• Created for Frank Fee's class The Black Press and US History, JOMC & AFAM 342.1, spring 2011.
• Class PowerPoint (pdf) … tips

Primary Sources

Online

• African American Newspapers: the 19th Century 
  Complete run of Freedom's Journal, 1827-1829 and many more 19th century African American newspapers. Includes text and images of papers.  search tip 


• Black Studies Center: Newspaper Browse … Newspaper Search
  Full-text of three African American newspapers: the Chicago Defender (1910-1975); the Daily Defender (1956-1975); and the New York Amsterdam News (1922-1994). Also includes The Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002) and Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988). Includes text and images of papers.


• Ethnic NewsWatch
  Includes several late 20th century African American newspapers, such as the Tri-State Defender (1959-1989), the New Pittsburgh Courier (1959-present), and the Washington Informer (1979-present).  Text only; no images.


• African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 via Readex.
  Browse the title list or use the search box. UNC has purchased full access to this title! 

Microfilm

• List of African American newspapers in North Carolina. Many available on microfilm at Wilson Library's North Carolina Collection.


• Over 80 African American newspapers available on microfilm at Davis Library.

Secondary Sources

Online

• Black Studies Center
  Secondary sources such as Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, the International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP), and the Black Literature Index.


• America, History and Life
  Scholarly articles in all aspects of American history. Try this general search: blacks OR African Americans AND newspaper*


• Oxford African American Studies Center
  Full-text of the African American National Biography. Also includes images (from various Oxford encyclopedias) and legal documents.

Books

Browse books at UNC with these subjects: 

• African American Newspapers
• African American press
• African American journalists
• Specific African American newspapers, like the Chicago Defender.

For even more books and microfilm, try WorldCat - and ask for tips!

Additional Resources

Shauna Collier, Stone Center Librarian
Stone Center Library for Black Culture & History
colliers@email.unc.edu
843-5808