List of African American newspapers in Missouri

A front page of the Kansas City Sun from 1914.

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

The first known African American newspaper in Missouri was the Welcome Friend of St. Louis, which was in circulation by 1870.[1] Yet the first surviving issue of any such newspaper dates from 20 years later in 1890, when the sole surviving issue of The American Negro of Springfield was published.[2]

At least 64 African American newspapers have been published in Missouri over the years, although the actual number is likely to be much higher.[2] Of that 64, 55 were established between 1875 and 1920.[2] Most of the publishing activity has been concentrated in the St. Louis and Kansas City metropolitan areas, but many smaller cities and towns have had such newspapers as well.[2]

Notable current African American newspapers in Missouri include the St. Louis Sentinel, St. Louis American, and Kansas City Globe.

Newspapers

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Caruthersville The Anchor 1911[4] or 1912[3] 1900s[3] Weekly[3]
  • LCCN sn89066390
  • OCLC 19856062
  • Extant through at least 1921.[3]
  • Published by J.W.D. Mayes.[3]
Charleston The Charleston Spokesman 1934[5] ?[5] Weekly[5]
  • LCCN sn89066839
  • OCLC 20109821
Columbia / Jefferson City The Professional World 1901[6] 1920s[6] or 1903?[7] Weekly[6]
  • ISSN 2326-8549, 2326-8530
  • LCCN 2013218578, sn89066321
  • OCLC 828205812, 19566406
  • Available online
  • Edited by Rufus L. Logan.[7]
Hannibal Home Protective Record 1909[8] ?[8] Weekly[8]
  • LCCN sn89067609
  • OCLC 20842247
  • Published by Home Protective Association.[9]
  • Extant through at least 1914.[9]
Hannibal Hannibal Register / Missouri State Register[11] 1919[10] 1941[10] Weekly
  • LCCN sn95063130
  • OCLC 33059789
  • Published by George H. Wright.[10]
Joplin The Joplin Advance 1895[12] 1800s[12] Weekly[12]
  • LCCN sn86063334
  • OCLC 13380812
  • Published by W.L. Yancey.[12]
Joplin Joplin-Springfield Uplift (1920s–1933)[14] / Joplin Uplift 1926?[13] ?[13] Weekly[13]
  • Joplin-Springfield Uplift
  • OCLC 20280676
  • Joplin Uplift
    • LCCN sn89067253
    • OCLC 20280670
  • Published by Augustus Garvin Tutt.[14]
Kansas City Kansas City American 1928[15] 1936[15] Weekly[15]
  • LCCN sn90061553
  • OCLC 21244439
  • A Kansas edition was published as the Kansas American in Topeka.[16]
Kansas City The Call / Kansas City Call 1919[17] current Weekly[17]
  • The Call (1919–1922):
    • LCCN sn90061476
    • OCLC 22351173
  • Kansas City Call (1922–1933):
    • LCCN sn86063343
    • OCLC 2258887
  • The Call (1933-):
    • LCCN 2001225008, sn87065699, sn90061475
    • OCLC 45795128, 16736831, 22351213
  • Official site
Kansas City Greater Kansas City Community Challenger 1970s[18] ?[18] Weekly[18]
  • LCCN sn94055159
  • OCLC 30054652
  • Extant through at least 1976.[18]
Kansas City The Kansas City Globe 1972[19] current Weekly[19]
  • LCCN sn85067493
  • OCLC 13049347
  • Official site
Kansas City The Inter-State Herald 1903[20] ?[20] Weekly[20]
  • LCCN sn89067286
  • OCLC 20398666
  • Published by H.R. Pinckney.[20]
Kansas City The Liberator 1901[22] 1910[21] Weekly[22]
  • LCCN sn89066765
  • OCLC 20257849
  • Published by H.R. Pinckney.[22]
Kansas City Missouri State Post 1986[23] ? Weekly[23]
  • LCCN sn89067327
  • OCLC 20521647
Kansas City Kansas City Observer 1896[25] 1901[25] Weekly[25]
  • LCCN sn83025495
  • OCLC 9529378, 2773822
  • Edited and published by L.C. Williams.[25]
Kansas City The Rising Son 1896[26] 1918[26] Weekly[26]
  • ISSN 2165-929X
  • LCCN 2014254302, sn83025494
  • OCLC 9529310, 2809495, 778033244
Kansas City The Kansas City Searchlight 1908[27] ?[27] Weekly[27]
  • Official newspaper of the Missouri United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters of the Mysterious Ten.[27]
Kansas City The Kansas City Sun 1908[28] 1924[28] Weekly[28]
