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List of African American newspapers in Maryland

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

Front page of The Afro-American Ledger, today the Baltimore Afro-American, from January 1902.

Maryland's first known African American newspaper was The Lyceum Observer, launched by members of the Galbreath Lyceum in 1863.[1] It was followed in 1865 by The True Communicator, which is also sometimes named as the state's first African American newspaper.[2]

As in many other states, the late 19th century saw a dramatic growth in Maryland's African American press, with 31 newspapers launched in Baltimore before 1900.[3] Most were short-lived. A notable exception was The Afro-American, which launched in Baltimore in 1892 and continues today.

In addition to The Afro-American, other notable newspapers published in Maryland today include the Baltimore Times and The Prince George’s Post.

Newspapers edit

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks


Adelphi Gaffat Ethiopia / Gaffat 1992[4] Monthly newspaper[4]
  • OCLC 27806235
Baltimore African American News and World / African American News and World Report[6] 1979[5] 1984?[5] Weekly[5]
  • Published by Catherine E. Pugh.[5]
Baltimore The Afro-American (1892–1900, 1915–)[7] /
Afro-American Ledger (1900–1915)[8] /
Baltimore Afro-American		 1892[9] current Weekly[10]
Baltimore The American Citizen 1879[11] 1800s[11] Weekly[11]
  • Edited by Daniel Williams.[12]
Baltimore Church Advocate 1890s Weekly[13]
Baltimore The Colored Harvester 1890s Weekly[13]
Baltimore The Commonwealth 1915[14] 1915[14] Weekly[14]
Baltimore Dawn[3] 1887[3] ? Weekly[3]
Baltimore Daily Evening Chronotype 1867[15] ? Daily (six days a week)[16]
Baltimore Good News and Informer 1981?[17] ?[17] Bimonthly newspaper[17]
  • Extant through at least 1982.[17]
Baltimore Joy[3] 1887[3] ? Weekly[3]
Baltimore The Lancet 1900s[18] 1900s[18] Weekly[18]
  • Extant in June 1902.[18]
Baltimore The Ledger 1898[19] 1899[19] Weekly[19]
  • Published by W.E. Tabb[20]
  • Merged with the Afro-American, which thereafter for a time was named the Afro-American Ledger.[20]
Baltimore The Lyceum Observer 1863[1] 1860s[1] Monthly[21]
Baltimore The Monthly Chronicle Of Religion And Learning 1875[22] 1870s[22] Monthly newspaper[22]
  • Published by C.B. Perry.[22]
Baltimore Muhammad Speaks 1981[23] ?[23] Unknown[23]
Baltimore The Negro Appeal 1899[24] 1900[24] Weekly[24]
  • Published by S. Timothy Tice.[24]
Baltimore Prohibition Advocate 1890s Weekly[13]
Baltimore The Race Standard 1894[25] 1898[25] Weekly[25]
  • Edited by G. Wellington Bryant.[25]
Baltimore Star[3] 1887[3] ? Weekly[3]
Baltimore The Baltimore Times 1987?[26] current Weekly[26]
Baltimore The True Communicator 1865[2] 1866[27] Weekly[21] or twice-weekly[15]
Elkton The Dawn 1890s Monthly newspaper[13]
Hyattsville The Crusader 1979[30] ?[30] Weekly[30]
Hyattsville Straight From The Street 1990s[31] ? Monthly newspaper[31]
Landover Neighborhood Talk 1987[32] ?[32] Weekly[32]
  • Published by Legusta Floyd and edited by Bianca Floyd.[32]
Temple Hills Maryland Hawk 1984[33] ?[33] Weekly[33]
  • Published by Ben Holman.[33]
Upper Marlboro The Crusader 1890s Weekly[13]
Upper Marlboro The Prince George’s Post /
Prince George's Post-Sentinel		 1932[34] current Weekly[34]

See also edit

Works cited edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "About The Lyceum observer. (Baltimore [Md.]) 1863-186?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  2. ^ a b Pride & Wilson 1997, p. 82.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Farrar 1998, p. xiv.
  4. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 244, ¶ 2564.
  5. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 13, ¶ 128.
  6. ^ "About African American news and world report. (Baltimore, Md.) 1979-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  7. ^ "About The Afro-American. (Baltimore, Md.) 1954-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  8. ^ "About Afro-American ledger. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1900-1915". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  9. ^ "About Afro-American. [online resource] (Baltimore, MD) 1892-1899". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  10. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 25, ¶ 250.
  11. ^ a b c "About The American citizen. [online resource] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1879-18??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  12. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 40, ¶ 405.
  13. ^ a b c d e Afro-American Encyclopedia: Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race. Haley & Florida. 1895. p. 132.
  14. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 167, ¶ 1735.
  15. ^ a b c d Scharf 1881, p. 636.
  16. ^ a b c Lee 2000, p. 177.
  17. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 252, ¶ 2638.
  18. ^ a b c d "About The Lancet. (Baltimore [Md.]) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  19. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 334, ¶ 3494.
  20. ^ a b "About The Ledger. [microfilm reel] (Baltimore, Md.) 1898-1899". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  21. ^ a b Tanner 1867, p. 129.
  22. ^ a b c d "About The Monthly chronicle of religion and learning. (Baltimore [Md.]) 1875-187?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  23. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 378, ¶ 3946.
  24. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 398, ¶ 4152.
  25. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 481, ¶ 5018.
  26. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 59, ¶ 598.
  27. ^ a b Alvord, J.W. (1867-01-01). Semi-annual Report on Schools for Freedmen. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 39. 'The True Communicator,' Baltimore, George T. Cook (colored) editor; published until a few months since; suspended at present, but is to be issued again about the first of May.
  28. ^ Bernier, Celeste-Marie (2018). If I Survive: Frederick Douglass and Family in the Walter O. Evans Collection. Edinburgh University Press. p. 17. ISBN 9781474439732. the short-lived True Communicator, a newspaper published in Baltimore of which no copies have survived.
  29. ^ Coppin, Levi Jenkins (1919). Unwritten History. A. M. E. Book Concern. p. 39. ISBN 9781466293021.
  30. ^ a b c "About The crusader. (Hyattsville, Md.) 1979-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  31. ^ a b "About Straight from the street. (Hyattsville, MD) 199?-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  32. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 404, ¶ 4209.
  33. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 354, ¶ 3703.
  34. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 472, ¶ 4921.
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