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This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in Michigan. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first known such newspaper in Michigan was The Venture of 1879, followed in 1883 by the Detroit Plaindealer.

Newspapers[edit]

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks


Adrian Afro-American Journal and Directory 1895[1] 1895[1]
  • May have only published one issue.[1]
Ann Arbor Michigan Age 1918[3] 1920s[2]
  • Edited by G.W. Wright.[3]
Ann Arbor People's Advocate 1972[4] 1900s[4] Irregular[4] or triweekly[4]
  • LCCN sn97070600
  • OCLC 38506420
  • Published and edited by Jeanne Fox.[4]
Ann Arbor The Washington Enquirer 1995[5] ?[5] Weekly[5]
Benton Harbor The Citizen 1970s[7] ?[6] Weekly[6]
  • Attested for at least 1984–1986.[6]
Detroit American Catholic Tribune 1885[8] 1890s[8] Irregular[8]
  • Published at Detroit from December 16, 1893 to September 8, 1894, and at other times in Cincinnati, Ohio.[8]
Detroit The Detroit Advocate 1900?[9] or 1901[3] 1901?[9] Weekly[9]
  • Published by D. Augustus Straker.[9]
Detroit Black Alleged News 1900s[10] 1900s[10]
  • Attested from at least 1981.[10]
Detroit Blade Express 1938[11] 1938[11]
Detroit Changeover 1970[12] 1970s[12] Monthly newspaper[12]
Detroit The Detroit Contender 1920[13] 1921?[13] or 1922[2] Weekly[13]
  • Edited by Robert L. Poston.[2]
Detroit Correspondence 1956[14] 1963?[14] Monthly newspaper[14]
Detroit Detroit Courier 1966[15] 1967[15]
Detroit Detroit's News & Views
Community Views (1960s)[17]		 1960s[17] 1900s[16] Weekly[16]
  • Attested for at least 1964–1970.[16]
Detroit Detroit Epic News 1960s[18] 1900s[18] Irregular[18]
  • Attested through at least 1972.[18]
Detroit Garvey's Voice 1950s[19] 1900s[19] Monthly newspaper[19]
  • Attested in at least 1953.[19]
Detroit The Ghetto Speaks 1971?[20] ?[20] Biweekly[20]
  • Edited by Harvey Grant.[20]
  • Sought to "provid[e] a forum for the community to expose the racism it experiences from day to day."[20]
Detroit Guardian 1938[11] 1938[11] Weekly [note that some sources say it was publishing by 1934 [21] or 1935] [22]
  • Edited by Charles Roxborough.[11]
Detroit The Detroit Herald 1916[23] 1916?[23] Weekly[23]
  • Edited and published by George E. Smedley.[2][23]
Detroit Illustrated News 1961[15] 1964[15]
Detroit The Detroit Independent 1922[2] or 1923[24] 1931?[24] or 1938[2] Weekly[24]
  • Edited by William J. Robinson.[24]
Detroit The Detroit Informer 1897[25] 1916[25] Weekly[25]
Detroit Inner-city Voice
Sauti, the Inner-City Voice (October–November 1969)		 1967[26] 1971[26] Monthly newspaper[26]
  • Billed as the "Organ of the League of Revolutionary Black Worker[s]."[26]
Detroit The Interracial Review 1900s[27] 1900s[27] Monthly newspaper[27]
  • Attested from at least 1944.[27]
  • Edited and published by Mason Smith.[27]
Detroit Detroit Journal 1967[28] 1900s[28] Weekly[28]
Detroit Judgment 1900s[29] 1900s[29] Weekly[29]
  • Attested from at least 1970.[29]
Detroit The Detroit Leader 1910[3] 1923[3] Weekly[30]
  • Attested from at least 1910.[30]
Detroit Michigan Chronicle 1936[31] current Weekly[31]
Detroit The Michigan FrontPage 2000[34] current Weekly[34]
Detroit Michigan Scene 1966[15] 1966[15]
Detroit Michigan World 1930s[11] 1930s[11]
  • Edited by Petry Fisher.[11]
Detroit National Independent 1891[1] 1903[1] Weekly[1]
Detroit New Era 1920s[2] 1920s[2]
Detroit New World 1938[11] 1938[11]
Detroit Northwest News 1922[2] 1938[2]
Detroit The Oakland Lion 1969[35] 1969?[35] Biweekly[35]
Detroit The Owl 1926[36] ?[36] Weekly[36]
  • Attested through at least 1929.[36]
  • Edited by John W. Roxborough and H.C. Patton.[2]
Detroit Paradise Valley News 1937[11] 1937[11] Weekly[37]
  • Edited by Roy L. Lightfoot.[11]
Detroit The Detroit Peoples News 1925?[38] 1930?[38] Weekly[38]
  • Active in 1927.[2]
  • Edited by Beulah Young.[2]
Detroit The Plaindealer
Detroit Plaindealer		 1883[41] 1895[39] or 1893[40] Weekly[41]
  • Published simultaneously at Detroit and Cincinnati from April 8, 1892 to 1893.[39]
  • Sometimes considered the first African American newspaper in Detroit.[42]
Detroit Point Of Production 1972[43] ?[43] Monthly newspaper[43]
Detroit Detroit Republic 1890s[44] ?[44]
  • Billed as "[t]he official colored Republican organ of the state."[44]
  • Extant at least in 1896.[44]
Detroit The Detroit Sun 1944?[45] 1944?[45] Weekly[45]
Detroit Detroit Telegram 1920s[2] 1920s[2]
  • Edited by E. Adams.[2]
Detroit Detroit Tribune
The Tribune Independent Of Michigan (1933–1935)[47]		 1922[2] or 1933[48] 1966[46] Weekly[46]
Detroit The Vanguard 1962[15] ?[49] Monthly newspaper[49]
  • Attested from at least 1970.[49]
Detroit The Venture 1879[50] 1882[40] Monthly newspaper[50]
Detroit Detroit World 1931[11] 1932[11]
  • "[A]n organ of the Scott Newspaper Syndicate."[11]
East Lansing The Chronicle 1988[51] current Weekly[51]
Ecorse The Telegram 1943?[52] or 1944 current Weekly[52]
Flint The Bronze Reporter 1953[53] 1900s[53] Weekly[53]
  • Published by John W. Caldwell, ed.[53]
Flint Flint Brownies News