  • ISSN 2166-8329
  • LCCN sn90061556
  • OCLC 21244408
Kansas City The Kansas City Sun 1908[29] 1924?[29] Weekly[29]
  • LCCN sn90061556
  • OCLC 21244408
Macon Missouri Messenger 1894[30] 1900[30] Weekly[30]
  • LCCN sn83025493
  • OCLC 9529249, 2753702
  • Published by the Missouri Baptist State Convention.[30]
Sedalia The Sedalia Sun 1882[31] 1880s[31] Weekly[31]
  • LCCN sn93059993
  • OCLC 28201997
  • Published by A.H. Lee[31]
Sedalia The Sedalia Times 1893[32] or 1894[33] 1905[32] Weekly[32]
  • LCCN 2014254314, sn84020293
  • OCLC 2789539, 879304734, 10561127
  • Earliest Missouri African American newspaper of which an extended run of issues survives.[34]
Sedalia Sedalia Weekly Conservator 1903[35] 1909[35] Weekly[35]
  • ISSN 2166-8264
  • LCCN sn89067598
  • OCLC 20842253
  • Available online
  • Published at George R. Smith College "by William H. Huston and C. M. English until 1905 at which time Huston became the sole proprietor and publisher."[35]
Sikeston The Southeast Missouri World 1939[36] ?[36] Weekly[36]
  • LCCN sn89066838
  • OCLC 20109816
Sikeston Southern Sun 1954[38] 1954[37] Twice monthly[38]
  • LCCN sn90073067
  • OCLC 22287013
  • Edited by C. Coolidge Brown.[38]
Springfield The American Negro 1890[39] 1890[39] Weekly[39]
  • LCCN 2017225062, sn83025434
  • OCLC 995174447, 9467380, 2642092
  • Earliest Missouri African American newspaper of which any issues survive.[34]
St. Louis St. Louis Advance 1881[40] or 1887?[41] 1908[40] Weekly[40]
  • LCCN sn89067358
  • OCLC 20614966
  • Published by P.H. Murray[40]
St. Louis The African-American News World 1991?[42] ?[42] Quarterly[42]
  • OCLC 32329855
St. Louis The American Eagle 1894[43] 1907[43] Weekly[43]
  • LCCN sn83025433, sn84020143
  • OCLC 3853820, 10408010
St. Louis The St. Louis American 1927[45] current Weekly[45]
  • LCCN sn89067344
  • OCLC 16015274
  • Official site
St. Louis The St. Louis Argus 1912[46] ?[46] Weekly[46]
  • LCCN sn94081607, sn84025916
  • OCLC 32229724, 3860143, 8483538, 2934741
  • Available online (1915–1926)
St. Louis St. Louis Call 1936?[47] ?[47] Weekly[47]
St. Louis St. Louis Clarion 1900s[48] 1900s[48] Weekly[48]
  • LCCN 2014254325
  • OCLC 664611404
  • ISSN 2578-7063
  • LCCN 2017234793
  • OCLC 46998429
  • Extant from 1920–1921.[49]
St. Louis Cooperative Citizen 1937?[50] ?[50] Weekly[50]
  • Edited by George L. Vaughn.[50]
St. Louis The Crusader 1963?[51] ?[51] Weekly[51]
  • LCCN sn99063220
  • OCLC 41609493
  • Extant from 1975–1977.[51]
St. Louis The Evening Whirl 1938[52] current Weekly[52]
  • LCCN sn89080096, sn86090538
  • OCLC 23714457, 15045378
  • Official Twitter feed
St. Louis Limelight Magazine 1986[53] current Monthly newspaper[53]
  • OCLC 29391391
  • Official site
St. Louis Negro World 1875[1] ?[1]
  • Frequently credited as the first African American newspaper in Missouri.[54]
  • Published by J.W. Wilson.[55]
  • In existence through at least 1887.[55]
St. Louis New National Baptist Voice 1915[56] current Has varied from twice monthly to semiannual.[56] Currently quarterly.
  • OCLC 1590292, 9661120, 32816821, 32816939, 35661885
St. Louis The St. Louis Palladium / The Palladium (–1903)[58] 1884[57] 1911[57] Weekly[57]
  • LCCN 2014254044, sn84020234, sn84020235
  • OCLC 879304840, 2775874, 10494741, 10494666
St. Louis People's Guide 1966?[59] ?[59] Weekly[59]
  • OCLC 32083677
St. Louis St. Louis Sentinel / St. Louis Metro Sentinel 1968[60] Weekly[60]
  • ISSN 1546-4539
  • LCCN sn84025915, sn84025914
  • OCLC 10679783, 10679788
  • Founder and original editor and publisher: Howard B. Woods.[61]
St. Louis Welcome Friend 1870?[1] ?[1]
St. Louis Western Messenger ? 1917[34] Weekly[63]
  • LCCN sn92059015
  • OCLC 27061650
  • Official organ of the Missouri Negro Baptist Convention.[34]
St. Louis St. Louis Whirl-Examiner 1938[64] current[64] Weekly[64]
  • LCCN sn89080096
  • OCLC 23714457
  • Published by Kevin G. Thomas[64]

