List of African American newspapers in Kentucky
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This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in Kentucky. It includes both current and historical newspapers.
The first known African American newspapers to serve Kentucky were the Colored Citizen, which was briefly published in Louisville in 1866, and the Colored Kentuckian, launched in 1867.[2]
African American newspapers serving Kentucky today include the Louisville Defender, the Key Newsjournal of Lexington, and the Northern Kentucky Herald, published by Sesh Publications in Cincinnati, Ohio.[3]
Newspapers
[edit]City | Title | Beginning | End | Frequency | Call numbers | Remarks |
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Bowling Green | The Eagle Eye | 1903[4] | ?[4] | Weekly[4] | ||
Bowling Green | Liberty | ? | 1912[5] | |||
Bowling Green | Bowling Green Watchman | 1887[2] | 1892[2] |
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Brownsville | Edmonson Star News / Edmonson County Star / Edmonson Star[6] | 1916[6] | 1917?[2] | Weekly[6] |
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Cadiz | Cadiz Informer | 1904[2] | 1937[2] |
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Covington | The Lincoln-Grant Herald | 1913[2] | ?[2] |
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Covington | Suspension Press | 1982[7] | ?[7] | Biweekly (irregular)[7] | ||
Danville / Lexington | Torchlight / Torch Light | 1902[5] or 1903[2] | 1929[2] or 1932[5] |
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Danville | Tribune | 1878[5] | 1892[5] | |||
Elizabethtown | Christian Pilot | 1880s[5] | 1880s[5] |
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Frankfort | The Blue Grass Bugle / Bluegrass Bugle | 1898?[8] | 1915[2] | Weekly[8] |
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Frankfort | Frankfort Clarion | ?[2] | ?[2] |
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Frankfort | The Kentucky Club Woman | 1900s[2] |
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Frankfort | Masonic Herald | 1914[2] | 1915[2] | |||
Frankfort | The Star Weekly | 1914[2] | ?[2] | Weekly |
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Frankfort | Frankfort Tribune | ?[2] | ?[2] | Weekly[5] |
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Henderson | Gleaner | 1890s | Weekly[9] | |||
Henderson | Kentucky Missionary Visitor | ?[2] | 1915[2] |
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Hopkinsville | Baptist Monitor | 1880s[2] |
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Hopkinsville | Hopkinsville Contender | 1919[10] | 1920[10] |
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Hopkinsville | Hopkinsville Globe Journal / Hopkinsville Globe | 1932[10] or 1936[2] | 1943[2] or 1941[10] | Weekly[10] |
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Hopkinsville | Indicator | 1892[10] | ? | Weekly[11] | ||
Hopkinsville | The Little Courant | 1919[10] | 1922[10] |
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Hopkinsville | Major / The Major | 1896[10] or 1897[2] | 1904[2] |
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Hopkinsville | Morning News | 1903[2] | 1913[10] | Daily[10] |
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Hopkinsville | The New Age | 1920s[10] |
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Hopkinsville | Rising Sun | 1900s | 1900s |
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Hopkinsville | Saturday News | 1913[10] or 1919[2] | 1922[2] | Weekly[10] |
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Lebanon | Freeman | ? | 1912[5] | |||
Lexington | Advance-Courier | 1885[2] | 1886[2] | Weekly[12] | ||
Lexington | American Citizen | 1874[13] | 1800s[13] | Weekly[13] |
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Lexington | Bluegrass Chronicle | 1978[2] | 1980[2] or 1981[14] |
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Lexington | Blue Grass New Era | 1890s | ? | Twice weekly[11] | ||
Lexington | Christian Trumpet | 1921[2] | ?[2] |
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Lexington | The Christian Soldier | 1872[2] | ?[2] |
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Lexington | The Lexington Chronicle | 1967[15] | ?[15] |
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Lexington | The Colored Citizen | 1913[16] | ?[16] | Daily[16] |
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Lexington | Colored Representative | 1871[17] | 1870s[17] | Weekly[17] |
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Lexington | Community Voice | 1987[18] | 2001[2] | Weekly[18] |
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Lexington | Fair Play | 1880s[5] | 1880s[5] |
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Lexington | Inter-State County News | 1935[2] | 1940[2] |
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Lexington | Key Newsjournal | 2004[2] | current |
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Lexington | Masonic and Odd Fellows' Journal | 1876[2] | ?[2] |
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Lexington | The Lexington Standard | 1892[19] | 1912[19] | Weekly[19] |
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Lexington | Lexington Weekly News | 1912[2] | ?[2] |
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Louisville | Afro-American Mission Herald | 1897[2] | 1912[2] |
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Louisville | American Baptist / American Baptist News | 1878[2] or 1879[21] | current | Weekly[21] |
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Louisville | The Bulletin | 1879[22] | 1885[2] | Weekly[22] |
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Louisville | The Champion | 1890[2] | 1893[2] |
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Louisville | Christian Index | 1873[2] | 1882[2] (Louisville, KY), 1882-1966 (Jackson, TN)[2] |
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Louisville | The Colored Citizen | 1866[2] | ?[2] |
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Louisville | The Colored Kentuckian | 1867[2] | ?[2] |
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Louisville | Louisville Columbian | 1899[2] | 1917[2] |
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Louisville | Columbian Herald | 1913[2] | 1927[2] |
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Louisville | The Herald Tribune | 1937[2] |
