A Guide to the Black Newspaper Collection #1976-55d

A Guide to the Black Newspaper Collection

A Collection in
Special Collections and Archives

Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State University

Special Collections and Archives
Johnston Memorial Library
P.O. Box 9406
Virginia State University
Petersburg, Virginia 23806
USA
Phone: (804) 524-5582
Fax: (804) 524-6959
Email: refdesk@vsu.edu
URL: https://library.vsu.edu/

Funding: Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Processed by: Lucious Edwards Jr. Special Collections and Archives Staff

Repository

Special Collections and Archives, Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State University

Collection number

1976-55d

Title

Black Newspapers Collection 1882-1913

Collector

An artificial collection made by VSU Special Collections

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Black Newspapers Collection, Accession #1976-55d , Special Collections and Archives, Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA.

African American Newspapers

Newspapers are a rich source for investigating the social, political, and economic activities in a community. African American Newspapers unlike their European American counterparts, they offer a unique insight into avenues often neglected by European American Publications.

Scope and Content Information

Political and Social activities, church news, ads, editorials from an African American perspective. African American newspapers have traditionally tried to fill in the information gap created by the majority news system. These papers provide a unique view of this perspective.

There are some additional copies of Africian American newspapers located in the following manuscript groups: 1. James Hugo Johnston, Sr. Acc. # 1963-9 2. James Hugo Johnston, Jr. Acc. # 1963-10 3. Edna Meade Colson Acc. # 1965-13

Black Newspapers: 1882-1913

Box-folder Volume: 1:1
The Colored Virginian - Petersburg, Va Oct 5 1912, June 7 1913

Frequency : Weekly, Editor: Arthur B. Mackey
Box-folder Volume: 1:2
The Richmond Planet - Richmond, Va July 12, 1890

Frequency: Weekly, Owner: John Mitchell, Jr.
Box-folder Volume: 1:3
The Reformer - Richmond, Va Sept 20,1902

Frequency: Undertermined, Publisher: The Grand Fountain
Box-folder Volume: 1:4
The Recorder -Petersburg,Va May 20, 1893

Frequency: Weekly, President: William H. Major
Box-folder Volume: 1:5
The Freeman - Indianapolis, Indiana Dec 25,1897

Frequency: Weekly, Editor: George L. Knox
Box-folder Volume: 1:6
The Virginia Lancet -Petersburg,Va Jan 14,1888

Frequency: Undetermined, Editor:W.W. Evans
Box-folder Volume: 1:7
The Lancet - Petersburg,Va Jan-March 1985

Frequency: Weekly, Editor: Rev.Mr. George Freeman Bragg
Box-folder Volume: 1:8
The Lancet -Petersburg,Va Feb and March 1883, Dec 13, 1884

Frequency: Weekly, Editor: Rev.Mr. George Freeman Bragg
Box-folder Volume: 1:9
The African Nationalist -Liberia, W Africa, The Negro Sporting News -Washington DC, Color Flash -Charleston,W Va May 1 1943, April 1 1945, May 1945

Frequency:Weekly Editor:C.Frederick Taylor, Frequency:Bi-Weekly Editor: Andrew F. Jackson, Frequency: Monthly Editor:I.J.K wells
Box-folder Volume: 1:10
The Basptist Pilot -Winton, NC Aug 13 1889

Frequency: Bi-Weekly, Editor: C.S. Brown
Box-folder Volume: 1:11
The Richmond Planet - Richmond,Va June 21, 1890

Frequency: Weekly, Owner: John Mitchell, Jr.
Box-folder Volume: 1:12
The Freeman - Indianapolis, Indiana Dec 31, 1892

Frequency: Weekly, Editor: George L. Knox
Box-folder Volume: 1:13
The Negro Advocate - Richmond, Va Sept 27, 1902

Frequency: Bi-Weekly, Editor: The Negro Advocate Company
Box-folder Volume: 1:14
The New York Age - New York,NY 1921

Frequency: Weekly, Editor: Fred R. Moore
Box-folder Volume: 1:15
Nashville Globe - Nashville,TN Aug 16, 1935
Box-folder Volume: 1:16
The Brunswick Beacon- Brunswick Co, Va Oct 1991, March-April 1990, July, OCt 1990, Sept-Nov 1989

Frequency: Monthly, Editor: Jerome Bass
Box-folder Volume: 1:17
The Informant- Buckingham Co, Va April 1991

Frequency: Monthly, Editor: Charles W. White
The Southside Virginia Star-Petersburg, Va, The Langstonian- Langston HS, Danville Va, The Liberator-New York June 1990, May 1993, April 1951, Jan 1949

Frequency: Unknown Editor: Paul Bland, Frequency: Every 6 Weeks, Frequency: 1st Issue Editor: The Official Organ Of the Civil Rigths Congress