African American Newspapers in the South

African American Newspapers in the South is a collection of digitized newspapers originally published by and for African Americans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Southern United States. Newspapers in this collection include:

• The Advocate, 1907 – 1912
• Athens Republique, 1921 – 1926
• The Banner-Enterprise, 1883 – 1884
• The Bee, 1882 – 1884
• The Black Dispatch, 1917 – 1922
• The Educator, 1874 – 1875
• The Langston City Herald, 1892 – 1900
• The Louisianian, 1870 – 1871
• The Muskogee Cimeter, 1904 – 1920
• The Nashville Globe, 1907 – 1918
• The National Forum, 1910
• Pioneer Press, 1911 – 1917
• The Republican, 1873 – 1875
• Semi-Weekly Louisianian, 1871 – 1872
• The Tulsa Star, 1913 –1921
• Western World, 1903 – 1904

The full text of each newspaper is searchable and viewable, including all articles, advertisements, works of fiction, poetry, and all other writings published within the newspaper. Each newspaper has been fully digitized, and one can view full-page images of each newspaper page.

Rutgers owns Parts I-IV of this collection.