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Phoenix Tribune 1918-08-03
Front page of a 1918 issue of the Phoenix Tribune, filled with news of World War I.

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

The first African American newspaper in Arizona was the Phoenix Tribune, which was published from 1918 to the 1940s. Notable such newspapers in Arizona today include the Arizona Informant.

Newspapers

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Fort Huachuca 92d Buffalo 1940s 1940s Weekly
  • Published by the 92nd Infantry Division.
  • Published in Italy from August 25 to September 15, 1945.
  • Available online
Fort Huachuca 93d Blue Helmet 1942 ? Weekly
  • Published by the 93rd Infantry Division. Billed as "the first newspaper in the history of the army that has been published for a complete Negro division."
  • Available online
Fort Huachuca The Apache Sentinel 1943 1945 Weekly
Fort Huachuca The Bullet 1921 (uncertain) or 1922 ? Weekly
Fort Huachuca Post Script of the Apache Sentinel 1944 1944 Weekly
Phoenix Arizona Black Dispatch 1976 1977? Bi-weekly
  • Available online
  • First issue front page headline: "Arizona Black Dispatch Will Assist Black Businesses"
Phoenix The Arizona Gleam 1929 1930s or 1946 Weekly
  • Available online
  • Founded by Ayra Hackett and published by a primarily female staff.
Phoenix Arizona Informant 1957 current Weekly
  • ISSN 1095-2861
  • LCCN sn94093188, sn92060457
  • Official site: https://azinformant.com/
  • The Informant was purchased by brothers Cloves C. Campbell Sr. and Charles R. Campbell in 1969 and restarted in 1971.
Phoenix Arizona Now Newspaper 1972 (uncertain) or 1974 ? Monthly newspaper
  • Published by Major Davis.
Phoenix Arizona Sun 1942 1960 Weekly
  • Available online
Phoenix Arizona Tribune 1958 1973 Weekly
  • Available online
Phoenix The Phoenix Index 1936 1939 Weekly
  • Available online
  • Founded by Rev. W. Gray and taken over in 1937 by Alberta Gibson, who aligned it with the Scott Newspaper Syndicate.
Phoenix Phoenix Press Weekly 1970s 1980s Weekly
Phoenix Phoenix Sunday State 1920s ? Weekly
Phoenix Phoenix Tribune 1918 1930s or 1941 or 1946 Monthly newspaper
  • Available online
  • Edited by Arthur R. Smith.
Phoenix The Western Dispatch 1924 1929 Weekly
Tucson The Arizona Register 1946 ? Weekly
Tucson The Arizona Times 1925 or 1926 or 1930 1934 Weekly
  • Edited by Louis J. Washington.
  • Available online
Tucson Arizona's Negro Journal 1941 or 1942 1943 Weekly
  • Available online
Tucson Inter-State Review 1920 or 1921 1933 Weekly
  • Tucson's first African American newspaper.
  • Edited by E.J. Richardson.
Tucson Spokesman 1920s ? Weekly
  • Edited by George B. Cruikshank.

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