Flint Brownsville Weekly News (1930s–1939)[55]

Flint Brownsville News (1939–1942)[56]		 1939[56] 1900s[54] Weekly[54]
Flint The Courier 1982?[57] ?[57] Weekly[57]
  • Edited by Avery Aldridge.[57]
Flint Enterprise 1920[2] 1923[2]
Flint The Flint Mirror
The Mirror (1964)		 1964[58] 1900s[58] Twice-monthly[58] or monthly[59]
  • Edited and published by Edward Jones.[58]
Flint The North Star 1955[60] 1900s[60] Weekly[60]
Flint The Flint Spokesman 1946[61] 1900s[61] Weekly[61]
  • Published and edited by Frank L. Gillespie.[61]
  • Attested through at least 1979.[7]
Fowler The Lansing Post 1963[62] ?[62] Monthly newspaper[62]
Grand Rapids Afro-American Gazette 1991[63] 1996?[63] Weekly[63]
  • Published by Patricia Grier.[63]
Grand Rapids Michigan State News 1911[3] 1926[3]
  • Edited by G.W. Smith.[3]
Grand Rapids The Organizer 1969[64] 1980s[64] [64]
Grand Rapids Times
The Grand Rapids Times (1960–)[65]		 1957[66] current Weekly[67]
Highland Park Michigan Citizen 1978[68] 2014[68] Weekly[68]
Idlewild The Challenger 1900s[69] ?[69] Twice-monthly[69]
  • Attested from at least 1951.[69]
Inkster Voice[70]
Inkster Voice[71]		 1948[71] Weekly[70]
  • Edited by Frank M. Seymour.[71]
  • Circulation of 18,800 in 1948.[71] Fell to 1,600 in 1950s.[66]
Jackson The Blazer News 1962[15] or 1963[72] current Weekly[72]
Kalamazoo The Community Courier 1972[73] or 1973[7] 1900s[73] Weekly[73]
Kalamazoo Focus News 1965[74] ? Monthly newspaper[74]
Kalamazoo Star Reporter 1964[75] 1960s[75] Weekly[75]
  • Published by Mall City Pub. Co.[75]
Kalamazoo The Kalamazoo Weekly Star[77]

Weekly Star (1965)[78]

Kalamazoo Weekly Star (1965–)[76]
1963[77] 1900s[76] Weekly[78]
  • Published and edited by Reuben Cummings.[78]
Lansing Eye Opener 1930[11] 1931[11]
Lansing The Inner City Times 1968[79] 1900s[79] Weekly[79]
Lansing The Metroplex Michigan 1980s 1990s[80] Irregular[80]
  • Followed by Metroplex news.[80]
  • Description based on: Vol. 3, no. 6 (Nov. 8, 1987).[80]
  • .[80]
Lansing The Metroplex Michigan
Metroplex News		 1987?[81] ? Biweekly[81] or irregular[80][82]
  • Published by Conrad B. Parrish.[81]
  • Attested through at least 1994.[82]
Lansing The Michigan Bulletin 1995[83] current Monthly[83] or biweekly[84]
Lansing Michigan State Echo 1938[85] Weekly[71]
  • First of the Echo newspapers established by Leroy G. White.[85]
Lansing The New Citizens Press 2002[86] current Biweekly[86]
Lansing Response 1980s[87] ?[87] Monthly newspaper[87]
  • Attested through at least 1981.[87]
Lansing The Lansing Times 1975[88] ?[88] Weekly[88]
Lansing Westside News 1969[89] ?[89] Weekly[89]
Lathrup Village Michigan Sentinel 1991[90] ? Monthly newspaper[90]
  • Published by Elaine Campbell.[90]
Pontiac The Pontiac Commentator 1947[71] ? Weekly[91]
Pontiac Pontiac-Auburn Citizen’s Post 1987?[92] ? Weekly[92]
  • Published by Dave Morris.[92]
  • Attested through at least 1995.[92]
Royal Oak The Peaceful Valley Journal 1900s[93] 1900s[93] Weekly[93]
  • Attested at least from 1952.[93]
Saginaw The Saginaw Afro Herald 1967?[94] ?[94] Weekly[94]
  • Published by United Power.[94]
  • Motto: "To inform, involve and unite."[95]
Saginaw Saginaw Banner 1995?[96] ?[96] Weekly[96]
  • Published by D. Lyons.[96]

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Works cited[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Thompson 1996, p. 139.
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  4. ^ a b c d e "About People's advocate. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1972-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  5. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 602, ¶ 6291.
  6. ^ a b c "About The citizen. (Benton Harbor, Mich.) 19??-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  7. ^ a b c d Thompson 1996, p. 157.
  8. ^ a b c d "About American Catholic tribune. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1885-189?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  9. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 193, ¶ 2005.
  10. ^ a b c "About Black alleged news. ([Detroit, Mich.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Thompson 1996, p. 141.
  12. ^ a b c "About Changeover. (Detroit, Mich.) 1970-197?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  13. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 193, ¶ 2007.
  14. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 177, ¶ 1841.
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  16. ^ a b c "About Detroit's news & views. (Detroit, Mich.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  17. ^ a b "About Community views. (Detroit, Mich.) 196?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  18. ^ a b c d "About Detroit epic news. ([Detroit, Mich.]) 196?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  19. ^ a b c d "About Garvey's voice. (Detroit, Mich.) 195?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  20. ^ a b c d e Danky & Hady 1998, p. 249, ¶ 2611.
  21. ^ Rollo S. Vest, “The Lowdown,” Detroit Tribune Independent, August 25, 1934, p. 6.
  22. ^ Rollo S. Vest, "The Lowdown," Pittsburgh Courier, December 28, 1935, p. 17.
  23. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 193, ¶ 2011.
  24. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 193, ¶ 2012.
  25. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 193, ¶ 2013.
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  27. ^ a b c d e "About The interracial review. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
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  29. ^ a b c d "About Judgment. (Detroit, Mich.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  30. ^ a b "About The Detroit leader. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 190?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  31. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 363, ¶ 3795.
  32. ^ Thompson 1996, p. 143.
  33. ^ a b "The Michigan Chronicle". New Michigan Media. Retrieved 2020-01-25. the Chronicle, Defender, Courier and Tri-State Defender in Tennessee would all come to be owned by the Sengstacke Newspapers. A period of uncertainty followed Sengstacke's death in 1997, but by 2003 the four papers (as well as the Michigan FrontPage) were purchased by Real Times, Inc.
  34. ^ a b "About The Michigan frontpage. (Detroit, MI) 2000-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  35. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 436, ¶ 4542.
  36. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 449, ¶ 4683.
  37. ^ Danky & Hady 1998, p. 454, ¶ 4726.
  38. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 193, ¶ 2014.
  39. ^ a b "About The plaindealer. [online resource] (Detroit, Mich.) 1883-1895". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
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  41. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 466, ¶ 4852.
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  44. ^ a b c d "About Detroit Republic. (Detroit, Mich.) 189?-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  45. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 193, ¶ 2015.
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  48. ^ "About Detroit tribune. [online resource] (Detroit, Michigan) 1933-1933". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  49. ^ a b c "About The vanguard. ([Detroit, Mich.) 19??-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
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  51. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 152, ¶ 1574.
  52. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 556, ¶ 5802.
  53. ^ a b c d "About The Bronze reporter. (Flint, Mich.) 1953-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  54. ^ a b "About Flint Brownies news. (Flint, Mich.) 1942-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  55. ^ "About Brownsville weekly news. (Flint, Mich.) 193?-1939". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  56. ^ a b "About Flint Brownsville news. (Flint, Mich.) 1939-1942". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  57. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 177, ¶ 1850.
  58. ^ a b c d "About The Flint mirror. (Flint, Mich.) 1964-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  59. ^ "About The mirror. (Flint, Mich.) 1964-1964". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  60. ^ a b c "About The north star. (Flint, Mich.) 1955-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  61. ^ a b c d "About The Flint spokesman. (Flint, Mich.) 1946-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  62. ^ a b c "About The Lansing post. (Fowler, Mich.) 1963-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
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  64. ^ a b c "About The Organizer. (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1969-198?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  65. ^ "About The Grand Rapids times. (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1960-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
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  69. ^ a b c d "About The challenger. (Idlewild, Mich.) 19??-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
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  73. ^ a b c "About The community courier. (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1972-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
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  79. ^ a b c "About The Inner city times. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1968-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  80. ^ a b c d e f "About The metroplex Michigan. (Lansing, MI) 198?-199?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  81. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 361, ¶ 3775.
  82. ^ a b "About Metroplex news. (Lansing, Mich.) 199?-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  83. ^ a b "About The Michigan bulletin. (Lansing, Mich.) 1995-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
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  86. ^ a b "About The new citizens press. (Lansing, MI) 2002-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  87. ^ a b c d "About Response. (Lansing, Mich.) 198?-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  88. ^ a b c "About The Lansing times. (Lansing, Mich.) 1975-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  89. ^ a b c "About Westside news. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1969-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
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  91. ^ "About The Pontiac commentator. (Pontiac, Mich.) 194?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  92. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 467, ¶ 4869.
  93. ^ a b c d "About The Peaceful Valley journal. [volume] (Royal Oak, Mich.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  94. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 499, ¶ 5203.
  95. ^ "About The Saginaw Afro-herald. (Saginaw, Mich.) 196?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  96. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 499, ¶ 5204.
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