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Magazines & Newspapers
 Websites presented in alphabetical order African-American Newspapers and Periodicals: Freedom's Journal 
 Freedom's Journal was the "first African-American owned and operated newspaper published in the United States. The Journal was published weekly in New York City from 1827 to 1829. ... All 103 issues of the Freedom's Journal have been digitized and placed into Adobe Acrobat format." From librarian James P. Danky of the library of the Wisconsin Historical Society. http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/libraryarchives/aanp/freedom/ Topics: Black Resources, Newspapers, Newspapers by Place: United States, U.S. History By Place Last updated Oct 16, 2009 American Black Journal
Digitized collection of back shows of this television series (originally titled "Colored People's Time"), whose programs "represent a wide variety of African-American viewpoints on issues important to the city of Detroit, the state of Michigan, and the nation as whole." Browse shows from 1968-2000 by date, guest, host, or themes such as "Motor City and Motown." From Detroit Public Television and Michigan State University. http://www.matrix.msu.edu/~abj/ Topics: Black Resources Last updated Jan 22, 2009 The Black Collegian Online
The electronic version of the national career opportunities magazine. In addition to the abundance of career planning/job search information, there is commentary by leading black writers, lifestyle/entertainment features, general information on college life, and news of what's happening on college campuses today. Searchable. http://www.blackcollegian.com/ Topics: Black Resources, College and University Education, Education, Job Listings, Jobs & Work, Magazines Last updated Aug 10, 2009 The Black Commentator
This online journal focuses on "African Americans and their allies in the struggle for social and economic justice." It features analysis, commentary, and cartoons on politics and politicians (such as Barack Obama), economics, and social issues. Also includes audio. Published every Thursday. Back issues are searchable and browsable. Published by two network broadcast journalists from Washington, D.C. http://www.blackcommentator.com/ Topics: Black Resources, Magazines, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Aug 4, 2009 Black Voices
This website provides news, discussion forums, and information on sports, entertainment, careers, style, and other topics of interest to the African American community. From America Online (AOL). http://www.blackvoices.com/ Topics: Black Resources, Magazines Last updated Aug 4, 2009 blackenterprise.com
News and information on business, personal finance, and politics, with collections of articles on many industries and news about, or of particular interest to, African Americans and black enterprises. Articles from the print edition are archived to 1997. Searchable (requires free registration). http://www.blackenterprise.com/ Topics: Black Resources, Business, Finance, Investing, Magazines Last updated Aug 10, 2009 BlackPressUSA.com
"The only national web site featuring news exclusively from African-American journalists and Black community publications," mostly from the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) News Service -- "the last national Black Press news wire." Includes daily national news, local news, news links, and press releases; a searchable history section with articles and cartoons from black newspapers and journalists of the past, a black history time line, and black history links; and an op-ed page with letters, essays, and current cartoons. http://www.blackpressusa.com/ Topics: Black Resources, News, Newspapers, Notable People, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Oct 4, 2004 Cayton, Horace (1859-1940)
This article presents biographical information about Seattle newspaperman Horace Cayton. Born in 1859, Cayton was a former slave who worked his way through college before moving to Washington state. The site discusses his career working for Seattle newspapers and publishing the Seattle Republican, "a newspaper directed at both white and black readers and which at one point had the second largest circulation in the city." Includes photos and related resources. From HistoryLink.org. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=309 Topics: Black Resources, Newspapers, Notable People Last updated May 16, 2009 Harlem: Mecca of the New Negro
Contains a facsimile of the March 1925 Survey Graphic magazine special issue about the Harlem Renaissance. The issue features essays, stories, and poems by Alain Locke, W.E.B. Du Bois, Arthur Schomburg, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, and others. Includes original advertisements. From the University of Virginia Electronic Text Center. http://etext.virginia.edu/harlem/ Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources, Literary Movements and Periods, Poetry Last updated Mar 3, 2004 The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
This site is a companion to the print publication of the same name that provides articles and statistics with a "purpose ... simply to show major racial imbalances and leave competitive markets and other nonlegislative forces to operate on the information provided." The site features selected articles, news updates, a timeline of affirmative action, and statistics. Searchable. http://www.jbhe.com/ Topics: Black Resources, Magazines, Social Issues Last updated Aug 4, 2009 Prologue: Summer 1997, Vol. 29, No. 2 [African American History & Federal Records]
This special summer 1997 issue of Prologue magazine "focuses on the use of federal records in African American historical research. Sixteen articles by NARA staff and other historians explore the depth and breadth of material in the National Archives relative to African Americans. This issue examines the Civil War and Reconstruction, labor issues, civil rights, pictorial records, and research aids." From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1997/summer/ Topics: Black Resources Last updated Feb 9, 2009 The Seattle Medium
Online edition of this Seattle newspaper, part of the "largest African American owned and operated communications company in the Pacific Northwest." Includes local, state, and national news, editorials, and sports and lifestyle sections. http://www.seattlemedium.com Topics: Black Resources, Newspapers, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Dec 17, 2005 SFBayView.com
The online version of the San Francisco Bay View newspaper is updated weekly. It presents a perspective from the African American community of San Francisco's Bayview District. Includes a weekly calendar of events as well as news and analysis of local, national, and international issues. Searchable. http://www.sfbayview.com/ Topics: Black Resources, Newspapers, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Oct 26, 2009 Southside Chicago
This research archive "is part of the Urban Research Workshop (URW), which is analyzing Chicago's Southside black communities, with particular focus on changes in these communities since the early 1990s. This archive currently contains digitized issues of the South Street Journal, a local community newspaper that has been a powerful voice of the Southside Community." Searchable; or browse issues chronologically from 1993 to 2008. From Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning, Columbia University. http://southside.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/ Topics: Black Resources, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jan 13, 2009 |
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