List of African-American newspapers in Michigan
This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in Michigan. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first known such newspaper in Michigan was The Venture of 1879, followed in 1883 by the Detroit Plaindealer.
Newspapers
City | Title | Beginning | End | Frequency | Call numbers | Remarks |
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Adrian | Afro-American Journal and Directory | 1895[1] | 1895[1] |
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Ann Arbor | Michigan Age | 1918[2] | 1920s[3] |
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Ann Arbor | People's Advocate | 1972[4] | 1900s[4] | Irregular[4] or triweekly[4] |
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Ann Arbor | The Washington Enquirer | 1995[5] | ?[5] | Weekly[5] | ||
Benton Harbor | The Citizen | 1970s[6] | ?[7] | Weekly[7] |
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Detroit | American Catholic Tribune | 1885[8] | 1890s[8] | Irregular[8] |
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Detroit | The Detroit Advocate | 1900?[9] or 1901[2] | 1901?[9] | Weekly[9] |
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Detroit | Black Alleged News | 1900s[10] | 1900s[10] |
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Detroit | Blade Express | 1938[11] | 1938[11] | |||
Detroit | Changeover | 1970[12] | 1970s[12] | Monthly newspaper[12] | ||
Detroit | The Detroit Contender | 1920[13] | 1921?[13] or 1922[3] | Weekly[13] |
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Detroit | Correspondence | 1956[14] | 1963?[14] | Monthly newspaper[14] | ||
Detroit | Detroit Courier | 1966[15] | 1967[15] | |||
Detroit | Detroit's News & Views Community Views (1960s)[16] |
1960s[16] | 1900s[17] | Weekly[17] |
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Detroit | Detroit Epic News | 1960s[18] | 1900s[18] | Irregular[18] |
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Detroit | Garvey's Voice | 1950s[19] | 1900s[19] | Monthly newspaper[19] |
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Detroit | The Ghetto Speaks | 1971?[20] | ?[20] | Biweekly[20] | ||
Detroit | Guardian | 1938[11] | 1938[11] | Weekly [note that some sources say it was publishing by 1934 [21] or 1935] [22] |
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Detroit | The Detroit Herald | 1916[23] | 1916?[23] | Weekly[23] | ||
Detroit | Illustrated News | 1961[15] | 1964[15] | |||
Detroit | The Detroit Independent | 1922[3] or 1923[24] | 1931?[24] or 1938[3] | Weekly[24] |
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Detroit | The Detroit Informer | 1897[25] | 1916[25] | Weekly[25] | ||
Detroit | Inner-city Voice Sauti, the Inner-City Voice (October–November 1969) |
1967[26] | 1971[26] | Monthly newspaper[26] |
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Detroit | The Interracial Review | 1900s[27] | 1900s[27] | Monthly newspaper[27] | ||
Detroit | Detroit Journal | 1967[28] | 1900s[28] | Weekly[28] | ||
Detroit | Judgment | 1900s[29] | 1900s[29] | Weekly[29] |
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Detroit | The Detroit Leader | 1910[2] | 1923[2] | Weekly[30] |
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Detroit | Michigan Chronicle | 1936[31] | current | Weekly[31] |
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Detroit | The Michigan FrontPage | 2000[34] | current | Weekly[34] |
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Detroit | Michigan Scene | 1966[15] | 1966[15] | |||
Detroit | Michigan World | 1930s[11] | 1930s[11] |
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Detroit | National Independent | 1891[1] | 1903[1] | Weekly[1] | ||
Detroit | New Era | 1920s[3] | 1920s[3] | |||
Detroit | New World | 1938[11] | 1938[11] | |||
Detroit | Northwest News | 1922[3] | 1938[3] | |||
Detroit | The Oakland Lion | 1969[35] | 1969?[35] | Biweekly[35] | ||
Detroit | The Owl | 1926[36] | ?[36] | Weekly[36] | ||
Detroit | Paradise Valley News | 1937[11] | 1937[11] | Weekly[37] |
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Detroit | The Detroit Peoples News | 1925?[38] | 1930?[38] | Weekly[38] | ||
Detroit | The Plaindealer Detroit Plaindealer |
1883[39] | 1895[40] or 1893[41] | Weekly[39] | ||
Detroit | Point Of Production | 1972[43] | ?[43] | Monthly newspaper[43] |
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Detroit | Detroit Republic | 1890s[44] | ?[44] | |||
Detroit | The Detroit Sun | 1944?[45] | 1944?[45] | Weekly[45] | ||
Detroit | Detroit Telegram | 1920s[3] | 1920s[3] |
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Detroit | Detroit Tribune The Tribune Independent Of Michigan (1933–1935)[46] |
1922[3] or 1933[47] | 1966[48] | Weekly[48] |
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Detroit | The Vanguard | 1962[15] | ?[49] | Monthly newspaper[49] |
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Detroit | The Venture | 1879[50] | 1882[41] | Monthly newspaper[50] | ||
