List of African-American newspapers in Oregon

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

Front page of the November 25, 1899 issue of The New Age.

Portland is the only city where such newspapers are known to have been published.[1] The first was the Portland New Age, founded as The New Age in 1896.[2] Notable contemporary newspapers include The Observer and The Skanner.

Newspapers

City	Title	Beginning	End	Frequency	Call numbers	Remarks
Portland	The Oregon Advance Times	1968[3]	1968[4]	Weekly[3]	LCCN sn00063638 OCLC 9822566, 30723634	Available online Suspended publication November 7, 1968.[4]
Portland	The Advocate	1903[5]	1937[5]	Weekly[6]	LCCN sn98062568 OCLC 40119041	Available online Founded by McCants Stewart and Edward Cannady.[5] Edited by Edward Cannady from 1923 to June 14, 1930, and by Beatrice Morrow Cannady from June 21, 1930 to 1933.[6]
Portland	The Portland Advocate	1981[7]	1981[7]	Monthly newspaper[7]		Organ of the Black Urban Front[8] Available online Published by the National Black United Front.[7]
Portland	Advocate Register	1943[9]	1951[9]	Weekly[9]		Available online Published by Oliver E. Smith, who upon taking a job with the Bonneville Power Administration in 1951 was required to abandon the paper by the Hatch Act.[9]
Portland	Portland Challenger	1952[10]	1954[11]	Weekly[11] or biweekly[10]	LCCN 2015260134 OCLC 915150593	Available online Founded by William Hilliard, who also worked for The Oregonian while publishing the Challenger.[11]
Portland	Clarion Defender	1953[12] or 1965[13] or 1966[14]	1973?[14]	Weekly[13]	LCCN sn00063577 OCLC 44631946	Available online
Portland	Portland Inquirer	1944[15]	1946[16]	Weekly[15]	LCCN sn00063637 OCLC 45176054	Issues from 1944 available online Edited by Ralph H. Faulk.[16]
Portland	Oregon Mirror	1959[17]	1962?[17]	Weekly[18]	LCCN 2015260135 OCLC 41109937	Issues from 1962 available online Published by J. Marcus Wellington, III.[18] Extant through at least 1962.[19]
Portland	The New Age[20] / Portland New Age (1905–1907)[21]	1896[20] or 1899[22]	1907[21]	Weekly[21]	LCCN 2009257329, 2014254028, sn83025107, sn83025137 OCLC 9272181, 2806304, 54439332, 876200983, 9272279, 36645096, 876200473	Available online (New Age) Available online (Portland New Age) Published by Adolphus D. Griffin.[23] Carried local news columns from cities across Washington and Montana, including Walla Walla and Great Falls.[24]
Portland	The Newspaper / Albina Newspaper	1969[25]	?	Biweekly[25]		One issue from 1970 available online. Served the Albina District.[26]
Portland	Northwest Clarion	1943[27] or 1944[28]	1961[27]	Weekly[29]	LCCN sn00063575 OCLC 44631939	Available online Published by Arthur and Etoile Cox.[27]
Portland	Northwest Defender	1962[30]	1965[30]	Weekly[30]	LCCN sn00063576 OCLC 44631941	Available online Founded by Jimmy "Bang-Bang" Walker.[31] Published by J.W. Zell II.[30] Later merged with the Northwest Clarion to become the Clarion Defender.[31]
Portland	Observer	1901?[32]	1903[32]	Weekly[32]
Portland	The Observer / Portland Observer / People's Observer[33]	1938[33]	1950?[33]	Weekly,[33] later twice-monthly,[34] monthly after 1946[35]	The Observer (1938-1939): LCCN sn00058013, 2009257308 OCLC 43533879, 466878513 The Observer (1945-1950): LCCN sn00062130, 2009257306 OCLC 43515323, 466891144 The People's Observer: LCCN sn00062131, 2009257307 OCLC 43533948, 466893829	Issues from 1938–1939, 1944, and 1945 available online. Published by William H. McClendon from 1938 to 1939, and revived by him as The People's Observer in 1943.[36]
Portland	The Portland Observer / New Portland Observer[37]	1970[37]	current	Weekly[37]	LCCN sn83025151 OCLC 9360817, 9286929	Official site Some issues available online
Portland	The Pacific Dispatch	1946[38]	1947[38]		LCCN sn87093419 OCLC 17285562	Published jointly in Seattle and Portland starting September 20, 1946, at which point it was identified as the "Portland edition" of the Pacific Dispatch, which continued until June 27, 1947.[38] Succeeded by The Seattle Dispatch.[38]
Portland	The Skanner	1975[39]	current	Weekly[39]	ISSN 1543-6357 LCCN sn85042482 OCLC 12566075, 936078	Official site Some issues available online Became online-only in 2014.[39]
Portland	The Portland Times	1909[40] or 1918[41]	1924[40] or 1923[42]	Weekly[41]		Two issues available online Founded by William J. McLemore.[40] Edited by J.A. Merriman.[41]

