List of African-American newspapers in Massachusetts

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

Front page of The Woman's Era, the first newspaper produced by and for African American women, from 1894.

The roots of the African-American press are particularly deep in Massachusetts, dating back well before the Civil War. The first such newspaper in Massachusetts was the Anti-Slavery Herald in 1838.[1] Notable African-American newspapers in Massachusetts today include the Bay State Banner.

Newspapers

City	Title	Beginning	End	Frequency	Call numbers	Remarks
Boston	The Boston Advance	1896[2]	1907[2]	Weekly[2]	LCCN 2011254255, sn84025816 OCLC 717486007, 10338032
Boston	Boston Advocate[3] / The Boston Advocate[4]	1885[3]	1887?[3]	Weekly[3]	LCCN sn91058048 OCLC 23710919	Published by W. Grandison and J.B. Powell, Jr.[4]
Boston	Anti-Slavery Herald	1838[1]	1838[5]			No copies survive.[1] Published by Benjamin F. Roberts, who later published the Self-Elevator.[6]
Boston	Boston Chronicle	1915[7]	1966[7]	Weekly[7]	LCCN sn86058056 OCLC 13285833	Circulation of 5,000 in 1951.[8]
Boston	The Boston Colored Citizen	1903[9]	1905?[9]	Weekly[9]	LCCN sn93059264 OCLC 27840644	Published by Charles Alexander.[9]
Boston	The Boston Courant	1890[10]	1902[10]	Weekly[10]	LCCN 2011254256, sn84025817 OCLC 717486022, 2639755, 70337702
Boston	The Guardian	1901[11]	1960?[11]	Weekly[11]	LCCN sn94080255, sn83045863 OCLC 2642259, 9930768, 10838996, 10834942	Edited by William Monroe Trotter to 1934, and by Maude Trotter Stewart thereafter.[11] Circulation of 10,000 in 1951.[8]
Boston	The Hub	1883[12]	1885?[12]	Weekly[12]		Edited by B.R. Wilson.[12]
Boston	New England Black Weekly	1980[13]	1982[13]	Weekly[13]	LCCN sn93059307 OCLC 28173754
Boston	Pine and Palm / The Pine and Palm[14]	1861[15]	1862[15] or 1861[14]	Weekly[15]	LCCN sn84023420, 2017225065 OCLC 10860438, 607389373	Successor to the Weekly Anglo-African.[15] Promoted emigration to Haiti.[14] Published simultaneously in New York and Boston.[14]
Boston	Boston Reliance	1912[16]	1910s[17]	Weekly[16]	LCCN sn92057047 OCLC 27182669	Published simultaneously in Boston and Cambridge.[17] Extant through at least 1913.[17]
Boston	The Self Elevator	1853[18]	1850s[19]	Twice monthly[18]	LCCN sn93059335 OCLC 28740084	"Devoted to the subject of general elevation among the Colored People of the country."[19] Published by Benjamin F. Roberts.[19]
Boston	Struggle	1972?[20]	?[20]	Monthly[20]	OCLC 5072011
Boston	Boston Times / The Boston Times[21]	1943[22]		Weekly[22]	LCCN sn93062818, sn94081629 OCLC 27319256, 32229799	Circulation of 12,000 in 1951.[8]
Boston	Urban Beat	1991?[23]	?[23]	Biweekly[23]	OCLC 32933377
Boston	The Woman's Era	1890[24]	1897[25]	Monthly newspaper[24]		Founded and edited by Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin.[24] First national publication by and for African American women.[24] Became the official newspaper of the National Association of Colored Women in 1895.[26]
Brockton	Haiti 2004	1992?[27]	?[27]	Monthly[27]	OCLC 30719284	Written in French, and catering to the Haitian-American community.[27]
Dorchester / Roxbury (1965–1981)	Bay State Banner[28] / The Bay State Banner[29]	1965[29]	current	Weekly[28]	LCCN 2008242359, sn83045147 OCLC 244125663	Official site
Roxbury	Rebellion News	1960s[30]	?[30]	Monthly newspaper[30]	LCCN sn2001062021 OCLC 12090918	Extant through at least 1968.[30]
Springfield	The Bottom Line	1984?[31]	?[31]	Weekly[31]		Published by Samuel R. Bass.[31]
Springfield	Hartford-Springfield Chronicle	1940[32]	1940s[32]	Weekly[32]	ISSN 2688-9102, 2688-9110 LCCN sn95063011, 2019271301 OCLC 31813207, 1119386134	Available online
Springfield	Salt: Springfield Area Life and Times	1971[33]	1973?[33]	Weekly[33]	LCCN sn91057038 OCLC 23479812	In English and Spanish.[34]

See also

• List of African-American newspapers and media outlets
• List of African-American newspapers in Connecticut
• List of African-American newspapers in New York
• List of African-American newspapers in Rhode Island
• List of newspapers in Massachusetts

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)
• Price, George R. (2006). The Easton family of southeast Massachusetts: The dynamics surrounding five generations of human rights activism 1753--1935 (Ph.D. thesis). University of Montana.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; Horton, Carrell Peterson, eds. (1995). Historical Statistics of Black America: Media to Vital Statistics. Gale Research. ISBN 0810393921.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Streitmatter, Rodger (1996). "Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin: A Nineteenth-Century Journalist of Boston's Black Elite Class". In Porter, Susan L. (ed.). Women of the Commonwealth: Work, Family, and Social Change in Nineteenth-century Massachusetts. University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 9781558490055.

References

1. Price 2006, p. 117.
2. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 113, ¶ 1168.
3. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 113, ¶ 1169.
4. "About The Boston advocate. (Boston, Mass.) 1885-18??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
5. Price 2006, p. 118.
6. Price 2006, p. 117-118.
7. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 113, ¶ 1170.
8. Smith & Horton 1995, p. 1206.
9. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 113, ¶ 1171.
10. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 113, ¶ 1172.
11. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 259, ¶ 2712.
12. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 285, ¶ 2992.
13. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 407, ¶ 4242.
14. "About The pine and palm. [volume] (Boston) 1861-1862". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
15. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 464, ¶ 4834.
16. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 114, ¶ 1173.
17. "About Boston reliance. (Boston, Mass.) 1912-191?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
18. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 509, ¶ 5310.
19. "About The Self elevator. (Boston [Mass.]) 1853-185?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
20. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 545, ¶ 5680.
21. "About The Boston times. (Boston, Mass.) 1943-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
22. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 114, ¶ 1174.
23. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 582, ¶ 6088.
24. Streitmatter 1996, p. 147.
25. Streitmatter 1996, p. 156.
26. Streitmatter 1996, p. 151.
27. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 260, ¶ 2731.
28. "About Bay State banner. [online resource] (Dorchester, Mass.) 1965-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
29. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 62, ¶ 640.
30. "About Rebellion news. (Roxbury, Mass.) 196?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
31. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 114, ¶ 1176.
32. "About Hartford-Springfield chronicle. [volume] (Springfield, Mass.) 1940-194?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
33. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 500, ¶ 5216.
34. "About Salt. (Springfield, Mass.) 1971-197?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.