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This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of New York. It includes both current and historical newspapers. New York was the birthplace of the African American press, with the publication of Freedom's Journal in 1827, and has remained a vibrant center of publishing ever since.

Newspapers

Upstate

North Star Newspaper February 22, 1856
An 1856 issue of The North Star, published at Rochester.

For the purpose of this list, Upstate New York is the entirety of New York State outside of New York City and Long Island.

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Albany Albany Capitol 1890s ? Monthly newspaper
  • Attested in at least 1894.
Albany The Community Chronicle
The Community News (1993)		 1993 1990s Monthly newspaper
  • Attested through at least 1994.
  • Edited by Arthur Mitchell.
Albany / Buffalo The Fortnightly Spectator 1899 1900s Biweekly
  • Attested through at least 1900.
Albany The Albany Liberator 1960s 1900s Biweekly
  • LCCN 2003252468, sn93023929
  • Attested from at least 1967–1968.
Albany The New York Sojourner-Herald
The Sojourn-Herald (1993–1994)		 1993 ? Monthly newspaper
  • ISSN 2574-6537 2574-6537
  • LCCN 2014254332, sn94057584
  • Sojourn-Herald:
  • Extant through at least 1998.
  • Edited by Paul C. Webster.
Albany The Northern Star and Freeman's Advocate 1842 1843 Weekly or monthly
  • LCCN sn83027104, 2014254008
Albany The Scene
South End Scene		 1977 1990s Monthly newspaper
  • LCCN sn88074121
  • South End Scene:
Albany Urban Voices 2000 ? Monthly newspaper
  • "Executive editor: Kenneth Braswell; contributing editor: Carolee Sherwood."
Albany Whazup! 1994 1990s Monthly newspaper
  • Attested through at least 1995.
Buffalo The Buffalo American 1920 ? Weekly
Buffalo Black News 1970 ? Unknown
Buffalo The Buffalo Broadcaster 1937? ? Weekly
Buffalo The Buffalo Criterion /
The Metropolitan Buffalo Criterion (1973–1978)		 1925 current Weekly
  • Hiatus from 1973 to 1978.
Buffalo
  • The Empire Star Weekly
  • The Empire Star (1948–1953)
 1948 ? Weekly
  • LCCN sn88074214, sn8807435
  • Circulation of 8,115 in 1951.
Buffalo Empire State Bulletin 1966 1900s Weekly
Buffalo Fine Print 1972? ? Weekly
  • Published by Ronald H. Fleming. Edited by Carolyn Fleming.
Buffalo The Buffalo Guardian 1946 1900s Weekly
  • Edited by Eric E.L. Hercules.
Buffalo The Buffalo Newscaster 1963 1900s Weekly
  • Edited by Calvin Kimbrough.
Buffalo Buffalo Spokesman 1928? ? Weekly
Buffalo Buffalo Weekly Challenger 1977 1979 Weekly
  • ISSN 0278-3320 0278-3320
  • LCCN sc80001806
Buffalo Challenger Community News /
Challenger /
Buffalo, New York Challenger News Weekly /
Buffalo Challenger (1979–1981)
Challenger News Weekly		 1962 current Weekly
  • ISSN 1040-8886 1040-8886
  • LCCN sn93063790, sc8001806, sn93063791, sn8808776
  • Official site: https://thechallengernews.com/
Hastings on Hudson The Westchester County Press 1928 current Weekly
  • ISSN 0043-3373 0043-3373
  • LCCN sn78001164
  • Published in White Plains from May 4 to December 28, 1989.
  • Edited and published by Sandra Blackwell as of 2018.
  • Circulation of 12,000.
Ithaca The Monitor 1923 1900s Monthly newspaper
  • Published by J. Elliott Douglass, Jr.
Ithaca The Wheat Street Independent 1990 ? Monthly newspaper
  • Motto: "Until the last blade of grass is free."
Mount Vernon The Westchester Observer 1947? 1971? Weekly
  • LCCN sn2002061468
  • Edited and published by Ben Anderson.
Newburgh The Hudson Valley Black Press 1983 or 1984 current Weekly
  • ISSN 1527-3709 1527-3709
  • LCCN sn910666240
  • Official site: https://hudsonvalleypress.com
Poughkeepsie Mid-Hudson Herald 1968 1900s Biweekly
Rochester Rochester Challenger 1962 1971? Weekly
Rochester The Communicade 1972 or 1973? ? Biweekly
Rochester Douglass' Monthly 1858 1863 Monthly newspaper
  • LCCN sn87070160, 2020260054
Rochester Frederick Douglass Voice 1967 1970s Biweekly
Rochester Frederick Douglass Voice 1934? ? Weekly
  • LCCN sn88074780, sn88074779
  • Published by Howard W. Coles. Edited by Alma K. Coles.
Rochester Frederick Douglass' Paper 1851 1860 Weekly
Rochester The North Star 1847 1851 Weekly
Rochester Star Weekly
  • Circulation of 2,825 in 1951.
Rochester
  • The Voice
  • Rochester Voice
  • Voice of New York State
 1933 1967 Biweekly
  • LCCN sn88074778, sn88074780
  • Circulation of 3,267 in 1951.
Schenectady The Communicator 1993 ? Monthly newspaper
  • In English and Spanish.
Syracuse The Syracuse Banner 1980 ? Irregular
Syracuse CNY Syracuse Gazette 1980 1980 Weekly
Syracuse Syracuse Challenger 1970 1900s Weekly
Syracuse The Syracuse Constitution 1989 ? Irregular
  • Attested through at least 2000.
Syracuse The Syracuse Crusader 1988 ? Monthly newspaper
Syracuse Syracuse Gazette News Weekly 1973 1976 Irregular
Syracuse Syracuse Gazette 1900s 1973 Irregular
Syracuse The Syracuse Gazette 1976 1980 Weekly
Syracuse Home Town News 1960s 1960s Weekly
  • Published by Chris Powell.
Syracuse The Impartial Citizen 1980 ? Weekly
  • ISSN 0738-9116 0738-9116
  • LCCN sn83004203, sn94086256
  • Billed as "[t]he nation's first multi-ethnic newspaper."
  • Extant through at least 1990.
  • Some articles in Spanish.
Syracuse Progressive Herald 1932 1957 Weekly
  • Official organ of the Federation of Colored Men's Clubs.
  • Circulation of 5,500 in 1951.
Utica The Utica Sentinel / The Black Sentinel (1983) 1983 1900s Monthly newspaper
  • Published by Suzanne M. Felton and Willie R. Felton.
Utica The Western Echo 1870s ?
  • Extant through at least 1878.
White Plains The Westchester County Press 1928 2010s Weekly

