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This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in Mississippi. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first such newspaper in Mississippi was the Colored Citizen in 1867. More than 70 African-American newspapers were founded across Mississippi between 1867 and 1899, in at least 37 different towns. From 1900 to 1980, at least 116 more such newspapers were founded in the state, but increasingly concentrated in the larger cities. The Jackson Advocate is the oldest African American newspaper still in publication. The was one of the first African American publications to be widely available on the internet.

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  • This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in Mississippi. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first such newspaper in Mississippi was the Colored Citizen in 1867. More than 70 African-American newspapers were founded across Mississippi between 1867 and 1899, in at least 37 different towns. From 1900 to 1980, at least 116 more such newspapers were founded in the state, but increasingly concentrated in the larger cities. The Jackson Advocate is the oldest African American newspaper still in publication. The was one of the first African American publications to be widely available on the internet. Several African-American newspapers are currently published in Mississippi. They are highlighted in green in the list below. (en)
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  • The Messenger (en)
  • Brotherhood (en)
  • The Echo (en)
  • The Light (en)
  • The Drummer (en)
  • The Voice (en)
  • Eagle Eye (en)
  • The Golden Rule (en)
  • The Eagle Eye (en)
  • Demonstrator (en)
  • Daily Echo (en)
  • Freedom's Journal (en)
  • Colored Citizen (en)
  • Highlighter (en)
  • Jackson Advocate (en)
  • Mississippi Freelance (en)
  • People's Journal (en)
  • The Drummer: Mississippi’s Black Community Newspaper (en)
  • Afro-American Courier (en)
  • Bluff City Bulletin (en)
  • Bluff City Post (en)
  • Canton Citizen (en)
  • Century Voice (en)
  • Delta Light House (en)
  • Greenville Leader (en)
  • Hub City Community News (en)
  • Jackson Field Hand (en)
  • Jefferson County Chronicle (en)
  • Metropolitan Observer (en)
  • Mississippi Free Press (en)
  • Mississippi Independent (en)
  • Mississippi Memo Digest (en)
  • Mississippi News (en)
  • Mississippi Oddfellow (en)
  • Mississippi Weekly (en)
  • Mississippiana (en)
  • Mound Bayou News-Digest (en)
  • Natchez News Leader (en)
  • Negro Leader (en)
  • Pas-Point Journal (en)
  • People's Advisor (en)
  • People's Defender (en)
  • People's Relief (en)
  • The Baptist Herald (en)
  • The Baptist Observer (en)
  • The Century Voice (en)
  • The Community Citizen (en)
  • The Delta Farmer’s Digest (en)
  • The Delta Leader (en)
  • The Delta Lighthouse (en)
  • The Free State (en)
  • The Mississippi Enterprise (en)
  • The Mississippi Link (en)
  • The Mound Bayou Sentinel (en)
  • The New African (en)
  • The New Times (en)
  • The Southern Advocate (en)
  • The Taborian Star (en)
  • The Union Messenger (en)
  • The Voice Of SHIMPH (en)
  • The Weekly Echo (en)
  • The Weekly Negro World (en)
  • The Zion Harp (en)
  • Tutwiler Whirlwind (en)
  • Vicksburg Citizens' Appeal (en)
  • Voice Of The People (en)
  • Weekly Communicator (en)
  • Weekly Reporter (en)
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  • * Published by General Missionary Baptist Convention of Mississippi. Edited by W.L. Terrell. (en)
  • * Free online archive * Published by H.H. Humes Publishing Co. * Attested through at least 1943. (en)
  • * Published by E.M. Weddington. * Edited by J.C. Chapple from 1896 until his death in 1919. (en)
  • * Edited by T.J. Huddleston, Jr. * Free online archive (en)
  • * Attested from at least 1942. (en)
  • * Attested from at least 1948–1950. (en)
  • * Attested from at least 1970–1971. (en)
  • * Attested through at least 1891. (en)
  • * Different color of paper used for each issue. (en)
  • * Edited by Barbara JoAnn Lea. (en)
  • * Edited by E.H. Johnson. (en)
  • * Edited in 1979 by J.D. Rayford. (en)
  • * Founded by Albert Jenkins. (en)
  • * Founded by Bernard Barnes and E.V. Cole. (en)
  • * Founded by Gene L. Mosley. (en)
  • * Founded by Imari Obadele. * Attested in 1980s. (en)
  • * Founded by James J. Spelman and James D. Lynch. (en)
  • * Founded by Katie M. Johnson and David Johnson. (en)
  • * Founded by Lee Dilworth. (en)
  • * Founded by Vicksburg civic leader Henry Mason. (en)
  • * Free online archive (en)
  • * Official site * Free online archive (en)
  • * Published by Eddie Taylor. (en)
  • * Published by Arrington High. * "The one radical journal of resistance" out of the five newspapers published in Mississippi in the 1950s. (en)
  • * Edited by Aurelius P. Hood. * Circulation of 4,000 in 1912. (en)
  • * Played an important role in the civil rights movement as a newspaper willing to speak out against the power structure. (en)
  • * Official site * Published by L. Socrates Garrett. (en)
  • * Edited by E.H. McKissak. * Attested through at least 1915. (en)
  • * Free online archive * Attested from at least 1955–1959. (en)
  • * Published by Savoy Publishing Company. Edited by Theodore C. Johnson. (en)
  • * Owned and edited by Joseph A. Young, Jr. * Circulation may have reached 1500. (en)
  • * Founded by James H. Meredith and Louis Armstrong. (en)
  • * Free online archive * Attested through at least 1940. (en)
  • * Attested through at least 1979. * Editor: Robert E. Williams. (en)
  • * Published by H.H. Humes Publishing Co. * Attested through at least 1948. (en)
  • * Edited by Eugene N. Bryant, who was driven from Brookhaven by white mob in retaliation for his political positions. (en)
  • * Founded by William H. Terrell and Theo C. Johnson. (en)
  • * Free online archive * Attested through at least 1902. (en)
  • * Published by Willie J. Miller. * Free online archive (en)
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  • Advocate, Jackson (en)
  • Baptist Herald, The (en)
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  • Citizens' Appeal, Vicksburg (en)
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  • Delta Farmer's Digest, The (en)
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  • Echo, The (en)
  • Enterprise, Mississippi, The (en)
  • Field Hand, Jackson (en)
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  • Memo Digest, Mississippi (en)
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  • News-Digest, Mound Bayou (en)
  • Sentinel, Mound Bayou, The (en)
  • Southern Advocate, The (en)
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  • Union Messenger, The (en)
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  • This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in Mississippi. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first such newspaper in Mississippi was the Colored Citizen in 1867. More than 70 African-American newspapers were founded across Mississippi between 1867 and 1899, in at least 37 different towns. From 1900 to 1980, at least 116 more such newspapers were founded in the state, but increasingly concentrated in the larger cities. The Jackson Advocate is the oldest African American newspaper still in publication. The was one of the first African American publications to be widely available on the internet. (en)
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  • List of African-American newspapers in Mississippi (en)
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