This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in Texas. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The history of such newspapers in Texas begins shortly after the Civil War, with the publication of The Free Man's Press in 1868.[1]
Many African American newspapers are published in Texas today, including three in Houston alone.[2] These current newspapers are highlighted in green in the list below.
City | Title | Beginning | End | Frequency | Call numbers | Remarks |
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Austin | Capital City Argus[3] / Capital City Argus and Interracial Review[4] |
1962[4] | 1980s[3] | Weekly[4] |
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Austin[6] / Galveston[5] | The Free Man's Press[5] / The Freedman's Press[6] |
1868[5] | 1868[5] | Weekly[5] |
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Austin | The Gold Dollar | 1876[10] | ? [9] | Unknown[9] |
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Austin | The Herald[12] / The Sunday School Herald[11] |
1891[12] | 1892[11] | Weekly[12] | ||
Austin | The Illustrated News | 1923[13] | ? [13] | Weekly[13] |
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Austin | Austin Informer | 1905[14] | 1900s[14] | [14] | ||
Austin | Austin Mirror[16] / The Austin Mirror[15] |
1958[16] | 1900s[15] | Weekly[16] |
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Austin | Nokoa : The Observer | 1987[18] | 2019[17] | Weekly[18] |
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Austin | Austin Searchlight | 1896?[19] | ? [19] | Weekly[19] |
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Austin | Austin Sun | 1992[20] | [20] | Weekly[20] |
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Austin[21] / Waco[22] | Texas Interracial Review[21] / The Texas Interracial Review[22] |
1941[21] or 1940[22] | 1962[21] | Monthly[21] or twice monthly[22] | ||
Austin | The Tribune[24] / Tribune[23] |
1970[23] | ? [23] | Weekly[23] |
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Austin | The Villager | 1973[25] | current | Weekly[25] |
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Austin | The Weekly Bulletin | ?[26] | 1900s[26] | Weekly[27] | ||
Beaumont | Beaumont Informer | 1934[28] | ? [28] | Weekly[28] | ||
Beaumont | The Industrial Era | 1904?[29] | ? [29] | Weekly[29] | ||
Bryan | Silhouette | 1900s[30] | ?[30] | Bimonthly newspaper[30] | ||
Corpus Christi | Corpus Christi Weekly | 1960?[27] | ? [27] | Weekly[27] |
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Corsicana | Oil City Afro-American | 1898[31] | 1901[31] | Weekly[31] | ||
Dallas | The African Herald | 1992[32] | ? | Monthly newspaper[32] | ||
Dallas | Dallas Community Leader | 1987[33] | ? [33] | Biweekly[33] | ||
Dallas | Elite News | 1968?[34] | [34] | Biweekly[34] |
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Dallas | The Dallas Express | 1893[35] | 1970[35] | Weekly[35] | ||
Dallas | Dallas Gazette | 1913?[36] | ? [36] | Weekly[36] | ||
Dallas | In Sepia | 1959?[38] | ? [38] | Weekly[38] |
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Dallas | Dallas Independent Press | 1969[39] | ? [39] | Weekly[39] |
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Dallas | The Item | 1891[40] | 1900[40] | Weekly[40] |
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Dallas | The Key News | 1962[41] | ? [41] | Weekly[41] |
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Dallas | The Link | 1985[42] | ? [42] | Weekly[42] or monthly[43] | ||
Dallas | The Metroplex News | 1977[44] | ? [44] | Weekly[44] |
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Dallas | North Dallas Community News | 1987?[45] | ? [45] | Weekly[45] |
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Dallas | Dallas Post Tribune[46] / The Dallas Post Tribune[47] / The Dallas Star Post[48] / The Post Tribune[49] |
1950[46] | current | Weekly[46] | ||
Dallas | The Pythias and Calanthean Review | 1979?[50] | ? [50] | Quarterly newspaper[50] | ||
Dallas | St. Paul United Methodist | 1971?[51] | ? [51] | Weekly[51] |
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Dallas | Texas Community Leader | 1991?[52] | [52] | Weekly[52] |
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Dallas | The Times Review | 1968?[53] | ? [53] | Unknown[53] | ||
Dallas | The Dallas Weekly | 1954[54] | current | Weekly[54] |
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Denison | The Gate City Bulletin | 1913?[55] | ? [55] | Weekly[55] |
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Fort Worth | The Texas Times | 1977[56] | 1993[56] | Daily[56] |
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Fort Worth | Bronze Texan News | 1900s[57] | 1900s[57] |
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Fort Worth | Fort Worth Como Monitor | 1941?[58] | ? [58] | Monthly newspaper[58] |
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Fort Worth | Dallas District Crusader | 1900s[59] | 1900s[59] | Weekly[59] | ||
Fort Worth | Ebony Mart | 1970s[60] | ?[60] | Weekly[60] | ||
Fort Worth | Fort Worth Mind | 1900s[61] | 1900s[61] | Weekly[61] |
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Fort Worth | The Torchlight Appeal | 1886[62] | 1800s[62] | Weekly[62] | ||
Fort Worth | USA Monitor | 1990[64] or 1992[63] | ?[63] | Monthly newspaper[64] |
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Galveston | The Galveston Banner | 1925?[65] | 1937? [65] | Weekly[65] | ||
