List of African-American newspapers in Connecticut

This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in Connecticut. It includes both current and historical newspapers.

James W.C. Pennington, who published The Clarksonian in the 1840s.

Connecticut's first newspaper by and for African Americans was The Clarksonian, published from 1843 to 1844 in Hartford.[1] The first known paper after that came much later, however, with the Hartford Herald in 1918.[2] Connecticut's African American community has also historically been served by papers from neighboring states such as Massachusetts.

African-American newspapers in Connecticut today include the Inner-City News of New Haven and the Inquiring News of Hartford (successor to the Inquirer family of newspapers in Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, and Waterbury).[3]

Newspapers

City	Title	Beginning	End	Frequency	Call numbers	Remarks
Bridgeport	Afri-Voice Review (1991–)[4] / Afro-Voice Review (1988–1991)	1988[5]	1992?[5]	Unknown[5]	LCCN sn94053124, sn94053125 OCLC 30675511, 30675663
Bridgeport	Harambee Union / Harambee	1969[6]	1976[6]	Monthly newspaper[6]	LCCN sn94053122, sn94053123 OCLC 30675183, 30675295	Partially in Spanish.[6]
Bridgeport / Hartford	The Bridgeport Inquirer	1977?[7]	2006[8]	Weekly[7]		Merged into Inquiring News.
Hamden	The Elm City Trader	1991[9]	1990s[9]	Weekly[9]	LCCN sn95063169 OCLC 33419197
Hartford	The Clarksonian	1843[1]	1844[10]	Monthly newspaper[10]		Founded and edited by James W.C. Pennington.[1]
Hartford	Connecticut Chronicle / Hartford Chronicle / Hartford-Springfield Chronicle	1915[11]	1949?[11]	Weekly[11]	ISSN 2642-7117, 2642-7109 LCCN sn95063011, sn92051342, sn92051345 OCLC 31813207, 26273304, 26273329	Free online archives: Connecticut Chronicle Hartford Chronicle Published by George W. Goodman.[11]
Hartford	Hartford Herald	1918[2]				No issues survive.[2]
Hartford	The Informer	1977[12]	?[12]	Weekly[12]	LCCN sn92051470 OCLC 26787735	Published by Robert Hales[13]
Hartford	The Hartford Inquirer	1975[3]	2006[3]	Weekly[3]	LCCN sn89080095, sn94092715 OCLC 23588659, 32784796	Merged with other Inquirer papers to form Inquiring News.[3] Edited and published by William R. Hales.[14]
Hartford	The New Haven Inquirer	1976[15]	?[15]	Weekly[15]	LCCN sn94093004, sn92060556 OCLC 33390392, 26502871
Hartford	Inquiring News	2006[8]	current			Official site
Hartford	New England Bulletin	1949[16]	?[16]	Weekly[16]	ISSN 2643-5012, 2643-5004 LCCN 2019271081, sn92051343 OCLC 1099565978, 26273342	Free online archive
Hartford	North Hartford Truth	1971[17]	1974?[17]	Monthly[17]	OCLC 26787570	Published by Horace Bushnell Church.[18]
Hartford	Northend Agent's	1974[19] or 1975[20]	current	Weekly[20]	LCCN sn92051380 OCLC 26498043	Official site Edited until 2015 by John Robert Allen.[19]
Hartford	Springfield Inquirer	1981?[21]	?[21]	Weekly[21]
Hartford / Springfield	Hartford Star	1969[22]	1974[22]	Weekly[22]	LCCN sn92051308 OCLC 26205865	Edited by Henry Morris.[22]
Hartford / Springfield	The Hartford Voice	1974[23]	1975[23]	Weekly[23]	LCCN sn92051331 OCLC 26205881	Successor to the Hartford Star.[22]
New Haven	The Crow / The Heritage Hall Crow	1968[24]	?[25]	Twice monthly[25] or biweekly[24]	The Crow: LCCN sn94053269 OCLC 31177268 Heritage Hall Crow: LCCN sn95063093 OCLC 32334099
New Haven	Black Coalition Weekly / The Greater New Haven Black Coalition Weekly (1972)[26]	1972[27]	1900s[27]	Weekly[27]	ISSN 2638-3756 LCCN sn95063100 OCLC 32981870
New Haven	The Inner-City News / The Inner-City	1980s[28]	current	Monthly newspaper[28]	LCCN sn95063181 OCLC 33438306	Free online archive Only member of the National Newspaper Publishers Association in Connecticut.[29] Estimated readership of 50,000 in 2003.[30] Subject of a controversy over a sponsored content deal with Yale University in 2003.[31]
New Haven	New Haven Local News	1987[32]	1990[32]	Twice monthly[32]	LCCN sn95063170 OCLC 33419288	Published by Willie Williams, Jr.[32]
New Haven	The Open Gate News	1961[33]	?[33]	Twice-monthly[34] or bimonthly[33]	LCCN sn94053277 OCLC 31183560	Edited by Jeff Dyous.[33] Extant through at least 1962.
Waterbury	Black Voice	1970[35]	1970s[35]		LCCN sn94053381 OCLC 31747273
Waterbury	People's Weekly	1972[36]	1900s[36]	Monthly newspaper[36]	LCCN sn94053426 OCLC 31508193	Published by the Center for Black Development.[36]

