List of African-American newspapers in Maryland

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

Front page of The Afro-American Ledger, today the Baltimore Afro-American, from January 1902.

Maryland's first known African-American newspaper was The Lyceum Observer, launched by members of the Galbreath Lyceum in 1863.[1] It was followed in 1865 by The True Communicator, which is also sometimes named as the state's first African-American newspaper.[2]

As in many other states, the late 19th century saw a dramatic growth in Maryland's African-American press, with 31 newspapers launched in Baltimore before 1900.[3] Most were short-lived. A notable exception was The Afro-American, which launched in Baltimore in 1892 and continues today.

In addition to The Afro-American, other notable newspapers published in Maryland today include the Baltimore Times and The Prince George’s Post.

Newspapers

City	Title	Beginning	End	Frequency	Call numbers	Remarks
Adelphi	Gaffat Ethiopia / Gaffat	1992[4]		Monthly newspaper[4]	OCLC 27806235	Focused on the Ethiopian-American community.[4] Partially in Amharic.[4]
Baltimore	African American News and World / African American News and World Report[5]	1979[6]	1984?[6]	Weekly[6]	LCCN 98062569 OCLC 40118959	Published by Catherine E. Pugh.[6]
Baltimore	The Afro-American (1892–1900, 1915–)[7] / Afro-American Ledger (1900–1915)[8] / Baltimore Afro-American	1892[9]	current	Weekly[10]	The Afro-American (1892–): ISSN 2473-5922 LCCN 2011254020, 00252024, sn8309626 OCLC 192107159, 11751962, 9235910, 7645599, 4393753, 2698193 Afro-American Ledger (1900–1915): ISSN 2473-5965 LCCN sn83045756, 00252026 OCLC 9721724, 4393846, 7645666	Official site Free online archive Merged with Ledger in 1900.[10]
Baltimore	The American Citizen	1879[11]	1800s[11]	Weekly[11]	LCCN 2011254039, sn83027092 OCLC 664616228, 9948094, 22156041	Edited by Daniel Williams.[12]
Baltimore	Church Advocate	1890s		Weekly[13]
Baltimore	The Colored Harvester	1890s		Weekly[13]
Baltimore	The Commonwealth	1915[14]	1915[14]	Weekly[14]	LCCN 2011254356, sn83027090 OCLC 747723326, 9902528
Baltimore	Dawn[3]	1887[3]	?	Weekly[3]
Baltimore	Daily Evening Chronotype	1867[15]	?	Daily (six days a week)[16]		Published by Mansfield, Hobbs, & Co.[15] Second African-American daily newspaper ever published, after La Tribune de la Nouvelle-Orleans.[16] One issue survives, from February 18, 1867.[16]
Baltimore	Good News and Informer	1981?[17]	?[17]	Bimonthly newspaper[17]	OCLC 32791628	Extant through at least 1982.[17]
Baltimore	Joy[3]	1887[3]	?	Weekly[3]
Baltimore	The Lancet	1900s[18]	1900s[18]	Weekly[18]	LCCN sn88065132 OCLC 18579802	Extant in June 1902.[18]
Baltimore	The Ledger	1898[19]	1899[19]	Weekly[19]	ISSN 2473-5949 LCCN 00252025, 2018252112, sn83045833 OCLC 42347909, 1062885119, 9717406	Published by W.E. Tabb[20] Merged with the Afro-American, which thereafter for a time was named the Afro-American Ledger.[20]
Baltimore	The Lyceum Observer	1863[1]	1860s[1]	Monthly[21]	LCCN sn88065197 OCLC 18853991	First African-American newspaper in Baltimore.[15] Co-founded by a group of lyceum members including Christian Fleetwood and Alfred Ward Handy.
Baltimore	The Monthly Chronicle Of Religion And Learning	1875[22]	1870s[22]	Monthly newspaper[22]	LCCN sn88065150 OCLC 18680788	Published by C.B. Perry.[22]
Baltimore	Muhammad Speaks	1981[23]	?[23]	Unknown[23]
Baltimore	The Negro Appeal	1899[24]	1900[24]	Weekly[24]	LCCN 2013254335, sn84025821 OCLC 845108487, 10337773, 2753738	Published by S. Timothy Tice.[24]
Baltimore	Prohibition Advocate	1890s		Weekly[13]
Baltimore	The Race Standard	1894[25]	1898[25]	Weekly[25]	LCCN 2014254319, sn83016481 OCLC 876293844, 9864898, 2806324	Edited by G. Wellington Bryant.[25]
Baltimore	Star[3]	1887[3]	?	Weekly[3]
Baltimore	The Baltimore Times	1987?[26]	current	Weekly[26]	OCLC 26486022	Official site Published by Joy Bramble and edited by Ernie Boston.[26]
Baltimore	The True Communicator	1865[2]	1866[27]	Weekly[21] or twice-weekly[15]		No copies survive.[28] Edited by George T. Cook.[27] Published at Baltimore's Douglass Institute.[29]
Elkton	The Dawn	1890s		Monthly newspaper[13]
Hyattsville	The Crusader	1979[30]	?[30]	Weekly[30]	LCCN sn99063213 OCLC 41091736
Hyattsville	Straight From The Street	1990s[31]	?	Monthly newspaper[31]	ISSN 1061-5237 LCCN sn92003166 OCLC 25375385
Landover	Neighborhood Talk	1987[32]	?[32]	Weekly[32]		Published by Legusta Floyd and edited by Bianca Floyd.[32]
Temple Hills	Maryland Hawk	1984[33]	?[33]	Weekly[33]	LCCN sn90057060 OCLC 21166035	Published by Ben Holman.[33]
Upper Marlboro	The Crusader	1890s		Weekly[13]
Upper Marlboro	The Prince George’s Post / Prince George's Post-Sentinel	1932[34]	current	Weekly[34]	ISSN 1053-2226 LCCN sn90057050 OCLC 21191451	Official site Edited by Legusta Floyd.[34]