Long Island

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Freeport Community Journal 1993 ? Biweekly
Great Neck New York Trend 1991 Bimonthly newspaper
  • ISSN 1083-5822 1083-5822
  • LCCN sn95004098
Hempstead Hempstead Beacon (1963–)
The Beacon (1956–1963)		 1956 Weekly
  • Hempstead Beacon:
  • Beacon:
  • Edited by Sheila H. Noeth.
Hempstead Community Reporter 1990s ? Monthly newspaper
Hempstead Economic Forum 1973? ? Biweekly
  • ISSN 1041-0864 1041-0864
Hempstead Hempstead Village Times 1996 ? Unknown
Huntington Black Starliner 1988 1900s Monthly newspaper
Long Island Long Island Call 1952 ? Weekly
Roosevelt Community Journal 1993 ? Twice monthly or weekly
  • Attested through at least 1996.
West Hempstead Long Island Rapper 1973 ? Weekly
Westbury Long Island Free Press 1970 1970s Monthly newspaper
Wyandanch Point Of View 1900s Biweekly
  • Founded and edited by Delano Stewart.

New York City

5 Boroughs Labels New York City Map
NegroWorld-July31-1920
A 1920 issue of Marcus Garvey's Negro World.

Newspapers are listed by borough where available.

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Bronx Caribbean Daylight 1992 Weekly
  • Official page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/CaribbeanDaylight
Bronx The Bronx Independent 1956 ? Monthly except July and August
Bronx The Listener-News: Thought And Opinion / The Listener: Thought And Opinion (1938–1939) 1938 1900s Weekly
Brooklyn New York Echo 1974 1900s Weekly
  • Published by Echo Reporter Inc.
Brooklyn The Brooklyn Advocate 1993 Monthly newspaper
Brooklyn Afro Times / Afro-American Times (1987) 1987 Weekly
  • ISSN 1044-7199 1044-7199
  • LCCN sn8907723
Brooklyn Big Apple After Five 1975 1994? Weekly
Brooklyn Black Community 1968 ? Twice monthly newspaper
Brooklyn The City Sun 1984 1996 Weekly
  • Published by Utrice C. Leid. Edited by Andrew Cooper.
Brooklyn Daily Challenge
New York Daily Challenge		 1972 ? Daily (except Saturday, Sunday and legal holidays)
  • ISSN 0746-8865 0746-8865
  • LCCN sn8409567
  • Edited by Thomas H. Watkins.
  • Circulation of 79,540 in 1999.
  • Began placing daily news online in 2000.
  • Officially Democratic.
  • Billed as "[t]he City's only black daily."
Brooklyn Fort Greene News 1991? Twice a month
  • Edited by S. Eric Blackwell.
Brooklyn Haiti Diaspo 1987? ? Monthly
  • Published by Haitian Universitarian Association.
  • Mostly in French.
Brooklyn Haïti Progrès 1983 current Weekly
  • ISSN 1047-1405 1047-1405
  • LCCN sn8902293
  • Official site: http://haiti-progres.com
  • In Haitian Creole, English and French.
Brooklyn The Network Journal 1991? Monthly
  • Edited by Njeru Waithaka.
Brooklyn The New York Beacon
Big Red News (1976–1993)		 1976 current Weekly
  • ISSN 0745-936X 0745-936X
  • LCCN 2009263177, sn97063663
  • Official site: https://newyorkbeacon.com/
  • Edited by Michael V. O’Neal and published by Walter Smith Jr.
  • Circulation of 24,000.
Brooklyn New York Recorder 1953 1987 Weekly
  • Published by Thomas H. Watkins.
Brooklyn Our Time Press 1996 current Monthly
  • Official site: https://www.ourtimepress.com/
Brooklyn Brooklyn Trend 1987 ? Monthly
Brooklyn The Brooklyn Voice 1939 ? Weekly
Manhattan Carib News /
The New York Carib News: the Weekly Voice of the Caribbean-American Community		 1983 current Weekly
