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The Free Man's Press 1868-08-01
Front page of The Free Man's Press from August 1, 1868.
The Dallas Express 1919-01-11
Front page of The Dallas Express from January 11, 1919, celebrating the award of military honors to soldiers of the 92nd Infantry Division.

This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in Texas. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The history of such newspapers in Texas begins shortly after the Civil War, with the publication of The Free Man's Press in 1868.

Many African American newspapers are published in Texas today, including three in Houston alone. These current newspapers are highlighted in green in the list below.

Newspapers

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Austin Capital City Argus /
Capital City Argus and Interracial Review		 1962 1980s Weekly
  • LCCN sn86088242, sn87090674, sn87091252
  • Published by Arthur Sims.
Austin / Galveston The Free Man's Press /
The Freedman's Press		 1868 1868 Weekly
  • LCCN sn83025750, sn83025751, 2011254377
  • Free online archive
  • Edited by Melving C. Keith.
  • Published from July to October 1868. Final issue published in Galveston.
Austin The Gold Dollar 1876 ? Unknown
  • LCCN sn86088312, 2004221227
  • Published by Jacob Fontaine.
Austin The Herald /
The Sunday School Herald		 1891 1892 Weekly
  • LCCN sn91072504, sn87090941
  • Published by the Education Board of the General Baptist Convention of Texas.
  • Editors included L.L. Campbell and M.M. Haynes.
  • Attested through at least 1917.
Austin The Illustrated News 1923 ? Weekly
  • Edited by W.I. Solomon.
Austin Austin Informer 1905 1900s
Austin Austin Mirror /
The Austin Mirror		 1958 1900s Weekly
  • Published by Walter McBride. Edited by Dora H. Moore.
Austin Nokoa : The Observer 1987 2019 Weekly
  • Founded and operated by Akwasi Evans.
Austin Austin Searchlight 1896? ? Weekly
  • Published and edited by William P. Mabson.
Austin Austin Sun 1992 Weekly
  • Published by Dorris Ellis.
Austin / Waco Texas Interracial Review /
The Texas Interracial Review		 1941 or 1940 1962 Monthly or twice monthly
  • Published by Mason Smith.
  • Merged with Capital City Argus to form the Capital City Argus and Interracial Review.
Austin The Tribune /
Tribune		 1970 ? Weekly
  • Attested through at least 1979.
Austin The Villager 1973 current Weekly
  • LCCN sn89080102, sn86088329
  • Official site: http://www.theaustinvillager.com/
  • Edited and published by Tommy L. Wyatt.
Austin The Weekly Bulletin ? 1900s Weekly
  • Attested from at least 1906.
  • Published by Bulletin Pub. Co.
Beaumont Beaumont Informer 1934 ? Weekly
Beaumont The Industrial Era 1904? ? Weekly
Bryan Silhouette 1900s ? Bimonthly newspaper
Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Weekly 1960? ? Weekly
  • Edited by Reynell Parkins.
Corsicana Oil City Afro-American 1898 1901 Weekly
  • LCCN sn83026367, 2014254013
Dallas The African Herald 1992 ? Monthly newspaper
  • ISSN 1069-8205 1069-8205
  • LCCN sn93007490
Dallas Dallas Community Leader 1987 ? Biweekly
  • Published by Valerie Ballard.
  • Attested through at least 1990.
Dallas Elite News 1968? Biweekly
  • Published by William Blair Jr.
Dallas The Dallas Express 1893 1970 Weekly
  • LCCN 2011254359, sn83025779
  • ISSN 2331-334X 2331-334X
  • Free online archive
Dallas Dallas Gazette 1913? ? Weekly
  • Published by J.H. Owens and Company.
  • Attested through at least 1938.
Dallas In Sepia 1959? ? Weekly
  • Published by Davis and Associates.
Dallas Dallas Independent Press 1969 ? Weekly
  • Published by R.R. Fagan. Edited by Don L. Fagan.
Dallas The Item 1891 1900 Weekly
  • Published by J.G. Griffin and Ellis Willis.
Dallas The Key News 1962 ? Weekly
  • Published and edited by Al Smith.
Dallas The Link 1985 ? Weekly or monthly
Dallas The Metroplex News 1977 ? Weekly
  • Published by R.G. Stinson and Son.
Dallas North Dallas Community News 1987? ? Weekly
  • Published by Rick Grant.
Dallas Dallas Post Tribune /
The Dallas Post Tribune /
The Dallas Star Post /
The Post Tribune		 1950 current Weekly
  • LCCN sn83005940, sn8305940, sn84024125, sn84024131
  • ISSN 0746-7303 0746-7303
  • Official site: https://dallasposttrib.com/
Dallas The Pythias and Calanthean Review 1979? ? Quarterly newspaper
Dallas St. Paul United Methodist 1971? ? Weekly
  • Edited by Spurgeon M. Dunnan III.
Dallas Texas Community Leader 1991? Weekly
  • Published by Valerie Ballard.
Dallas The Times Review 1968? ? Unknown
Dallas The Dallas Weekly 1954 current Weekly
  • LCCN sn85006271
  • ISSN 0885-1271 0885-1271
  • Official site: https://www.dallasweekly.com/
  • Published by James A. Washington.
Denison The Gate City Bulletin 1913? ? Weekly
  • Published by Owens Publishing Co.
Fort Worth The Texas Times 1977 1993 Daily
  • Published by Woodie Webber.
Fort Worth Bronze Texan News 1900s 1900s
  • LCCN 2011254259, sn88083026
