List of African American newspapers in Maryland

Front page of The Afro-American Ledger, today the Baltimore Afro-American, from January 1902.

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

Maryland's first known African American newspaper was The Lyceum Observer, launched by members of the Galbreath Lyceum in 1863.[1] It was followed in 1865 by The True Communicator, which is also sometimes named as the state's first African American newspaper.[2]

As in many other states, the late 19th century saw a dramatic growth in Maryland's African American press, with 31 newspapers launched in Baltimore before 1900.[3] Most were short-lived. A notable exception was The Afro-American, which launched in Baltimore in 1892 and continues today.

In addition to The Afro-American, other notable newspapers published in Maryland today include the Baltimore Times and The Prince George’s Post.

Newspapers

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks


Adelphi Gaffat Ethiopia / Gaffat 1992[4] Monthly newspaper[4]
  • OCLC 27806235
  • Focused on the Ethiopian-American community.[4]
  • Partially in Amharic.[4]
Baltimore African American News and World / African American News and World Report[6] 1979[5] 1984?[5] Weekly[5]
  • LCCN 98062569
  • OCLC 40118959
  • Published by Catherine E. Pugh.[5]
Baltimore The Afro-American (1892–1900, 1915–)[7] /
Afro-American Ledger (1900–1915)[8] /
Baltimore Afro-American		 1892[9] current Weekly[10]
  • The Afro-American (1892–):
    • ISSN 2473-5922
    • LCCN 2011254020, 00252024, sn8309626
    • OCLC 192107159, 11751962, 9235910, 7645599, 4393753, 2698193
  • Afro-American Ledger (1900–1915):
    • ISSN 2473-5965
    • LCCN sn83045756, 00252026
  • OCLC 9721724, 4393846, 7645666
  • Official site
  • Free online archive
  • Merged with Ledger in 1900.[10]
Baltimore The American Citizen 1879[11] 1800s[11] Weekly[11]
  • LCCN 2011254039, sn83027092
  • OCLC 664616228, 9948094, 22156041
  • Edited by Daniel Williams.[12]
Baltimore Church Advocate 1890s Weekly[13]
Baltimore The Colored Harvester 1890s Weekly[13]
Baltimore The Commonwealth 1915[14] 1915[14] Weekly[14]
  • LCCN 2011254356, sn83027090
  • OCLC 747723326, 9902528
Baltimore Dawn[3] 1887[3] ? Weekly[3]
Baltimore Daily Evening Chronotype 1867[15] ? Daily (six days a week)[16]
Baltimore Good News and Informer 1981?[17] ?[17] Bimonthly newspaper[17]
  • OCLC 32791628
  • Extant through at least 1982.[17]
Baltimore Joy[3] 1887[3] ? Weekly[3]
Baltimore The Lancet 1900s[18] 1900s[18] Weekly[18]
  • LCCN sn88065132
  • OCLC 18579802
  • Extant in June 1902.[18]
Baltimore The Ledger 1898[19] 1899[19] Weekly[19]
  • ISSN 2473-5949
  • LCCN 00252025, 2018252112, sn83045833
  • OCLC 42347909, 1062885119, 9717406
  • Published by W.E. Tabb[20]
  • Merged with the Afro-American, which thereafter for a time was named the Afro-American Ledger.[20]
Baltimore The Lyceum Observer 1863[1] 1860s[1] Monthly[21]
  • LCCN sn88065197
  • OCLC 18853991
  • First African American newspaper in Baltimore.[15]
  • Co-founded by a group of lyceum members including Christian Fleetwood and Alfred Ward Handy.
Baltimore The Monthly Chronicle Of Religion And Learning 1875[22] 1870s[22] Monthly newspaper[22]
  • LCCN sn88065150
  • OCLC 18680788
  • Published by C.B. Perry.[22]
Baltimore Muhammad Speaks 1981[23] ?[23] Unknown[23]
Baltimore The Negro Appeal 1899[24] 1900[24] Weekly[24]
  • LCCN 2013254335, sn84025821
  • OCLC 845108487, 10337773, 2753738
  • Published by S. Timothy Tice.[24]
Baltimore Prohibition Advocate 1890s Weekly[13]
Baltimore The Race Standard 1894[25] 1898[25] Weekly[25]
  • LCCN 2014254319, sn83016481
  • OCLC 876293844, 9864898, 2806324
  • Edited by G. Wellington Bryant.[25]
Baltimore Star[3] 1887[3] ? Weekly[3]
Baltimore The Baltimore Times 1987?[26] current Weekly[26]
  • OCLC 26486022
  • Official site
  • Published by Joy Bramble and edited by Ernie Boston.[26]
Baltimore The True Communicator 1865[2] 1866[27] Weekly[21] or twice-weekly[15]
  • No copies survive.[28]
  • Edited by George T. Cook.[27]
  • Published at Baltimore's Douglass Institute.[29]
Elkton The Dawn 1890s Monthly newspaper[13]
Hyattsville The Crusader 1979[30] ?[30] Weekly[30]
  • LCCN sn99063213
  • OCLC 41091736
Hyattsville Straight From The Street 1990s[31] ? Monthly newspaper[31]
  • ISSN 1061-5237
  • LCCN sn92003166
  • OCLC 25375385
Landover Neighborhood Talk 1987[32] ?[32] Weekly[32]
  • Published by Legusta Floyd and edited by Bianca Floyd.[32]
Temple Hills Maryland Hawk 1984[33] ?[33] Weekly[33]
  • LCCN sn90057060
  • OCLC 21166035
  • Published by Ben Holman.[33]
Upper Marlboro The Crusader 1890s Weekly[13]
Upper Marlboro The Prince George’s Post /
Prince George's Post-Sentinel		 1932[34] current Weekly[34]
  • ISSN 1053-2226
  • LCCN sn90057050
  • OCLC 21191451
  • Official site
  • Edited by Legusta Floyd.[34]