See also

• List of African-American newspapers and media outlets
• List of African-American newspapers in Delaware
• List of African-American newspapers in Pennsylvania
• List of African-American newspapers in Virginia
• List of African-American newspapers in Washington, D.C.
• List of newspapers in Maryland

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)
• Farrar, Hayward (1998). The Baltimore Afro-American, 1892-1950. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313305177.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Lee, Alfred McClung (2000). The Daily Newspaper in America, Volume 1. Routledge. ISBN 9780415228916.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)
• Scharf, John Thomas (1881). History of Baltimore City and County, from the Earliest Period to the Present Day. L.H. Everts.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Tanner, Benjamin Tucker (1867). An Apology for African Methodism.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

References

1. "About The Lyceum observer. (Baltimore [Md.]) 1863-186?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
2. Pride & Wilson 1997, p. 82.
3. Farrar 1998, p. xiv.
4. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 244, ¶ 2564.
5. "About African American news and world report. (Baltimore, Md.) 1979-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
6. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 13, ¶ 128.
7. "About The Afro-American. (Baltimore, Md.) 1954-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
8. "About Afro-American ledger. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1900-1915". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
9. "About Afro-American. [online resource] (Baltimore, MD) 1892-1899". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
10. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 25, ¶ 250.
11. "About The American citizen. [online resource] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1879-18??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
12. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 40, ¶ 405.
13. Afro-American Encyclopedia: Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race. Haley & Florida. 1895. p. 132.
14. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 167, ¶ 1735.
15. Scharf 1881, p. 636.
16. Lee 2000, p. 177.
17. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 252, ¶ 2638.
18. "About The Lancet. (Baltimore [Md.]) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
19. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 334, ¶ 3494.
20. "About The Ledger. [microfilm reel] (Baltimore, Md.) 1898-1899". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
21. Tanner 1867, p. 129.
22. "About The Monthly chronicle of religion and learning. (Baltimore [Md.]) 1875-187?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
23. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 378, ¶ 3946.
24. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 398, ¶ 4152.
25. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 481, ¶ 5018.
26. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 59, ¶ 598.
27. Alvord, J.W. (1867-01-01). Semi-annual Report on Schools for Freedmen. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 39. 'The True Communicator,' Baltimore, George T. Cook (colored) editor; published until a few months since; suspended at present, but is to be issued again about the first of May.
28. Bernier, Celeste-Marie (2018). If I Survive: Frederick Douglass and Family in the Walter O. Evans Collection. Edinburgh University Press. p. 17. the short-lived True Communicator, a newspaper published in Baltimore of which no copies have survived.
29. Coppin, Levi Jenkins (1919). Unwritten History. A. M. E. Book Concern. p. 39.
30. "About The crusader. (Hyattsville, Md.) 1979-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
31. "About Straight from the street. (Hyattsville, MD) 199?-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
32. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 404, ¶ 4209.
33. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 354, ¶ 3703.
34. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 472, ¶ 4921.