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Louisville | Kentuckian | 1870s[2] |
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Louisville | Kentucky Standard | 1898[2] | 1912[2] |
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Louisville | The Louisville Defender | 1933[23] | current | Weekly[23] | ||
Louisville | Louisville Leader | 1917[2] | 1953[2] |
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Louisville | Louisville News | 1913[2] | 1947[2] |
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Louisville | New South | 1894[2] | 1897[2] |
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Louisville | The Ohio Falls Express | 1878[24] or 1879[25] | 1904[24] | Weekly[24] | ||
Louisville | Tri-weekly Informer | 1939[2] | 1939[5] |
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Louisville | The Louisville Weekly Planet | 1872[26] | 1875[2] | Weekly[26] |
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Louisville | Zion's Banner | ?[2] | ?[2] |
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Mt. Sterling | The Reporter | 1904[2] | 1915[2] |
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Owensboro / Louisville | Kentucky Reporter | 1899[2] | 1953[2] | Weekly[27] |
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Owensboro | Sunday Unionist | 1890s | Weekly (on Sundays)[11] | |||
Paducah | Baptist Herald | 1873[2] | 1878[2] or 1879[5] |
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Paducah | The Kentucky Voice | 1988[2] | 2010s | Monthly[28] |
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Paducah | Light House / The Light House | 1908[2] or 1909?[29] | 1937[2] | Weekly[29] |
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Paducah | The Negro Citizen | ?[2] | ?[2] |
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Richmond | Richmond Sentinel | 1909[30] | 1912[5] |
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Richmond | Hill Topper | 1934 | ? | |||
Winchester | National Chronicle | 1891[2] | 1915[2] |
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See also
[edit]- List of African American newspapers and media outlets
- List of African American newspapers in Illinois
- List of African American newspapers in Indiana
- List of African American newspapers in Missouri
- List of African American newspapers in Ohio
- List of African American newspapers in Tennessee
- List of African American newspapers in Virginia
- List of African American newspapers in West Virginia
- List of newspapers in Kentucky
Works cited
[edit]- Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E., eds. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674007888.
- Penn, Irvine Garland (1891). The Afro-American press and its editors. Springfield, Massachusetts: Willey & Company. OCLC 503673564.
- Pride, Armistead Scott; Wilson, Clint C. (1997). A History of the Black Press. Howard University Press. ISBN 9780882581927.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Dunnigan, Alice (2015). Alone Atop the Hill: The Autobiography of Alice Dunnigan, Pioneer of the National Black Press. University of Georgia Press. pp. 68, 72. ISBN 9780820347981.
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- ^ "Sesh Publications". The Cincinnati Herald. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 203, ¶ 2111.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Caldemeyer, Dana (2015). "African American Newspapers". In Smith, Gerald L.; McDaniel, Karen Cotton; Hardin, John A. (eds.). The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 9–10. ISBN 9780813160665.
- ^ a b c "About The Edmonson star. [volume] (Brownsville, Ky.) 1916-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress.
- ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 550, ¶ 5741.
- ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 110, ¶ 1135.
- ^ Afro-American Encyclopedia: Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race. Haley & Florida. 1895. p. 132.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Parrino, Joe (2006-02-25). "'Little but loud'". Kentucky New Era. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- ^ a b c d "Afro-American". Geo. P. Rowell and Co.'s American Newspaper Directory. Geo. P. Rowell & Company. 1896.
- ^ The Edwin Alden Co's American Newspaper Catalogue, Including Lists of All Newspapers and Magazines Published in the United States and the Canadas. Vol. 10. Edwin Alden & Company. 1886. p. 122.
- ^ a b c "About The American citizen. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1874-18??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- ^ "About Bluegrass chronicle. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1978-1981". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- ^ a b "About The Lexington chronicle. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1967-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- ^ a b c "About The colored citizen. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1913-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
- ^ a b c d "About Colored representative. [online resource] (Lexington, Ky.) 1871-187?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
- ^ a b c "About Community voice. (Lexington, Ky.) 1987-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
- ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 336, ¶ 3519.
- ^ "Afro-American Mission Herald". Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program Exhibits. University of Kentucky Libraries. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- ^ a b c "About American Baptist. (Louisville, Ky.) 1879-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 122, ¶ 1266.
- ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 347, ¶ 3639.
- ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 439, ¶ 4579.
- ^ Penn 1891, p. 318.
- ^ a b c "About The Louisville weekly planet. (Louisville, Ky.) 1872-187?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
- ^ "About Kentucky reporter. (Owensboro, Ky.) 1???-19?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- ^ "About Us". Kentucky Voice. Archived from the original on 2013-12-27.
- ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 339, ¶ 3560.
- ^ a b Powell, Sallie L. (2015). "Gwynn, John Austin". In Smith, Gerald L.; McDaniel, Karen Cotton; Hardin, John A. (eds.). The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. p. 121. ISBN 9780813160665.