See also

  • flagMaryland portal
  • Journalism portal

Works cited

  • Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E., eds. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674007888.
  • Farrar, Hayward (1998). The Baltimore Afro-American, 1892-1950. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313305177.
  • Lee, Alfred McClung (2000). The Daily Newspaper in America, Volume 1. Routledge. ISBN 9780415228916.
  • Pride, Armistead Scott; Wilson, Clint C. (1997). A History of the Black Press. Howard University Press. ISBN 9780882581927.
  • Scharf, John Thomas (1881). History of Baltimore City and County, from the Earliest Period to the Present Day. L.H. Everts.
  • Tanner, Benjamin Tucker (1867). An Apology for African Methodism. ISBN 9783849643805.

References

  1. ^ a b c "About The Lyceum observer. (Baltimore [Md.]) 1863-186?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  2. ^ a b Pride & Wilson 1997, p. 82.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Farrar 1998, p. xiv.
  4. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 244, ¶ 2564.
  5. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 13, ¶ 128.
  6. ^ "About African American news and world report. (Baltimore, Md.) 1979-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  7. ^ "About The Afro-American. (Baltimore, Md.) 1954-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  8. ^ "About Afro-American ledger. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1900-1915". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  9. ^ "About Afro-American. [online resource] (Baltimore, MD) 1892-1899". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  10. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 25, ¶ 250.
  11. ^ a b c "About The American citizen. [online resource] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1879-18??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  12. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 40, ¶ 405.
  13. ^ a b c d e Afro-American Encyclopedia: Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race. Haley & Florida. 1895. p. 132.
  14. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 167, ¶ 1735.
  15. ^ a b c d Scharf 1881, p. 636.
  16. ^ a b c Lee 2000, p. 177.
  17. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 252, ¶ 2638.
  18. ^ a b c d "About The Lancet. (Baltimore [Md.]) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  19. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 334, ¶ 3494.
  20. ^ a b "About The Ledger. [microfilm reel] (Baltimore, Md.) 1898-1899". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  21. ^ a b Tanner 1867, p. 129.
  22. ^ a b c d "About The Monthly chronicle of religion and learning. (Baltimore [Md.]) 1875-187?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  23. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 378, ¶ 3946.
  24. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 398, ¶ 4152.
  25. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 481, ¶ 5018.
  26. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 59, ¶ 598.
  27. ^ a b Alvord, J.W. (1867-01-01). Semi-annual Report on Schools for Freedmen. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 39. 'The True Communicator,' Baltimore, George T. Cook (colored) editor; published until a few months since; suspended at present, but is to be issued again about the first of May.
  28. ^ Bernier, Celeste-Marie (2018). If I Survive: Frederick Douglass and Family in the Walter O. Evans Collection. Edinburgh University Press. p. 17. ISBN 9781474439732. the short-lived True Communicator, a newspaper published in Baltimore of which no copies have survived.
  29. ^ Coppin, Levi Jenkins (1919). Unwritten History. A. M. E. Book Concern. p. 39. ISBN 9781466293021.
  30. ^ a b c "About The crusader. (Hyattsville, Md.) 1979-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  31. ^ a b "About Straight from the street. (Hyattsville, MD) 199?-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  32. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 404, ¶ 4209.
  33. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 354, ¶ 3703.
  34. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 472, ¶ 4921.
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