  • ISSN 0745-8428 0745-8428
  • LCCN sn900401
  • Official site: https://www.nycaribnews.com/
  • Circulation of 15,000.
Manhattan Freedom 1950 1955 Monthly
  • Published by Freedom Associates
Manhattan Freedom's Journal 1827 1829 Weekly
  • LCCN 00252901, sn83030455
Manhattan The Harlem Advocate 1996 Monthly
Manhattan The Harlem Bulletin 1937? ? Weekly
  • Edited by Columbus A. Austin.
Manhattan Harlem Chronicle 1938 ? Twice monthly
Manhattan The Harlem Daily 1965 ? Daily, Monday through Friday
  • Published by Clyde H. Reid. Edited by Greg Harris.
Manhattan Harlem Democrat 1949 ? Unknown
  • Published by The Independent Democrats.
Manhattan Harlem Evening Star 1928? ? Three times a week
  • Published by MacDonald McLean Publishing Company, Inc.
Manhattan Harlem Heights Daily Citizen 1933 1934 Daily (except Sunday)
  • LCCN sn93062821, sn94088873
Manhattan Harlem Home Journal 1928? ? Weekly
Manhattan Harlem News 1967 1971 Monthly
  • LCCN sn87073037, sn94083335
Manhattan The Harlem Overheard 1996 ? Quarterly newspaper
Manhattan Harlem Reporter 1930 ? Weekly
  • Edited by G. W. Abott.
Manhattan Harlem Resident Community News / Harlem Community News 1996 current Biweekly
  • Official site: https://harlemcommunitynews.com/
  • Edited by Denise Carroll. Published by Pat Stevenson.
Manhattan Harlem Weekly 1980? ? Weekly
Manhattan Harlem Youth Speaks 1970s ?
Manhattan Manhattan Tribune 1968 1973? Weekly
Manhattan The Negro Liberator / Harlem Liberator (1933–1934) 1933 1935 Weekly or twice monthly
  • LCCN sn91069851, sn91074710
Manhattan The New American / Black American 1972 ? Weekly
  • ISSN 0890-5983 0890-5983
  • LCCN sn86011832, sn94082698, sn92028132
  • Published by Carl Offord.
Manhattan The New York News and Harlem Home Journal 1914? ? Weekly
Manhattan Uptown: The Voice of Central Harlem 1979 ? 10 times per year or monthly
  • LCCN sn94093093, sn92060445
  • Founded and published by Helen Brodie Baldwin.
New York Mr. Muhammad Speaks 1960 1961 Monthly newspaper
New York People's Community News 1970 1900s Weekly
  • ISSN 2643-2153 2643-2153
  • LCCN 2014254017, sn94024807
The Pine And Palm 1861 1861 Weekly
  • Published simultaneously in New York and Boston.
  • Promoted emigration to Haiti.
New York Africa and World News 1977 1978? Weekly
  • Edited by D. C. Aharanwa.
  • Billed as “[t]he first African paper printed in New York.”
New York African News & Views 1959 ? Irregular
Manhattan The African Sun Times 1996 ? Twice monthly
  • Edited and published by Chika A. Onyeani.
New York The New York Age / New York Age Defender (1953–1957) 1887 1960 Weekly
  • LCCN sn83030005, sn85042496, sn85042495
New York Alternatives 1973 ? Irregular
  • LCCN sn93062884, sn94083770
New York The American Recorder 1928 ? Weekly
New York The American West Indian News 1928 ? Weekly
New York New York Amsterdam News / Amsterdam News 1909 1941 Weekly
  • ISSN 0028-7121 0028-7121
  • LCCN sn86058065, sn7805580
  • Published by Powell-Savory Corp.
New York New York Amsterdam News 1943 current Weekly
  • LCCN sn83030330, sn85042678
  • Official site: http://amsterdamnews.com/
New York New York Amsterdam Star-News 1941 1943 Weekly
  • LCCN sn85042675, sn85042676
New York The Anglo-African 1860s 1865 Weekly
