List of African American newspapers in Montana

This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of Montana.

First page of the first issue of The Colored Citizen from September 1894.

Montana's first such newspaper was The Colored Citizen, published in Helena in the fall of 1894.[1] During this period of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the African American population of Montana fluctuated between 1000 and 1500 people.[2]

Montana has the unique position of being entirely surrounded by states (Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota) that have never had an African American newspaper.[3] The state's early Black press accordingly covered a particularly wide geographic sweep, and many of Montana's early African American papers carried news from communities in other Western states.[4] Some other states' newspapers returned the favor: the Seattle Northwest Enterprise ran a column of Montana news from the 1920s to 1960s.[5]

Newspapers

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City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks


Butte The New Age or Montana New Age[7] 1902[6] 1903?[6] Weekly[6]
  • ISSN 2326-9669, 2326-9650
  • LCCN 2013218599, sn84036148
  • OCLC 828631031, 11076647
  • Available online
  • Carried local news from California, Utah, Washington, and Idaho in addition to various Montana cities.[8]
Fort Harrison Knocker 1902[9] ?
  • Known only through mentions in other papers.[9]
Helena The Colored Citizen 1894[11] 1894[10] Weekly[11]
Helena The Montana Plaindealer 1906[15] 1911[15] Variable: weekly, monthly, or irregular[16]
Helena Reporter 1899?[18] 1901[18] Twice monthly[18]
Missoula Everybody 1959[5] 1987[5]

See also

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Works cited

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References

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  1. ^ Smith 2012, p. 409.
  2. ^ Berardi & Segady 1990, p. 110.
  3. ^ Pride & Wilson 1997, p. 105.
  4. ^ Abajian 1974, p. 391.
  5. ^ a b c Junne 2000, p. 406.
  6. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 406, ¶ 4229.
  7. ^ Berardi & Segady 1990, p. 111.
  8. ^ Abajian 1974, p. 391, ¶ 4243.
  9. ^ a b Abajian 1974, p. 391, ¶ 4244.
  10. ^ "About The Colored citizen. [online resource] (Helena, Montana) 1894-1894". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  11. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 162, ¶ 1685.
  12. ^ "Newspapers". Montana Historical Society. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  13. ^ Abajian 1974, p. 391, ¶ 4245.
  14. ^ Pride & Wilson 1997, p. 109.
  15. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 373, ¶ 3892.
  16. ^ Abajian 1974, p. 391, ¶ 4246.
  17. ^ Lang, William (2007-01-21). "Joseph Blackburn Bass (1863-1934)". Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  18. ^ a b c Abajian 1974, p. 392, ¶ 4247.
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