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The Echo 1904-12-15
Front page of The Echo from 1904, announcing the argument before the Supreme Court in the Clyatt v. United States peonage case.

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

Among the first such newspapers in New Jersey was Trenton's The Sentinel, established in 1880. The Black press in New Jersey grew substantially in the early 20th century, from approximately 12 newspapers in 1900 to around 35 in 1940.

In addition to New Jersey-based newspapers, many communities in New Jersey have been served by newspapers published in New York or Philadelphia, such as the Philadelphia Independent.

Newspapers

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Camden The Black Observer 1968 ? Unknown
Camden The Camden News 1915 ? Weekly
East Orange Essex Forum 1972 ? Biweekly, then weekly
Hillside African World 1994 ? Monthly
Long Branch /
Red Bank		 The Echo 1904 1943 Weekly
  • Available online
  • Founded by William Elijah Rock.
  • Moved from Long Branch to Red Bank around 1910.
Montclair The Jersey Express 1932? ? Weekly
Newark New Jersey Afro-American 1941 1991 Weekly
  • "[T]he longest running and most widely read black newspaper in New Jersey."
  • Circulation of 14,609 in 1951.
Newark Black Newark (1968) /
Black News (1969) /
Black New Ark (1972–1974)		 1968 1974 Monthly newspaper
  • Black Newark:
    • LCCN sn2001062056
  • Black News:
  • Black New Ark:
    • LCCN sn2001062050
  • Edited by Yusef Iman and Daoud Abdullah.
Newark The Forum 1970s ? Biweekly
Newark Greater News 1979? Weekly
Newark The New Jersey Guardian 1934 1942 Weekly
Newark The Newark Herald 1928 1939 Weekly
Newark The Newark Herald 1938 ?
Newark New Jersey Herald News 1938 1966 Weekly
  • Circulation of 28,371 in 1951.
Newark Nite Lite 1959? ? Weekly
Newark New Jersey Record ? 1947 Weekly
Newark New Jersey Trumpet 1887 1897 Weekly
  • Founded by William Murrell.
Orange Harambee 1990? Bimonthly
  • Billed as a “newspaper for young readers that focuses on the African American experience.”
Paterson The Liberator 1950 ? Weekly
Paterson North Jersey Independent 1950 ? Weekly
  • Circulation of 26,498 in 1951.
Paterson The Northern New Jersey Informer 1950 ? Weekly
Plainfield City News 1983 Weekly
  • Published by Jan Edgenton Johnson.
Plainfield The Voice 1968 1974? Weekly
Princeton The Citizen 1909 ? Weekly
Saddle River The Landscape 1885? 1901 Monthly newspaper
Swedesboro South Jersey Journal 2011 2018 Monthly newspaper
  • Edited and published by Irving Randolph.
Somerset The Franklin Voice 1996 Monthly newspaper
  • Edited by Paula McCoy-Pinderhughes.
Teaneck The Connection /
North Jersey Connection		 1982? ? Weekly or biweekly
  • The Connection:
    • LCCN sn88071369, sn94093165
  • North Jersey Connection:
    • LCCN sn92060412, sn94093015
  • Extant through at least 1991.
  • Published by Ralph F. Johnson.
Trenton The Nubian News 1989? current Monthly
  • Official feed: https://twitter.com/thenubianews
Trenton The Sentinel /
Expositor		 1880 1882 or 1883 Weekly
  • LCCN 2014254331, sn84026314
  • "Trenton’s first – and one of the state’s earliest – Black newspapers."
  • Founded, edited and published by R. Henri Herbert.
  • Merged into Trenton Herald.

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