  • LCCN sn87055554, sn94090624, sn94090626, 2017225067, sn84023392
New York The Business Journal 1922? ? Twice a month
New York The Business World 1921 ? Weekly
New York Calvin's Newspaper Service 1935 ? Weekly
  • Published and edited by Floyd J. Calvin.
New York Caribbean Echo 1969 1970 Weekly
  • Published by Caribbean Enterprises Inc.
New York Champion 1943 ? Monthly
  • Published by Harlem Labor Union, Inc. Edited by V. Ollivierre.
New York New York Citizen-Call 1960 1961 Weekly
New York The City Sun 1984 1996 Weekly
  • ISSN 8750-2720 8750-2720
  • LCCN sn84027045
  • Published by City Sun Pub. Co.
New York The Colored American 1837 1842 Weekly
  • LCCN sn94084009, 2017225073, sn83030314
New York Connection: All African Community Newsweekly 1987 ? Weekly
  • Published by Kwasi S. Scipio-Okpabla.
New York New York Courier 1961 1971 Weekly
New York The Crusader 1853 1854 Weekly
New York Daily Journal 2001 ? Daily (except Saturday and Sunday)
  • ISSN 1536-7762 1536-7762
  • LCCN 2001215539
New York The Daily Star 1921 ? Daily
  • Edited by Arthur V. Craig.
New York The Dunbar News 1929 ? Biweekly
  • Attested through at least 1934.
New York El Mulato 1854 ? Weekly or biweekly
  • In Spanish.
New York Ethiopian World 1934 ? Weekly
New York New York Evening Express 1955 ? Daily
  • Published by William L. Watkins Jr.
New York New York Freeman 1884 1887 Weekly
  • LCCN 2013254343, sn83027102
  • Published and edited by Timothy Thomas Fortune.
New York The New York Globe 1880 1884 Weekly
  • LCCN 2013254345, sn83027106
  • Edited by Timothy Thomas Fortune. Published by George Parker & Co.
  • Supersedes Rumor and superseded by the New York Freeman.
New York The Home Journal News 1933 1900s Weekly
  • Extant through at least 1937.
New York The Hotel Tattler 1922 1924 Weekly
  • LCCN sn94087425, sn88073079
New York In-formation: Black Revolutionary Newspaper 1965? ? Unknown
New York The Inter-State Tattler 1925 ? Weekly
  • LCCN sn88073081, sn94087427
New York Kontact 1932 1900s Irregular
  • LCCN sn92060451, sn94086226
  • Official organ of the Liberian Knights of Industry.
New York Liberator 1996 Weekly
  • Edited by William Pleasant.
New York The Liberator 1929 1932 Weekly
New York The Light: A Journal of Opinion, Information, Inspiration, Education 1927 ? Twice monthly
  • Published and edited by A. McDonald Ifill.
New York Lincoln News 1929 ? Weekly
New York Metro Exchange 1988? ? Monthly
  • Edited by Lori Thompson Reid.
New York National Negro News 1938? ? Unknown
  • Published and edited by J.J. Allen.
New York National New York Amsterdam News 1949 1900s Weekly
  • Published by Powell-Savory Corp.
New York National News 1932 1932 Weekly
  • Edited by George S. Schuyler.
New York The Negro Champion 1928 1929 Weekly
  • "Official organ of and published by the American Negro Labor Congress."
New York The Negro Times / Daily Negro Times 1920s ? Daily
  • Attested from at least 1923.
New York The Negro World 1917 1933 Biweekly
New York The New African Observer 1981 ? Quarterly newspaper
  • Published by G. Louverture Catus.
New York New York Dispatch 1920? ? Weekly
  • Edited by J.L. Jackson.
New York The Paper 1970 ? Monthly newspaper
  • LCCN sn2007059050
New York The People's Voice 1942 1948 Weekly
  • LCCN 2019254368, sn84031138