See also

• List of African-American newspapers and media outlets
• List of African-American newspapers in California
• List of African-American newspapers in Nevada
• List of African-American newspapers in Washington (state)
• List of newspapers in Oregon

Works cited

• Abajian, James De Tarr (1974). Blacks and Their Contributions to the American West: A Bibliography and Union List of Library Holdings Through 1970. G. K. Hall. ISBN 9780816111398.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)
• Smith, Jessie Carney (2012). Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 9781578593699.

References

1. Abajian 1974, pp. 392-393.
2. Smith 2012, p. 409.
3. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 445, ¶ 4645.
4. "About The Oregon advance times. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1968-1968". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
5. Abajian 1974, p. 392, ¶ 4254.
6. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 10, ¶ 95.
7. "Portland Advocate". Historic Black Newspapers of Portland. Portland State University Library. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
8. https://content.library.pdx.edu/files/PDXScholar/Portland-Advocate-May-1981/8/#zoom=z
9. "Advocate Register". Historic Black Newspapers of Portland. Portland State University Library. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
10. "About Portland challenger. [volume] (Portland, Oregon) 1952-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
11. "Portland Challenger". Historic Black Newspapers of Portland. Portland State University Library. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
12. Abajian 1974, p. 392, ¶ 4255.
13. "About Clarion defender. (Portland, Or.) 1965-197?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
14. "Clarion Defender". Historic Black Newspapers of Portland. Portland State University Library. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
15. "About Portland inquirer. (Portland, Or.) 1944-194?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
16. "Portland Inquirer". Historic Black Newspapers of Portland. Portland State University Library. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
17. "Oregon Mirror". Historic Black Newspapers of Portland. Portland State University Library. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
18. "About Oregon mirror. [volume] (Portland, Oregon) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
19. Abajian 1974, p. 393, ¶ 4263a.
20. "About The new age. [microfilm reel] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
21. "About Portland new age. [microfilm reel] (Portland, Or.) 1905-1907". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
22. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 468, ¶ 4872.
23. Lee, Allen L. (2007-01-17). "Adolphus D. Griffin (1868-1916)". BlackPast.org. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
24. Abajian 1974, p. 392, ¶ 4257.
25. Abajian 1974, p. 392, ¶ 4258.
26. "Albina Newspaper". Historic Black Newspapers of Portland. Portland State University Library. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
27. "Northwest Clarion". Historic Black Newspapers of Portland. Portland State University Library. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
28. Abajian 1974, p. 392, ¶ 4259.
29. "About Northwest clarion. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
30. "About Northwest defender. (Portland, Or.) 1962-1965". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
31. "Clarion Defender". Historic Black Newspapers of Portland. Portland State University Library. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
32. Abajian 1974, p. 393, ¶ 4260.
33. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 437, ¶ 4555.
34. "About The people's observer. (Portland, Or.) 1943-1945". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
35. "About The observer. (Portland, Or.) 1945-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
36. "William McClendon (1915-1996)". The Encyclopedia of Oregon. Oregon Historical Society. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
37. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 468, ¶ 4873.
38. "About The Pacific dispatch. (Portland, Or. ;) 1946-1947". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
39. "About The skanner. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1975-2014". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
40. Abajian 1974, p. 393, ¶ 4264.
41. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 468, ¶ 4874.
42. "Portland Times". Historic Black Newspapers of Portland. Portland State University Library. Retrieved 2020-01-15.