Search across multiple Black Historical Newspapers:
• The Baltimore Afro-American
• Atlanta Daily World
• Chicago Defender
• Cleveland Call & Post
• Los Angeles Sentinel
• Michigan Chronicle
• New York Amsterdam News
• Norfolk Journal & Guide
• The Philadelphia Tribune
• Pittsburgh Courier

The oldest black newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 1928. Searchable full text and full image.

First published in 1893, was the second-oldest African American newspaper in the United States at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Searchable full image of every page of the Baltimore Afro-American including all advertisements from 1893 - 1988.

Largest black-owned daily newspaper in the United States and a catalyst for the Great Migration. Searchable full image of every page of the Chicago Defender including all advertisements. The Chicago Defender has been a voice of the black community with more than two-thirds of its readership outside Chicago.

The Call and Post rose from somewhat obscure origins to become Cleveland's major African American newspaper. Access to the Cleveland Call and Post‎ from 1934 - 1991.

The New York Amsterdam News has one of the largest circulations of any black weekly newspaper. the Chicago Crusader and New Pittsburgh Courier have been around as long as the Amsterdam News and have comparable circulations. Searchable full image of every page of the New York Amsterdam News including all advertisements.

Considered the nation's oldest continuously published African American newspaper in the U.S. Access to the Philadelphia Tribune from 1912 - 2001.

One of the most influential African American newspapers of the early twentieth century. Searchable full image of every page of the Pittsburgh Courier including all advertisements.