New York Pictorial News 1921 ? Weekly
  • Edited by C. Ben Curley.
New York The Progressive American 1871 1880s Weekly
  • Edited by John J. Freeman.
New York The Ram's Horn 1847 1848 Weekly
New York The Reporter 1935 1937? Weekly
  • LCCN sn89070006, sn94087278
  • Published during the employees' strike against the Amsterdam News.
New York The Rights of All 1829 1830 Monthly
  • LCCN 2014254303, sn83027094
New York Rumor 1880 1880 Weekly
  • Published by George Parker & Co.
New York New York Star & Amsterdam News 1941 1941 Weekly
  • ISSN 2641-127X 2641-127X
  • LCCN sn85042675
  • Formed by merger of New York Amsterdam News and New Jersey Star.
New York New York State Contender 1930? ? Weekly
New York The Suffragist 1880 ? Weekly
  • Published and edited by J.W.A. Shaw.
New York The Tattler 1924 1920s Weekly
  • LCCN sn94087426, sn88073080
New York The Union 1876 1890s Weekly
  • Edited and published by Charles Henry Bauer.
New York The Unique Advertiser 1904? ? Weekly
  • Edited by J. R. Pedro.
New York Weekly Advocate 1837 1837 Weekly
  • LCCN 2017225072, sn83030315
New York The Weekly Anglo-African 1859 1862 Weekly
  • LCCN 2017225064, sn83030179, 2017225066, sn94090625, sn84023391
  • Numbering restarted with vol. 1, no. 1 on July 27, 1861.
  • Published and edited by Thomas Hamilton.
New York The West Indian Times and American Review 1928 ? Weekly
  • Edited by Samuel Manning.
New York Woman's Echo 1948? ? Monthly
  • Edited by Wittie Anna Biggins.
New York World Echo / World Peace Echo 1934 1934 Weekly
New York World Health 1936 1937 Weekly
  • Published by A. Honaeel.
Queens, New York (Jamaica) Beton Arme 1994 ? Biweekly
  • 50% in French.
  • Published by Patrick Xavier.
Queens, New York (Jamaica) Brooklyn Informer 1920 ? Weekly
  • Edited by William S. McKinney Jr.
Queens, New York (Jamaica) The Jamaican Gleaner 1940 ? Biweekly
Queens, New York (Jamaica) Long Island Review 1937 ? Twice monthly
Queens, New York (Jamaica) Long Island Star 1953 ? Weekly
  • LCCN sn93062825, sn94081628
Queens, New York (Jamaica) New Voice Of New York, Inc 1999 ? Weekly
  • ISSN 1538-3024 1538-3024
  • LCCN sn2001061928
  • Official site: http://newvoiceofnewyork.dostweb.com/
Queens, New York (Jamaica) The New York Page 1984 ? Irregular
  • LCCN sn2007059038
Queens, New York (Jamaica) The New York Voice 1971 ? Weekly
  • LCCN sn94093011, sn84031332
Queens, New York (Jamaica) The Queens Voice 1959 1970 Weekly
Queens, New York (Jamaica) The Voice 1970 1971 Weekly
Queens, New York (Jamaica) The Weekly Gleaner 1976? Weekly
  • ISSN 1018-2330 1018-2330
Queens, New York (Jamaica) Weekly Star 1995? ? Weekly
  • ISSN 1018-2330 1018-2330
  • Published by Gleaner Publishing Company.
Queens (Corona) Enspire 1996 Monthly
Queens (Fresh Meadows / Jamaica (1968–1981) / Flushing) New York Voice, Inc. Harlem USA 1958 1990s Weekly or biweekly
  • ISSN 0042-8051 0042-8051
  • LCCN sn84024320, sn84031046, sn84031332
Staten Island The Black Agenda 1900s ? Monthly newspaper
  • LCCN sn2001061931
  • Attested through at least 2001.
Staten Island The Staten Island Black Press 1979 ? Unknown
Staten Island The Black Reign Community Newspaper 1996 ? Biweekly
  • LCCN sn2001061946, sn2001061945

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