.
  4. ^ "Top Black Newspapers | African American Newspapers".
  5. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 237, ¶ 2487.
  6. ^ McMillen 1990, p. 176.
  7. ^ a b c "About The weekly Negro world. [volume] (Cary, Miss.) 189?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Thompson 2001, p. 52.
  9. ^ a b "About Jefferson County chronicle. (Fayette, Miss.) 1986-1992". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  10. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 191, ¶ 1983.
  11. ^ "About The Delta farmer's digest. (Greenville, Miss.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  12. ^ a b c d e Danky & Hady 1998, p. 191, ¶ 1985.
  13. ^ "About Greenville leader. (Greenville, Miss.) 1930-1939". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  14. ^ a b Thompson 1983, p. 182.
  15. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 191, ¶ 1986.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i j McMillen 1990, p. 173.
  17. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 371, ¶ 3865.
  18. ^ "About Mississippi freelance. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1969-1970". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  19. ^ a b c "About Mississippiana. (Greenville, Miss.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  20. ^ a b "About The Voice of SHIMPH. (Greenville, Miss.) 1975-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  21. ^ a b "About The Zion harp. (Greenville, Miss.) 1896-1910". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  22. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 60, ¶ 615.
  23. ^ "About Hub city community news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1984-1987". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  24. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 285, ¶ 2993.
  25. ^ a b "About The Union messenger. (Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Miss.) 1934-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  26. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 371, ¶ 3870.
  27. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 308, ¶ 3241.
  28. ^ "About Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  29. ^ a b "About The drummer. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1971-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  30. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 200, ¶ 2080.
  31. ^ Becca Walton (2018-04-19). "Jackson Eagle Eye". Mississippi Encyclopedia. Center for Study of Southern Culture. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  32. ^ a b Thompson 1983, p. 205.
  33. ^ Thompson 1983, p. 188.
  34. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 370, ¶ 3861.
  35. ^ "About The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  36. ^ "About Mississippi free press. [online resource] (Jackson, Miss.) 1961-1964". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  37. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 370, ¶ 3862.
  38. ^ Thompson 1983, p. 193.
  39. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 371, ¶ 3866.
  40. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 371, ¶ 3867.
  41. ^ a b "About The Messenger. (Jackson, Miss.) 18??-1???". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  42. ^ a b "About The new African. [microfilm reel] (Jackson, Miss.) 19??-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  43. ^ Thompson 2015, p. 13.
  44. ^ a b "About Mississippi weekly. [online resource] (Jackson, Miss.) 193?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  45. ^ a b "About Voice of the people. (Laurel, Miss.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  46. ^ a b Thompson 1983, p. 192.
  47. ^ a b c d "About The Echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1923-1931". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  48. ^ a b c "About Mississippi memo digest. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1968-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  49. ^ a b "About The Weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  50. ^ McMillen 1990, p. 175.
  51. ^ a b c "About Mound Bayou news-digest. [online resource] (Mound Bayou, Miss.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  52. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 377, ¶ 3934.
  53. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 525, ¶ 5488.
  54. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 551, ¶ 5754.
  55. ^ a b c "About The Voice. (Mound Bayou, Miss.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  56. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 110, ¶ 1144.
  57. ^ "About Bluff City post. (Natchez, Miss.) 1978-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  58. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 386, ¶ 4035.
  59. ^ Mather, Frank Lincoln (1915). Who's who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent, Volume 1. p. 295. ISBN 9780598610218.
  60. ^ a b "About The Community citizen. (New Albany, Miss.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  61. ^ a b c "About The Baptist herald. (Senatobia, Miss.) 1888-18??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  62. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 589, ¶ 6165.
  63. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 251, ¶ 2631.
  64. ^ a b "About The light. [online resource] (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1891-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  65. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 413, ¶ 4299.
  66. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 24, ¶ 241.
  67. ^ "About Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  68. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 142, ¶ 1476.
  69. ^ "About The Century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
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