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African American Newspapers in the South

Documenting the African American experience in the segregated South from Reconstruction to the Jazz Age.

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Written by African Americans for African Americans, the newspapers provide a record of the Black experience in the segregated American South.

Articles reported on events, exposed incidents of discrimination and violence, and dispelled stereotyped portrayals of Blacks perpetuated by mainstream newspapers. There was also coverage of civic and religious events, politics, foreign affairs, local gossip, and other topics.

At a glance

16

full-run newspapers, manually rekeyed for exceptional search and accessibility.

6+2

6 states (Georgia, Louisiana, N. Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, W. Virginia) + D.C. and Okla. Indian Territory

William Calvin Chase, editor of the Washington Bee

Publications include

  • The Advocate, 1907–1912

  • The Athens Republique, 1921–1926

  • The Banner-Enterprise, 1883–1884

  • The Bee, 1882–1884

  • The Black Dispatch, 1917–1922

  • The Educator, 1874–1875

  • The Langston City Herald, 1892–1900

  • The Louisianian, 1870–1871

  • The Muskogee Cimeter, 1904–1920

  • The Nashville Globe, 1907–1918

  • The National Forum, 1910-1910

  • The Pioneer Press, 1911–1917

  • The Republican, 1873–1875

  • Semi-Weekly Louisianian, 1871–1872

  • The Tulsa Star, 1913–1921

  • The Western World, 1903–1904

The Charlestown Gazette rekeyed to 99% accuracy

Manually rekeyed for accuracy and accessibility

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a valuable tool for digitizing newspapers and other printed materials. However, older materials with nonstandard fonts can pose challenges for OCR technology.

Our North American collections are manually rekeyed to ensure 99% accuracy. This meticulous approach not only makes the content easy to read but also meets accessibility standards for the visually impaired. Also, we've structured the articles to enable richer text and data mining and to make citing easier.

Content highlights

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The Bee

Under William C. Chase’s editorship, The Bee echoed Republican ideals, emphasized civil rights, featured social events, and carried editorials, national news, and ads. Notably, it criticized Booker T. Washington’s views on African American progress.

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The Educator

William Caswell Smith and Cornelius D. Waddell founded The Educator with a mission to “train the intellectual and moral sentiments” of North Carolina’s Black youth. It is North Carolina’s first newspaper solely edited and published by African Americans.

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The Pioneer Press

West Virginia’s first African American newspaper, The Pioneer Press is renowned for opposing lynching and Jim Crow laws and promoting self-improvement, religious piety, trades, agriculture, and non-discriminatory businesses.

Topics include

  • Anti-lynching efforts

  • Race relations

  • Employment and discrimination

  • Black businesses

  • Republican Party support

  • Economics and finances

  • Farming and sharecropping

  • The Great Migration

  • National Association of Colored Women

  • Niagara movement

  • Crime

  • Congressional activities

  • Education and schools

  • Desegregation

  • World War I

  • Entertainment and recreation

  • And much more

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