List_of_African-American_newspapers_in_Maryland

List of African American newspapers in Maryland

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

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

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.

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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^[5]	1979^[6]	1984?^[6]	Weekly^[6]	LCCN 98062569 OCLC 40118959	Published by Catherine E. Pugh.^[6]
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]		Published by Mansfield, Hobbs, & Co.^[15] Second African American daily newspaper ever published, after La Tribune de la Nouvelle-Orleans.^[16] One issue survives, from February 18, 1867.^[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]

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