African American Experience in Ohio: 1850-1920 (1843-1923) : Selected articles from a number of African American newspapers published in Ohio.
AFRO-American Newspapers Black History Archives. In cooperation with Google, the AFRO-American newspapers are making available over 100 years of Black history from the late nineteenth century on available from the pages of the Afro-American, the Afro-American Ledger, Baltimore Afro-American, and the Washington Afro-American newspapers. The site includes original page views of complete editions of the newspaper dating back to the early 1900s and in-depth coverage of important stories such as the events of the arrests and national spectacle surrounding Scottsboro Boys trials, the entertainment coverage of Black movies stars such as Dorothy Dandridge, the Army's use of the Tuskegee Airmen (Fighting 99th) in World War II, coverage of the Little Rock 9 Integration in 1954 and many other events that helped to shape the black community.
The Detroit Tribune (1935-1963), a historic Black newspaper available online via the Library of Congress's Chronicling America, was published weekly from 1935 to 1966. Occasionally subtitled "Unswerving Dedication to the Truth" or "The Newsjournal of the Metropolitan Community".
Detroit Plain Dealer (1883-1894): The MSU Community has access to 160 issues dating from September 20, 1889 through May 19, 1893 via Readex's African American Newspapers, 1827 - 1998. The Library of Michigan has issues of the Detroit Plaindealer available on microfilm.
Michigan Chronicle available in various formats.
Signal of Liberty (1841-1848) : Theodore Foster and Rev. Guy Beckley of Ann Arbor, Michigan, launched the Signal of Liberty in April 1841 and managed to go to press nearly every week. Foster and Beckley were strong abolitionists who wrote in the Signal of Liberty of helping people escaping from slavery. The editors interviewed self-emancipated men and women, hoping to arouse sympathy for abolitionism. The events and movements described in the Signal of Liberty help us understand the issues that led people to resist slavery, change their churches and political parties, and fight for freedom. Digitized by the Ann Arbor District Library.
Pacific Citizen Digital Archives: content up to 1996. 2011-current
Scholars and researchers from CRL member institutions (such as Michigan State University) have free and unlimited use of the CRL collections through interlibrary loan via their libraries. The loan period is unlimited, but is subject to possible recall notice. To identify what is available try searching the Center for Research Libraries online catalog. Browse by country, state, U.S. and Canadian ethnic newspapers, or by Civilian Conservation Corps. Here is a brief list of some of the featured collections:
The African-American Press Collection. From the Christian recorder, published in Philadelphia in the 1850s, to the Chicago Defender, still very much alive, the African-American press has provided first person coverage of the concerns, interests and achievements of African-Americans throughout the United States. The Center has a “critical mass” of over two hundred titles.
Black newspapers. In 1965, the Center began subscribing to about 20 papers intended primarily for Black communities in major U.S. cities. The Center has retrospective holdings of some Black newspapers and maintains current subscriptions to either newsprint or microfilm editions of the following titles (listed under their current titles):
State
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City
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Publication
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Alabama | Birmingham | Birmingham world (#2258369) |
California | Los Angeles | Los Angeles sentinel (#9505770) |
Florida | Jacksonville | Florida star (#2261130) |
Illinois | Chicago | Muslim journal (#12063707) |
Indiana | Indianapolis | Indianapolis recorder (#8797400) |
