List of African-American newspapers in Georgia

This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in Georgia. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first such newspaper in Georgia was The Colored American, founded in Augusta in 1865.[1] However, most were founded in Atlanta.

The Colored American of Augusta, Georgia, from December 30, 1865.

While most such newspapers in Georgia have been very short-lived, a few, such as the Savannah Tribune, Atlanta Daily World, and Atlanta Inquirer, have had extensive influence over many decades.[2]

Newspapers that are currently published are highlighted in green in the list below.

Newspapers

City	Title	Beginning	End	Frequency	Call numbers	Remarks
Albany	The Albany Southwest Georgian Southwest Georgian	1938[3]	current	Weekly[3]	LCCN sn98062571 OCLC 27819689	Official site
Albany	The Albany Times	1960s[4]	?	Weekly[4]	LCCN sn91074129 OCLC 8730665
Athens	Athens Blade	1879[5]	1880[5]	Weekly[5]	LCCN sn88054120, sn94089964 OCLC 20236858, 32521825
Athens	The Athens Clipper	1888[6]	1900s[6]	Weekly[6]	LCCN sn88054119 OCLC 20236763	Attested from 1901.[6]
Athens	The Athens Republique	1919[7]	?[7]	Weekly[7]	LCCN 2012233098 OCLC 812195741	Attested from 1923.[7]
Athens	Athens Voice	1975[8]	1900s[8]	[8]	LCCN sn91099196 OCLC 17936844
Atlanta	Atlanta Age	1898[9]	1908[9]	Weekly[9]	LCCN 2011254045, sn82014241 OCLC 715404419, 8790269
Atlanta	The Crusader	1967[10]	1900s[10]	Weekly[10]	LCCN sn89053535 OCLC 20281090
Atlanta	The Crusader	1963[11]	?[11]	Biweekly[11]	LCCN sn90052121 OCLC 12006752
Atlanta	Atlanta Daily World Atlanta World (1928–1932)[12]	1928[13] or 1932[14]	current	4 times a week[13] or Semiweekly[14]	LCCN sn82015425 OCLC 8807951 ISSN 1528-6142 Atlanta World: LCCN sn85047544 OCLC 2257938 ISSN 2473-5892	Official site
Atlanta	Atlanta Independent	1903[15]	1928[15]	Weekly[15]	LCCN sn84025917 OCLC 10691650
Atlanta	The Atlanta Inquirer	1960[16]	current	Weekly[16]	LCCN sn88063050 OCLC 6657707, 8002694 ISSN 2574-867X	Official site Published by John B. Smith.[16]
Atlanta	The People’s Crusader	1972?[17]	?[17]	Weekly[17]		Published by Martin Luther King Jr. Peoples Church of Love.[17]
Atlanta	Georgia Sentinel	1989	current	Weekly[18]		Official site Published by Andre Moses White. Edited by Andre R. White.[18]
Atlanta	The Southern Courier	1965[19]	1968[19]	Weekly[19]	LCCN 2010233919, sn84025852 OCLC 10462102, 656281517
Atlanta	The Southern Recorder	1886?[20]	1888?[20]	Weekly[20]		Edited by H.M. Turner.[20]
Atlanta	The Atlanta Times	1890[21]	?[21]	Weekly[21]	LCCN sn89070060 OCLC 19568648
Atlanta	Voice Of Missions[22] Voice of Missions: By Way of the Cross[23]	1893[23]	1900[22]	Monthly newspaper[23]	LCCN sn83016234 OCLC 1069294, 2773855, 9637716	Edited by H.M. Turner and H.B. Parks.[23]
Atlanta	The Voice Of The People[24] Voice of the People[25]	1901[25]	1918?[25]	Monthly newspaper[25]	LCCN sn95061008 OCLC 32029432	Published by the Colored National Emigration Association.[25] Edited by Henry McNeal Turner.[25]
Atlanta	The Atlanta Voice	1966[26]	current	Weekly[26]	LCCN sn84025806 OCLC 11861221, 4423131	Published by Janis L. Ware.[26]
Atlanta	The Weekly Defiance	1881[27]	1889[27]	Weekly[27]	LCCN 2013254357, sn83016184, sn94090636 OCLC 2774158, 32585167, 849371167, 9612325	Published by Brown & Barnett.[27]
Augusta	The Colored American	1865[28]	1866[28]	Weekly[28]	LCCN 2011254290, sn82014351 OCLC 745910936, 8780206	Founded by John T. Shuften, who was forced to sell the paper within six months.[29] Published by John T. Shapiro.[28]
Augusta	The Echo	1914?[30]	?[30]	Weekly[30]
Augusta	Augusta Focus	1980s[31]	?	Weekly[31]	LCCN sn83004595 OCLC 10052848 ISSN 0746-4657	Attested through at least 1993.[31]
Augusta	The Loyal Georgian	1866[32] or 1867[33]	1868[33] or 1867[34]	Daily[33]	LCCN sn83016180, 2011254291 OCLC 745920021, 9608744	Official organ of the Georgia Educational Association and Republican Party.[34]
Augusta	The Metro Courier Metro County Courier (1984–1991)	1981[35]	current	Weekly[35]	OCLC 23068239	Published by Barbara Gordon.[36]
Augusta	Augusta News-Review[37] The Augusta News-Review[38] The News-Review[39]	1971[37]	1985[37]	Weekly[37]	LCCN sn88054027, sn88054028, sn88054928 OCLC 18425927, 5427261	Published by Mallory K. Millender.[37]
Augusta	Southern Christian Advocate	1800s[40]	1800s[40]	Weekly[40]	LCCN sn87065702 OCLC 16752598
Augusta	The Augusta Union	1889[41]	1904[41]	Weekly[41]	LCCN 2011254047, 770640224, sn83016240 OCLC 2639795, 2715348, 715390994
Augusta	The Loyal Georgian[34] The Weekly Loyal Georgian[42]	1866[42] or 1867[43]	1868[42] or 1867[34]	Weekly and daily editions[34]	LCCN sn82016224, sn83027105, 2011254292 OCLC 745920975, 10129523, 9244954
Augusta	The Weekly Review	1947[44]	?[44]	Weekly[44]	LCCN sn88063054, sn94084531 OCLC 17436096, 32424647	Attested through at least 1970.[44]
Brunswick	Brunswick Herald	1895?[45]	?[45]	Weekly[45]	LCCN sn93059127 OCLC 27290510	Edited by A. Jasper Shootes.[45] Attested through at least 1904.[45]
Columbus	Columbus Chronicle	1895[46]	1900[46]	Weekly[46]	LCCN 2011254354, sn83016189 OCLC 2639475, 747720205, 9613829	Published by J.T. Coleman.[46]
Columbus	Family	1990[47]	?[47]	Bimonthly[47]	OCLC 27979701	Published by Ophelia DeVore Associaties.[47]
Columbus	The Columbus Times	1961[48] or 1970[49]	current	Weekly[48]	LCCN sn89053331 OCLC 19534602	Official site Published by Ophelia DeVore Mitchell.[48]
Cordele	Southeastern News	1981?[50]	?	Weekly[51]	LCCN sn91074130 OCLC 10041505 ISSN 1078-7607	Published by Eugene Rutland.[50] Attested through at least 1995.[50]
Decatur	The Champion Newspaper	1900s[52]	current	Weekly[52]	LCCN 00211074 OCLC 43209784 ISSN 1528-042X	Official site
Fort Valley	Fort Valley Herald	1986[53]	current	Weekly[53]	LCCN sn91074173 OCLC 32525663	Published by Atlantic Communications of Georgia.[53]
Kingsland	The South Georgia Journal	?[54]	?	Weekly[54]	LCCN 2009233103 OCLC 312083377	Attested through at least 2008.[54]
Macon	The Macon Community Enterprise	1955[55] or 1970s[56]	1990?[55]	Monthly newspaper[55]	LCCN sn88054043 OCLC 18702127	Published by A.M.E. Churches of Georgia.[55]
Macon	The Macon Courier	1974[57]	?	Weekly[57]	LCCN sn88054044 OCLC 18702091	Published by Melvin Williams.[57] Attested through at least 1993.[57]
Macon	Georgia Informer	1982[58]	current	Monthly[58]	OCLC 31457114	Official site Published by Herbert Dennard.[58]
Macon	Macon Metro Times	1968?[59]	1993[59]	Weekly[59]		Published by Harris Walker Jr.[59]