Detroit | Detroit World | 1931[11] | 1932[11] |
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East Lansing | The Chronicle | 1988[51] | current | Weekly[51] | ||
Ecorse | The Telegram | 1943?[52] or 1944 | current | Weekly[52] | ||
Flint | The Bronze Reporter | 1953[53] | 1900s[53] | Weekly[53] |
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Flint | Flint Brownies News Flint Brownsville Weekly News (1930s–1939)[54] |
1939[55] | 1900s[56] | Weekly[56] |
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Flint | The Courier | 1982?[57] | ?[57] | Weekly[57] |
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Flint | Enterprise | 1920[3] | 1923[3] | |||
Flint | The Flint Mirror The Mirror (1964) |
1964[58] | 1900s[58] | Twice-monthly[58] or monthly[59] |
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Flint | The North Star | 1955[60] | 1900s[60] | Weekly[60] | ||
Flint | The Flint Spokesman | 1946[61] | 1900s[61] | Weekly[61] | ||
Fowler | The Lansing Post | 1963[62] | ?[62] | Monthly newspaper[62] | ||
Grand Rapids | Afro-American Gazette | 1991[63] | 1996?[63] | Weekly[63] |
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Grand Rapids | Michigan State News | 1911[2] | 1926[2] |
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Grand Rapids | The Organizer | 1969[64] | 1980s[64] | [64] | ||
Grand Rapids | Times The Grand Rapids Times (1960–)[65] |
1957[66] | current | Weekly[67] |
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Highland Park | Michigan Citizen | 1978[68] | 2014[68] | Weekly[68] |
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Idlewild | The Challenger | 1900s[69] | ?[69] | Twice-monthly[69] |
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Inkster | Voice[70] Inkster Voice[71] |
1948[71] | Weekly[70] | |||
Jackson | The Blazer News | 1962[15] or 1963[72] | current | Weekly[72] | ||
Kalamazoo | The Community Courier | 1972[73] or 1973[6] | 1900s[73] | Weekly[73] | ||
Kalamazoo | Focus News | 1965[74] | ? | Monthly newspaper[74] | ||
Kalamazoo | Star Reporter | 1964[75] | 1960s[75] | Weekly[75] |
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Kalamazoo | The Kalamazoo Weekly Star[76] Weekly Star (1965)[77] |
1963[76] | 1900s[78] | Weekly[77] |
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Lansing | Eye Opener | 1930[11] | 1931[11] | |||
Lansing | The Inner City Times | 1968[79] | 1900s[79] | Weekly[79] | ||
Lansing | The Metroplex Michigan | 1980s | 1990s[80] | Irregular[80] | ||
Lansing | The Metroplex Michigan Metroplex News |
1987?[81] | ? | Biweekly[81] or irregular[80][82] |
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Lansing | The Michigan Bulletin | 1995[83] | current | Monthly[83] or biweekly[84] |
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Lansing | Michigan State Echo | 1938[85] | Weekly[71] |
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Lansing | The New Citizens Press | 2002[86] | current | Biweekly[86] | ||
Lansing | Response | 1980s[87] | ?[87] | Monthly newspaper[87] |
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Lansing | The Lansing Times | 1975[88] | ?[88] | Weekly[88] | ||
Lansing | Westside News | 1969[89] | ?[89] | Weekly[89] | ||
Lathrup Village | Michigan Sentinel | 1991[90] | ? | Monthly newspaper[90] |
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Pontiac | The Pontiac Commentator | 1947[71] | ? | Weekly[91] | ||
Pontiac | Pontiac-Auburn Citizen’s Post | 1987?[92] | ? | Weekly[92] | ||
Royal Oak | The Peaceful Valley Journal | 1900s[93] | 1900s[93] | Weekly[93] |
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Saginaw | The Saginaw Afro Herald | 1967?[94] | ?[94] | Weekly[94] | ||
Saginaw | Saginaw Banner | 1995?[96] | ?[96] | Weekly[96] |
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See also
Works cited
- Aiello, Thomas (2018). The Grapevine of the Black South: The Scott Newspaper Syndicate in the Generation before the Civil Rights Movement. University of Georgia Press. p. 112.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- 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)
- Thompson, Julius Eric (1996). "An Urban Voice of the People: The Black Press in Michigan, 1865-1985". In Suggs, Henry Lewis (ed.). The Black Press in the Middle West, 1865-1985. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313255793.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
References
- Thompson 1996, p. 137.
- Thompson 1996, p. 138.
- Thompson 1996, p. 139.
- "About People's advocate. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1972-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 602, ¶ 6291.
- Thompson 1996, p. 157.
- "About The citizen. (Benton Harbor, Mich.) 19??-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About American Catholic tribune. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1885-189?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 193, ¶ 2005.
- "About Black alleged news. ([Detroit, Mich.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- Thompson 1996, p. 141.
- "About Changeover. (Detroit, Mich.) 1970-197?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 193, ¶ 2007.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 177, ¶ 1841.
- Thompson 1996, p. 151.
- "About Community views. (Detroit, Mich.) 196?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About Detroit's news & views. (Detroit, Mich.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About Detroit epic news. ([Detroit, Mich.]) 196?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About Garvey's voice. (Detroit, Mich.) 195?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 249, ¶ 2611.
- Rollo S. Vest, “The Lowdown,” Detroit Tribune Independent, August 25, 1934, p. 6.
- Rollo S. Vest, "The Lowdown," Pittsburgh Courier, December 28, 1935, p. 17.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 193, ¶ 2011.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 193, ¶ 2012.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 193, ¶ 2013.
- "About Inner-city voice. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1967-1971". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About The interracial review. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About Detroit journal. (Detroit, Mich.) 1967-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About Judgment. (Detroit, Mich.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About The Detroit leader. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 190?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 363, ¶ 3795.
- Thompson 1996, p. 143.
- "The Michigan Chronicle". New Michigan Media. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
the Chronicle, Defender, Courier and Tri-State Defender in Tennessee would all come to be owned by the Sengstacke Newspapers. A period of uncertainty followed Sengstacke’s death in 1997, but by 2003 the four papers (as well as the Michigan FrontPage) were purchased by Real Times, Inc.
- "About The Michigan frontpage. (Detroit, MI) 2000-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 436, ¶ 4542.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 449, ¶ 4683.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 454, ¶ 4726.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 193, ¶ 2014.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 466, ¶ 4852.
- "About The plaindealer. [online resource] (Detroit, Mich.) 1883-1895". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- Thompson 1996, p. 136.
- Sands, David (2012-02-24). "Detroit's 'Plaindealer' Blazed A Trail For Today's African-American Press". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About Point of production. (Detroit, Mich.) 1972-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About Detroit Republic. (Detroit, Mich.) 189?-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 193, ¶ 2015.
- "About The tribune independent of Michigan. [online resource] (Detroit, Michigan) 1933-1935". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About Detroit tribune. [online resource] (Detroit, Michigan) 1933-1933". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About The Detroit tribune. [online resource] (Detroit, Michigas[n]) 1935-1966". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About The vanguard. ([Detroit, Mich.) 19??-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 588, ¶ 6156.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 152, ¶ 1574.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 556, ¶ 5802.
- "About The Bronze reporter. (Flint, Mich.) 1953-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About Brownsville weekly news. (Flint, Mich.) 193?-1939". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About Flint Brownsville news. (Flint, Mich.) 1939-1942". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About Flint Brownies news. (Flint, Mich.) 1942-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 177, ¶ 1850.
- "About The Flint mirror. (Flint, Mich.) 1964-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About The mirror. (Flint, Mich.) 1964-1964". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About The north star. (Flint, Mich.) 1955-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About The Flint spokesman. (Flint, Mich.) 1946-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About The Lansing post. (Fowler, Mich.) 1963-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 25, ¶ 244.
- "About The Organizer. (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1969-198?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About The Grand Rapids times. (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1960-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- Thompson 1996, p. 148.
- "About Times. (Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Mich.) 195?-1960". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About Michigan citizen. [volume] (Highland Park, MI) 1978-2014". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About The challenger. (Idlewild, Mich.) 19??-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- Ayer Directory of Publications. Ayer Press. 1949. p. 460.
- Thompson 1996, p. 144.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 109, ¶ 1125.
- "About The community courier. (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1972-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- The IMS Ayer Directory of Publications, Volume 116. IMS Press. 1984.
- "About Star reporter. (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1964-196?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About The Kalamazoo weekly star. (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1963-196?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About Weekly star. (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1965-1965". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About Kalamazoo weekly star. (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1965-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About The Inner city times. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1968-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About The metroplex Michigan. (Lansing, MI) 198?-199?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 361, ¶ 3775.
- "About Metroplex news. (Lansing, Mich.) 199?-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About The Michigan bulletin. (Lansing, Mich.) 1995-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 363, ¶ 3794.
- Aiello 2018, pp. 111-112.
- "About The new citizens press. (Lansing, MI) 2002-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About Response. (Lansing, Mich.) 198?-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About The Lansing times. (Lansing, Mich.) 1975-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- "About Westside news. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1969-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 363, ¶ 3797.
- "About The Pontiac commentator. (Pontiac, Mich.) 194?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 467, ¶ 4869.
- "About The Peaceful Valley journal. [volume] (Royal Oak, Mich.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 499, ¶ 5203.
- "About The Saginaw Afro-herald. (Saginaw, Mich.) 196?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- Danky & Hady 1998, p. 499, ¶ 5204.
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