See also

Works cited

  • Ayer Directory, Newspapers, Magazines, Trade Publications. 1922.
  • Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E., eds. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674007888.
  • Pride, Armistead Scott; Wilson, Clint C. (1997). A History of the Black Press. Howard University Press. ISBN 9780882581927.
  • Slavens, George Everett (1983). "Missouri". In Suggs, Henry Lewis (ed.). The Black Press in the South, 1865–1979. ISBN 9780313222443.
  • Smith, Jessie Carney (2012). Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 9781578593699.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Smith 2012, p. 409.
  2. ^ a b c d Slavens 1983, p. 211.
  3. ^ a b c d e "About The anchor. (Caruthersville, Mo.) 1912–19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  4. ^ Ayer 1922, p. 529.
  5. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 144, ¶ 1500.
  6. ^ a b c "About The professional world. [online resource] (Columbia, Missouri) 1901-192?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  7. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 474, ¶ 4938.
  8. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 278, ¶ 2923.
  9. ^ a b "About Home protective record. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1909–19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  10. ^ a b c "Hannibal's African American Notables". Jim's Journey. Huck Finn Freedom Center. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  11. ^ Ayer 1922, p. 535.
  12. ^ a b c d "About The Joplin advance. [volume] (Joplin, Mo.) 1895-18??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  13. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 314, ¶ 3303.
  14. ^ a b "About The Joplin-Springfield uplift. (Joplin, Mo.) 19??-1933". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  15. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 324, ¶ 3387.
  16. ^ "About The Kansas City American. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1928–1936". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  17. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 129, ¶ 1344.
  18. ^ a b c d "About Greater Kansas City community challenger. [volume] ([Kansas City, Mo.]) 197?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  19. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 324, ¶ 3388.
  20. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 304, ¶ 3208.
  21. ^ "About The liberator. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1901–1910". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  22. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 336, ¶ 3525.
  23. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 371, ¶ 3873.
  24. ^ "About Missouri state post. (Kansas City, Kan.) 1986-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  25. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 324, ¶ 3389.
  26. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 495, ¶ 5160.
  27. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 324, ¶ 3390.
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  29. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 324, ¶ 3391.
  30. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 371, ¶ 3872.
  31. ^ a b c d "About The Sedalia sun. (Sedalia, Mo.) 1882-188?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  32. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 508, ¶ 5302.
  33. ^ "About The Sedalia times. [online resource] (Sedalia, Mo.) 1894-1905". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  34. ^ a b c d Slavens 1983, p. 212.
  35. ^ a b c d "About Sedalia weekly conservator. (Sedalia, Mo.) 1903–1909". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  36. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 525, ¶ 5484.
  37. ^ "About Southern sun. (Sikeston, Mo.) 1954–1954". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  38. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 529, ¶ 5524.
  39. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 41, ¶ 418.
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  42. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 19, ¶ 190.
  43. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 40, ¶ 409.
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  45. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 538, ¶ 5611.
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  47. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 539, ¶ 5613.
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  50. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 174, ¶ 1814.
  51. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 181, ¶ 1888.
  52. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 216, ¶ 2254.
  53. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 340, ¶ 3569.
  54. ^ Perry, Earnest; Edmondson, Aimee (2008). "The African American Press". In Winfield, Betty Houchin (ed.). Journalism 1908: Birth of a Profession. p. 310. ISBN 9780826218131.
  55. ^ a b Rowell's American Newspaper Directory. 1887. p. 1122.
  56. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 410, ¶ 4270.
  57. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 539, ¶ 5616.
  58. ^ "About St. Louis palladium. [online resource] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1903-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  59. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 459, ¶ 4786.
  60. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 539, ¶ 5614.
  61. ^ "About St. Louis metro sentinel. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1971-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  62. ^ Proceedings of the Colored People's Educational Convention, Held in Jefferson City, Missouri, Jan., 1870. 1870. p. 22. On motion, it was voted that this Convention recommend the newspaper entitled the Welcome Friend, published in St. Louis by Mr. C. H. Tandy, to the friendly consideration of a discerning public.
  63. ^ "About The Western messenger. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 19??-192?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  64. ^ a b c d "About St. Louis whirl-examiner. (St. Louis, Mo.) 1938-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
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