  • Attested from at least 1968–1969.
Fort Worth Fort Worth Como Monitor 1941? ? Monthly newspaper
  • Published by Raymond Hart.
Fort Worth Dallas District Crusader 1900s 1900s Weekly
Fort Worth Ebony Mart 1970s ? Weekly
Fort Worth Fort Worth Mind 1900s 1900s Weekly
  • LCCN 2011254372, sn87090896
  • Attested from at least 1943–1944.
Fort Worth The Torchlight Appeal 1886 1800s Weekly
Fort Worth USA Monitor 1990 or 1992 ? Monthly newspaper
  • ISSN 2640-4893 2640-4893
  • LCCN 2017235067, 2013254355
  • Published by Earl L. Burrell.
Galveston The Galveston Banner 1925? 1937? Weekly
Galveston City Times 1898? 1927? Weekly
  • Edited by William H. Noble, Jr.
Galveston The Colored American /
The Colored American: A Defender of the Race		 1920 ? Weekly
Galveston Galveston Examiner 1938 1940 Weekly
  • LCCN sn86088470, sn87090350
Galveston Freeman’s Journal /
The Freeman’s Press		 1887 1891 Weekly
Galveston Galveston Guide 1937 ? Weekly
Galveston The Informer (Galveston Edition) 1918 1937? Biweekly
Galveston Galveston Informer 1939 ? Unknown
Galveston The Galveston New Idea 1896 1920 Weekly
Galveston Taborian Banner 1905 ? Monthly
  • Published by W. Hartley Jackson.
Galveston The Galveston Voice 1931 1962? Weekly
  • Published by C. W. Rice.
Gonzales The Conservative Counselor 1909 1900s Weekly
  • "Official organ of the Mt. Zion Sunday School Convention."
Houston African-American News and Issues 1996 current Weekly
  • Weekly circulation of 113,000.
Houston The Houston Call 1970 ? Weekly
Houston The Call 1919? ? Weekly
  • Published by C.A. Franklin.
Houston Houston Defender 1930 current Weekly
  • Official site: https://defendernetwork.com/
Houston The Texas Examiner 1942 1900s Weekly
  • Attested through at least 1946.
Houston Forward Times /
Houston Forward Times		 1960 current Weekly
  • LCCN sn84024126, sn86090555
  • Published by Julius Carter.
  • Official site: http://forwardtimes.com/
Houston Freedmen's Journal 1983 ? Monthly newspaper
Houston The Independent 1898 1905 Weekly
  • LCCN sn83025786, 2012254024
  • Published by Crawford and Osborne.
Houston Informer and Texas Freeman /
The Houston Informer /
The Informer		 1919 ? Weekly
  • LCCN sn84024122, sn84024124, sn84042123, sn91027149
  • Published and edited by George McElroy.
Houston Metropolitan 1961 1900s
Houston The Negro Labor News 1930 ? Weekly
  • Official organ of the Texas Negro Business and Laboring Men's Association.
Houston Houston Newspages 1986 ? Weekly
  • Published by Francis Page Sr. Edited by Diana Fallis.
Houston The Odd Fellow Budget 1920? ? Monthly newspaper
Houston Old Ironsides' Monthly 1947 ? Monthly newspaper
Houston Texas State University Herald 1947 ? Monthly newspaper
Houston The Houston Sun 1982 current Weekly
  • LCCN sn93002908
  • ISSN 1071-2941 1071-2941
  • Official site: http://www.houstonsun.com
Houston USAfrica Weekend 1997 ? Monthly newspaper
  • Published by Chido Nwangwu.
  • Billed as “The social diary of the African, Caribbean, African American & American communities.”
Houston The Voice Of Hope /
Voice of Hope		 1968? 1975? Weekly
Houston The Western Star 1881 or 1893 1932 Weekly
  • LCCN sn88083137, sn88084224, 2013254366, sn83025785
Longview The New Southern Times 1996 ? Biweekly
  • Published and edited by Mitch Mitchell.
Lubbock Lubbock Digest 1977 1982 Biweekly
Lubbock The Manhattan Heights And West Texas Times / The Manhattan Heights Times 1961 1960s Weekly
  • LCCN sn86089778, sn86089648
  • Became The Manhattan Heights and West Texas Times in 1965.
Lubbock West Texas Times 1962? ? Weekly
Lubbock Southwest Digest 1982 current Weekly
Prairie View Prairie View City News 1969? ? Biweekly
  • Published and edited by F.G. Fry.
Prairie View The Tribune Review 1996? ? Biweekly
Prairie View Waller County Tribune 1989 ? Biweekly
  • Published and edited by Dewayne Charlston.
Richardson African News Watch 1996 Monthly
  • Edited by Donald Ugwu.
San Antonio Hephzibah-Herald 1920? ? Weekly
San Antonio San Antonio Informer 1988 or 1944 ? Weekly
  • Published and edited by Tommy L. Moore.
San Antonio San Antonio Inquirer 1906 ? Weekly
  • Published by G.W. Bouldin.
San Antonio The People’s Eye Opener 1926? ? Weekly
San Antonio Snap 1990? ? Unknown
  • Published by Eugene E. Coleman. Edited by Margie Randle Bailey.
Taylor Shining Star 1959 ? Weekly
  • Published by Cabins Publishing Company. Edited by Mrs Joe Callins.
Temple The Apostolic Bulletin 1918 ?
Texarkana Texarcana Courier 1977? ? Weekly
  • Published by Elridge Robertson. Edited by Ivy Jeanne Steele.
Tyler The Tyler Leader 1900s ? Weekly
Waco Cen-Tex Reflections 1984 ? Weekly
Waco Waco Good News 1880 ? Weekly
Waco The Helping Hand ? ? Monthly newspaper
Waco The Waco Messenger 1932 ? Weekly
Waco Paul Quinn Weekly 1900 1916 Weekly
  • LCCN sn83025787, 2014254016
  • Published by Paul Quinn College.
Washington Prince Hall Masonic Digest 1973? ? Quarterly

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