Louisiana | Shreveport | Shreveport sun (#20606995) |
Maryland | Baltimore | Afro-American (#7642696) |
Massachusetts | Roxbury | Bay state banner (#6749070) |
Michigan | Detroit | Michigan chronicle (#2264134) |
Missouri | Kansas City | Call (#16736831) |
New York | New York | New York Amsterdam news (#13416782) |
North Carolina | Durham | Carolina times (#2259007) |
Ohio | Cleveland | Call and post (#9964681) |
Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Philadelphia tribune (#2266077) |
Tennessee | Memphis | Tri-state defender (#9578018) |
Virginia | Norfolk | Journal and guide (#6836057) |
Ethnic Press Database. Thousands of volumes of newspapers were produced in the U.S. by ethnic communities from the Civil War to the late 20th century. The papers mirror the lives, values and everyday concerns of America’s various immigrant communities, from the Chinese- and Polish-Americans of 19th Century Chicago to more recently established communities of immigrants from Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
The Center has retrospective holdings of hundreds of ethnic titles and maintains current subscriptions to either newsprint or microfilm editions of the following newspapers (listed under their current titles):
Ethnicity
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Publication
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Armenian | Hayrenik (Boston) (#8761016) |
Carpatho-Russian | Truth (Philadelphia) (#27328014) |
Chinese | Mei-chou Hua mei jih pao (New York) (#8925180) |
Hua chiao jih pao (New York) ) (#13925369) | |
Lien ho jih pao (New York) (#9926281) | |
Czech | Hlas naroda (Chicago) (#9578031) |
Nedelni hlasatel (Chicago) (#39392562) | |
Novy svet (Cleveland) (#9522838) | |
Danish | Danske pioneer (Elmwood Park, IL) (#9665848) |
Finnish | New Yorkin uutiset (#9335208) |
Flemish | Gazette van Detroit (#9353749) |
French | France-Amerique (New York) (#3927122) |
German | Abendpost und Milwaukee deutsche Zeitung (Chicago) (#9642195) |
Amerika Woche (Skokie, IL) (#9328374) | |
Aufbau (New York) (#2251108) | |
New Yorker Staats-Zeitung (#25450500) | |
Greek | Hellenikos typos (Chicago) (#9425497) |
Ethnikos kerux (New York) (#6836811) | |
Hungarian | Amerikai Magyar nepszava (Cleveland) (#2257472) |
Szabadsag (Cleveland) (#2268340) | |
Italian | Italian tribune (Warren, MI) (#9836411) |
Post gazette (Boston) (#9529221) | |
Japanese |
Nichibei jiji (San Francisco) (#9335122) Nichi Bei Times (#4601742) |
Lithuanian | Draugas (Chicago) (#9426502) |
Naujienos (Chicago) (#9273424) | |
Sandara (Chicago) (#9493846) | |
Norwegian | Norway times (Brooklyn) (#10802915) |
Western Viking (Seattle) (#9665786) | |
Polish | Dziennik zwiazkowy (Chicago) (#9357895) |
Portuguese | Jornal Portugues (Alameda) (#5686672) |
Russian | Novoe russkoe slovo (New York) (#2265277) |
Serbo-Croatian | Hrvatski Tjednik Danica (Chicago) |
Slovak | Bratstvo (Wilkes-Barre, PA) (#10443362) |
Jednota (Cleveland) (#1695479) | |
Narodne Noviny (Pittsburgh) (#2264538) | |
Slovenian | Ameriska domovina (Cleveland) (#4409084) |
Prosveta (Chicago) (#9509957) | |
Swedish | California Veckoblad (Los Angeles) (#9304061) |
Norden (Brooklyn) (#9473030) | |
Nordstjernan (New York) (#24728237) | |
Svenska Amerikaneren tribunen (Chicago) (#9642253) | |
New Vestkusten (San Francisco) (#29513598) | |
Ukrainian | Ameryka (Philadelphia) (#7120828) |
Svoboda (Jersey City, NJ) (#1766932) | |
Narodna volia (Scranton) (#2264535) | |
Welsh | Drych a'r Columbia (De Pere, WI) (#14404267) |
Yiddish | Forverts (New York) (#9836450) |
The following titles are collected and retained for anywhere from two weeks to 3 months
-- next to the Current Periodicals on 2 West.
Afro-American (Baltimore)
Chicago Defender (Also receive Weekend Chicago Defender)
Forward (New York, Jewish)
Michigan Chronicle
New York Amsterdam News
Special Collections holds four newspapers produced by the African American students at MSU as part of the Ethnic Studies Collection: