List of African-American newspapers in New Jersey

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

Front page of The Echo from 1904, announcing the argument before the Supreme Court in the Clyatt v. United States peonage case.

Among the first such newspapers in New Jersey was Trenton's The Sentinel, established in 1880.[1] The Black press in New Jersey grew substantially in the early 20th century, from approximately 12 newspapers in 1900 to around 35 in 1940.[2]

In addition to New Jersey-based newspapers, many communities in New Jersey have been served by newspapers published in New York or Philadelphia, such as the Philadelphia Independent.[3]

Newspapers

City	Title	Beginning	End	Frequency	Call numbers	Remarks
Camden	The Black Observer	1968[4]	?[4]	Unknown[4]
Camden	The Camden News	1915[5]	?[5]	Weekly[5]
East Orange	Essex Forum	1972[6]	?[6]	Biweekly, then weekly[6]	LCCN sn88071370 OCLC 18514779
Hillside	African World	1994[7]	?[7]	Monthly[7]	OCLC no
Long Branch / Red Bank	The Echo	1904[8]	1943[8]	Weekly[8]	LCCN sn88071050 OCLC 17494843	Available online Founded by William Elijah Rock.[9] Moved from Long Branch to Red Bank around 1910.[8]
Montclair	The Jersey Express	1932?[10]	?[10]	Weekly[10]
Newark	New Jersey Afro-American	1941[11]	1991[12]	Weekly[11]	LCCN sn84025926 OCLC 2634939, 2264866	"[T]he longest running and most widely read black newspaper in New Jersey."[13] Circulation of 14,609 in 1951.[14]
Newark	Black Newark (1968)[15] / Black News (1969)[16] / Black New Ark (1972–1974)[17]	1968[18]	1974[17]	Monthly newspaper[17]	Black Newark: LCCN sn2001062056 OCLC 47228355 Black News: LCCN 2019238428 OCLC 173893626 Black New Ark: LCCN sn2001062050 OCLC 32993495	Edited by Yusef Iman and Daoud Abdullah.[17]
Newark	The Forum	1970s[19]	?[19]	Biweekly[19]	LCCN sn88071371 OCLC 18514783
Newark	Greater News	1979?[20]		Weekly[20]	OCLC 20252858
Newark	The New Jersey Guardian	1934[21]	1942[21]	Weekly[21]	LCCN sn89069097 OCLC 19016511
Newark	The Newark Herald	1928[22]	1939[22]	Weekly[22]	LCCN sn88071222 OCLC 19743660
Newark	The Newark Herald	1938[23]	?[23]		LCCN 2012210650 OCLC 2696527
Newark	New Jersey Herald News	1938[24]	1966[24]	Weekly[24]	LCCN sn84025698 OCLC 10284983	Circulation of 28,371 in 1951.[14]
Newark	Nite Lite	1959?[25]	?[25]	Weekly[25]
Newark	New Jersey Record	?	1947[26]	Weekly[14]
Newark	New Jersey Trumpet	1887[27]	1897[27]	Weekly[27]	LCCN sn87068175 OCLC 15671833	Founded by William Murrell.[28]
Orange	Harambee	1990?[29]		Bimonthly[29]	OCLC 25266785	Billed as a “newspaper for young readers that focuses on the African-American experience.”[29]
Paterson	The Liberator	1950[30]	?[30]	Weekly[30]
Paterson	North Jersey Independent	1950[31]	?[31]	Weekly[14]		Circulation of 26,498 in 1951.[14]
Paterson	The Northern New Jersey Informer	1950[32]	?[32]	Weekly[32]
Plainfield	City News	1983[33]		Weekly[33]		Published by Jan Edgenton Johnson.[33]
Plainfield	The Voice	1968[34]	1974?[34]	Weekly[34]	LCCN sn88063027 OCLC 17430825
Princeton	The Citizen	1909[35]	?[35]	Weekly[35]	OCLC 38227497
Saddle River	The Landscape	1885?[36]	1901[36]	Monthly newspaper[36]
Swedesboro	South Jersey Journal	2011[37]	2018[37]	Monthly newspaper[37]		Edited and published by Irving Randolph.[37]
Somerset	The Franklin Voice	1996[38]		Monthly newspaper[38]	OCLC 36814737	Edited by Paula McCoy-Pinderhughes.[38]
Teaneck	The Connection / North Jersey Connection[39]	1982? [40]	?	Weekly[40] or biweekly[41]	The Connection: LCCN sn88071369, sn94093165 OCLC 18514803, 32807946 North Jersey Connection: LCCN sn92060412, sn94093015 OCLC 25568384, 33390162	Extant through at least 1991.[41] Published by Ralph F. Johnson.[41]
Trenton	The Nubian News	1989?[42]	current	Monthly[42]	OCLC 28588271	Official feed
Trenton	The Sentinel / Expositor[43]	1880[44]	1882[44] or 1883[1]	Weekly[44]	LCCN 2014254331, sn84026314 OCLC 664615924, 10388917	"Trenton’s first – and one of the state’s earliest – Black newspapers."[1] Founded, edited and published by R. Henri Herbert.[1] Merged into Trenton Herald.[1]

See also

• List of African-American newspapers and media outlets
• List of African-American newspapers in Delaware
• List of African-American newspapers in New York
• List of African-American newspapers in Pennsylvania
• List of newspapers in New Jersey

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)
• Penn, Irvine Garland (1891). The Afro-American Press and Its Editors. Willey & Company.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Price, Clement Alexander (1980). Freedom Not Far Distant: A Documentary History of Afro-Americans in New Jersey. New Jersey Historical Society. ISBN 9780911020014.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)

References

1. Leynes, Jennifer B. (2011). "Three Centuries of African-American History in Trenton: A Preliminary Inventory of Historic Sites" (PDF). p. 91. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
2. Price 1980, p. 197.
3. "About The Philadelphia independent. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1931-1971". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
4. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 92, ¶ 943.
5. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 131, ¶ 1354.
6. "About Essex forum. (East Orange, N.J.) 1972-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
7. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 18, ¶ 181.
8. "About The echo. (Long Branch, N.J.) 1904-1943". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
9. Mather, Frank Lincoln (1915). Who's who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent, Volume 1. p. 233.
10. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 312, ¶ 3285.
11. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 409, ¶ 4259.
12. "About New Jersey Afro American. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1941-1991". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
13. Price 1980, p. 275.
14. Smith & Horton 1995, p. 1206.
15. "About Black Newark. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1968-1968". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
16. "About Black news. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1969-1969". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
17. "About Black new ark. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1972-1974". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
18. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 91, ¶ 934.
19. "About The forum. (Newark, N.J.) 197?-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
20. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 257, ¶ 2694.
21. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 409, ¶ 4262.
22. "About The Newark herald. (Newark, N.J.) 1928-1939". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
23. "About The Newark herald. (Newark, N.J.) 1938-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
24. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 409, ¶ 4263.
25. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 426, ¶ 4440.
26. Curvin, Robert (2014). Inside Newark: Decline, Rebellion, and the Search for Transformation. Rutgers University Press. p. 322. ISBN 9780813565729.
27. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 409, ¶ 4264.
28. Penn 1891, p. 140.
29. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 266, ¶ 2786.
30. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 336, ¶ 3527.
31. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 430, ¶ 4470.
32. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 431, ¶ 4485.
33. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 155, ¶ 1607.
34. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 594, ¶ 6211.
35. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 154, ¶ 1600.
36. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 331, ¶ 3471.
37. Townes, Glenn (2018-07-31). "New Jersey's Largest African American Newspaper Folds". The Network Journal. The largest monthly and regularly published African American owned newspaper in New Jersey ceased publication at the end of June, leaving the Garden State devoid of a regular monthly newspaper targeted specifically to the African American community.
38. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 236, ¶ 2469.
39. "About North Jersey Connection. (Teaneck, N.J.) 19??-198?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
40. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 172, ¶ 1791.
41. "About The connection. (Teaneck, N.J.) 198?-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
42. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 435, ¶ 4532.
43. Price 1980, p. 180.
44. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 510, ¶ 5329.