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Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State University
Special Collections and ArchivesJohnston Memorial Library
P.O. Box 9406
Virginia State University
Petersburg, Virginia 23806
USA
Phone: (804) 524-5582
Fax: (804) 524-6959
Email: refdesk@vsu.edu
URL: https://library.vsu.edu/
© 2002 By the Board of Visitors of Virginia State University.
Funding: Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Processed by: Lucious Edwards Jr. Special Collections and Archives Staff
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Preferred Citation
Black Newspapers Collection, Accession #1976-55d , Special Collections and Archives, Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA.
African American Newspapers
Newspapers are a rich source for investigating the social, political, and economic activities in a community. African American Newspapers unlike their European American counterparts, they offer a unique insight into avenues often neglected by European American Publications.
Scope and Content Information
Political and Social activities, church news, ads, editorials from an African American perspective. African American newspapers have traditionally tried to fill in the information gap created by the majority news system. These papers provide a unique view of this perspective.
There are some additional copies of Africian American newspapers located in the following manuscript groups: 1. James Hugo Johnston, Sr. Acc. # 1963-9 2. James Hugo Johnston, Jr. Acc. # 1963-10 3. Edna Meade Colson Acc. # 1965-13
Contents List
- Box-folder Volume:
1:1
The Colored Virginian - Petersburg, Va Oct 5 1912, June 7 1913
Frequency : Weekly, Editor: Arthur B. Mackey
- Box-folder Volume:
1:2
The Richmond Planet - Richmond, Va July 12, 1890
Frequency: Weekly, Owner: John Mitchell, Jr.
- Box-folder Volume:
1:3
The Reformer - Richmond, Va Sept 20,1902
Frequency: Undertermined, Publisher: The Grand Fountain
- Box-folder Volume:
1:4
The Recorder -Petersburg,Va May 20, 1893
Frequency: Weekly, President: William H. Major
- Box-folder Volume:
1:5
The Freeman - Indianapolis, Indiana Dec 25,1897
Frequency: Weekly, Editor: George L. Knox
- Box-folder Volume:
1:6
The Virginia Lancet -Petersburg,Va Jan 14,1888
Frequency: Undetermined, Editor:W.W. Evans
- Box-folder Volume:
1:7
The Lancet - Petersburg,Va Jan-March 1985
Frequency: Weekly, Editor: Rev.Mr. George Freeman Bragg
- Box-folder Volume:
1:8
The Lancet -Petersburg,Va Feb and March 1883, Dec 13, 1884
Frequency: Weekly, Editor: Rev.Mr. George Freeman Bragg
- Box-folder Volume:
1:9
The African Nationalist -Liberia, W Africa, The Negro Sporting News -Washington DC, Color Flash -Charleston,W Va May 1 1943, April 1 1945, May 1945
Frequency:Weekly Editor:C.Frederick Taylor, Frequency:Bi-Weekly Editor: Andrew F. Jackson, Frequency: Monthly Editor:I.J.K wells
- Box-folder Volume:
1:10
The Basptist Pilot -Winton, NC Aug 13 1889
Frequency: Bi-Weekly, Editor: C.S. Brown
- Box-folder Volume:
1:11
The Richmond Planet - Richmond,Va June 21, 1890
Frequency: Weekly, Owner: John Mitchell, Jr.
- Box-folder Volume:
1:12
The Freeman - Indianapolis, Indiana Dec 31, 1892
Frequency: Weekly, Editor: George L. Knox
- Box-folder Volume:
1:13
The Negro Advocate - Richmond, Va Sept 27, 1902
Frequency: Bi-Weekly, Editor: The Negro Advocate Company
- Box-folder Volume:
1:14
The New York Age - New York,NY 1921
Frequency: Weekly, Editor: Fred R. Moore
- Box-folder Volume:
1:15
Nashville Globe - Nashville,TN Aug 16, 1935
- Box-folder Volume:
1:16
The Brunswick Beacon- Brunswick Co, Va Oct 1991, March-April 1990, July, OCt 1990, Sept-Nov 1989
Frequency: Monthly, Editor: Jerome Bass
- Box-folder Volume:
1:17
The Informant- Buckingham Co, Va April 1991
Frequency: Monthly, Editor: Charles W. White
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The Southside Virginia Star-Petersburg, Va, The Langstonian- Langston HS, Danville Va, The Liberator-New York June 1990, May 1993, April 1951, Jan 1949
Frequency: Unknown Editor: Paul Bland, Frequency: Every 6 Weeks, Frequency: 1st Issue Editor: The Official Organ Of the Civil Rigths Congress