See also

• List of African-American newspapers and media outlets
• List of African-American newspapers in Massachusetts
• List of African-American newspapers in New York
• List of African-American newspapers in Rhode Island
• List of newspapers in Connecticut

Works cited

• Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E., eds. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674007888.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Pride, Armistead Scott; Wilson, Clint C. (1997). A History of the Black Press. Howard University Press. ISBN 9780882581927.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Smith, Jessie Carney (2012). Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 9781578593699.

References

1. Stone, Frank Andrews (2008). African American Connecticut: The Black Scene in a New England State. Trafford Publishing. p. 130. ISBN 9781425175788.
2. Vara-Dannen, Theresa (2014). The African-American Experience in Nineteenth-Century Connecticut: Benevolence and Bitterness. Lexington Books. p. xxvi. ISBN 9780739188637.
3. "About The Hartford inquirer. (Hartford, Conn.) 1975-2006". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
4. "About The Afro-voice review. [volume] ([Bridgeport, Conn.]) 1988-1991". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
5. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 21, ¶ 215.
6. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 267, ¶ 2793.
7. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 115, ¶ 1192.
8. "About The Bridgeport inquirer. (Hartford, Conn.) 19??-2006". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
9. "About The Elm City trader. (Hamden, CT) 1991-199?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
10. Webber, Christopher L. (2011). American to the Backbone: The Life of James W. C. Pennington, the Fugitive Slave Who Became One of the First Black Abolitionists. Pegasus Books. p. 387.
11. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 172, ¶ 1788.
12. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 296, ¶ 3123.
13. "About The informer. (Hartford, Conn.) 1977-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
14. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 270, ¶ 2833.
15. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 409, ¶ 4257.
16. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 407, ¶ 4243.
17. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 429, ¶ 4469.
18. "About North Hartford truth. (Hartford, Conn.) 1971-197?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
19. Hamilton, Anne M. (2015-08-09). "A Voice Of African American Community". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
20. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 431, ¶ 4482.
21. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 537, ¶ 5599.
22. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 270, ¶ 2834.
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25. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 180, ¶ 1878.
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29. "Current Members". National Newspaper Publishers Association. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
30. Schneider-Mayerson, Matthew (2003-02-11). "Yale's inner-city blues (make me wanna holler)". Retrieved 2020-01-23.
31. "Setting the record straight on the Inner-City News". The Yale Daily News. 2003-03-06. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
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33. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 444, ¶ 4626.
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