Galveston | City Times | 1898?[66] | 1927? [66] | Weekly[66] |
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Galveston | The Colored American[68] / The Colored American: A Defender of the Race[67] |
1920[67] | ? [67] | Weekly[67] | ||
Galveston | Galveston Examiner | 1938[70] | 1940[69] | Weekly[70] | ||
Galveston | Freeman’s Journal[71] / The Freeman’s Press[72] |
1887[71] | 1891[71] | Weekly[71] | ||
Galveston | Galveston Guide | 1937[73] | ? [73] | Weekly[73] | ||
Galveston | The Informer (Galveston Edition) | 1918[74] | 1937? [74] | Biweekly[74] | ||
Galveston | Galveston Informer | 1939[75] | ? [75] | Unknown[75] | ||
Galveston | The Galveston New Idea | 1896[77] | 1920[76] | Weekly[76] | ||
Galveston | Taborian Banner | 1905[78] | ? [78] | Monthly[78] |
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Galveston | The Galveston Voice | 1931[79] | 1962? [79] | Weekly[79] |
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Gonzales | The Conservative Counselor | 1909[80] | 1900s[80] | Weekly[81] |
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Houston | African-American News and Issues | 1996[2] | current | Weekly[82] |
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Houston | The Houston Call | 1970[83] | ?[83] | Weekly[83] | ||
Houston | The Call | 1919?[84] | ? [84] | Weekly[84] |
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Houston | Houston Defender | 1930[85] | current | Weekly[85] | ||
Houston | The Texas Examiner | 1942[86] | 1900s[86] | Weekly[86] |
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Houston | Forward Times[87] / Houston Forward Times[88] |
1960[88] | current | Weekly[88] |
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Houston | Freedmen's Journal | 1983[89] | ? | Monthly newspaper[89] | ||
Houston | The Independent | 1898[90] | 1905[90] | Weekly[90] |
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Houston | Informer and Texas Freeman[91] / The Houston Informer[92] / The Informer[93] |
1919[91] | ? | Weekly[91] |
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Houston | Metropolitan | 1961[94] | 1900s[94] | |||
Houston | The Negro Labor News | 1930[95] | ?[95] | Weekly[95] |
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Houston | Houston Newspages | 1986[96] | ? | Weekly[96] |
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Houston | The Odd Fellow Budget | 1920?[97] | ? [97] | Monthly newspaper[97] | ||
Houston | Old Ironsides' Monthly | 1947[99] | ? [98] | Monthly newspaper[98] | ||
Houston | Texas State University Herald | 1947[100] | ?[100] | Monthly newspaper[100] | ||
Houston | The Houston Sun | 1982[102] | current[101] | Weekly[102] | ||
Houston | USAfrica Weekend | 1997[103] | ? | Monthly newspaper[103] |
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Houston | The Voice Of Hope[105] / Voice of Hope[104] |
1968?[104] | 1975? [104] | Weekly[104] | ||
Houston | The Western Star | 1881[107] or 1893[106] | 1932[106] | Weekly[107] | ||
Longview | The New Southern Times | 1996[108] | ? | Biweekly[108] |
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Lubbock | Lubbock Digest | 1977[109] | 1982[109] | Biweekly[109] | ||
Lubbock | The Manhattan Heights And West Texas Times / The Manhattan Heights Times | 1961[111] | 1960s[110] | Weekly[110] |
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Lubbock[113] | West Texas Times | 1962?[112] | ? [112] | Weekly[112] | ||
Lubbock | Southwest Digest | 1982[114] | current[114] | Weekly[114] | ||
Prairie View | Prairie View City News | 1969?[115] | ? [115] | Biweekly[115] |
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Prairie View | The Tribune Review | 1996?[116] | ? | Biweekly[116] | ||
Prairie View | Waller County Tribune | 1989[117] | ? [117] | Biweekly[117] |
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Richardson | African News Watch | 1996[118] | [118] | Monthly[118] |
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San Antonio | Hephzibah-Herald | 1920?[119] | ? [119] | Weekly[119] | ||
San Antonio | San Antonio Informer | 1988[120] or 1944[121] | ? | Weekly[120] |
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San Antonio | San Antonio Inquirer[122] | 1906[122] | ? [122] | Weekly[122] |
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San Antonio | The People’s Eye Opener | 1926?[123] | ? [123] | Weekly[123] | ||
San Antonio | Snap | 1990?[124] | ? [124] | Unknown[124] |
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Taylor | Shining Star | 1959[125] | ? [125] | Weekly[125] |
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Temple | The Apostolic Bulletin | 1918[126] | ?[126] | [126] | ||
Texarkana | Texarcana Courier | 1977?[127] | ? [127] | Weekly[127] |
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Tyler | The Tyler Leader | 1900s[128] | ?[128] | Weekly[128] | ||
Waco | Cen-Tex Reflections | 1984[129] | ?[129] | Weekly[129] | ||
Waco | Waco Good News | 1880[130] | ?[130] | Weekly[130] | ||
Waco | The Helping Hand | ?[131] | ?[131] | Monthly newspaper[131] | ||
Waco | The Waco Messenger | 1932[132] | ?[132] | Weekly[132] | ||
Waco | Paul Quinn Weekly | 1900[133] | 1916[133] | Weekly[133] |
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Washington | Prince Hall Masonic Digest | 1973?[134] | ? [134] | Quarterly[134] |
Akwasi Roselle Evans, who founded the Nokoa The Observer newspaper and covered issues like police misconduct and community empowerment for more than 30 years, died in his Austin home at the age of 70.