Macon	The Negro Progress Progress	1929[60]	1948?[60]	Monthly newspaper[60]		Published by Memorial Institutional Church. Edited by J.T. Saxon.[60]
Macon	Macon Reporter	1964[61]	?[61]	Weekly[61]	LCCN sn91099178 OCLC 24606088
Macon	The Macon Sentinel	1899[62]	1900s[63]	Weekly[62]	LCCN 2013254313, sn83016188 OCLC 2753937, 844058109, 9613561	"Official organ of the Georgia Colored Industrial Orphans' Home."[63]
Macon	The Macon Times	1900s[64]	?	Weekly[64]	LCCN sc82005306 OCLC 8622118 ISSN 0735-729X
Savannah	The Savannah Banner	1963[65]	?[65]	Irregular[65]	LCCN sn90052133 OCLC 21065578	Published by Abram Eisenman.[65]
Savannah	Freedom’s Journal	1991[66]	[66]	Bimonthly[66]	OCLC 31793208	Published by Shabazz Publishing Company.[66]
Savannah	Savannah Herald The Herald	1945[67]	current	Weekly[67]	LCCN sn89077295, sn97046024 OCLC 36404952, 2261869	Official site
Savannah	The Savannah Journal	1919?[68]	?[68]	Unknown[68]
Savannah	The Savannah Sentinel	1962[69]	?[69]	Weekly[69]	LCCN sn90052194 OCLC 21347180	Published by Houston L. Tolbert.[69]
Savannah	The Savannah Tribune The Colored Tribune (1875–1876)[70]	1875[71]	1960[2]	Weekly[71]	LCCN sn82016225, sn84020323, 2014254301, sn91074131, 2014254320 OCLC 878986686, 25433402, 664153071, 8107226, 9245018	Founded by Sol Johnson and John H. Deveaux.[2]
Savannah	Savannah Weekly Echo	1879[72]	1884[72]	Weekly[72]	LCCN 2014254317, sn83016195 OCLC 2789478, 878987317, 9618146	Published by Hardin Bros.[72]
Thomasville	The Thomasville News[73] The Progress News[74]	1967[73]	1967[74]	Weekly[73]	LCCN sn84025918, sn84025919 OCLC 10691097, 10691105	Published by D.L. Inman.[73] Attested through at least 1978.[73]
Thomasville	The T T News	1967[75]	?[75]	Weekly[75]	LCCN sn99026799 OCLC 41271956
Union City	Atlanta News Leader	1991?[76]	current	Weekly[76]	OCLC 30858162	Published by Rochelle Render Pannell. Edited by Lee R. Haven.[76] Weekly paid circulation of 13,515 as of 2018.[77]
Waycross[78]	The Gazette and Land Bulletin[78]	1896[78]	1900s[79]	Weekly[78]	LCCN sn83016194 OCLC 2774101, 9617038
Waycross	South Georgia Times	1936[80]	?[80]	Weekly[80]	OCLC 36174142	Edited by Lloyd H. King.[80]
Waycross	The Waycross Tribune	1915?[81]	?[81]	Weekly[81]		Edited by Isaac Gainus.[81]

See also

• List of African-American newspapers and media outlets
• List of African-American newspapers in Alabama
• List of African-American newspapers in Florida
• List of African-American newspapers in North Carolina
• List of African-American newspapers in South Carolina
• List of African-American newspapers in Tennessee
• List of newspapers in Georgia (U.S. state)

Works cited

• Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E., eds. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674007888.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Pride, Armistead Scott; Wilson, Clint C. (1997). A History of the Black Press. Howard University Press. ISBN 9780882581927.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Smith, Jessie Carney (2012). Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 9781578593699.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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