List of African American newspapers in West Virginia

Front page of The Pioneer Press from July 7, 1917, carrying news of the East St. Louis massacre.

This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of West Virginia. The first such newspaper was The Pioneer Press of Martinsburg, started by J.R. Clifford in 1882.[1] West Virginia's last African American newspaper, the West Virginia Beacon Digest of Charleston, shut down in 2006.[2]

Newspapers

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks


Bluefield Independent Observer Weekly[3]
  • Circulation of 2,400 in 1951.[3]
Charleston The Advocate 1901[4] 1913[4] Weekly[4]
  • ISSN 2574-6464
  • LCCN 2011254015, sn85059812
  • OCLC 664610971, 12920534
  • Claimed to reach "more colored readers than any newspaper in West Virginia."[4]
Charleston West Virginia Weekly / The W. Va. Weekly 1933[5] 1935[5] Weekly[5]
  • LCCN sn85059878
  • OCLC 12929891
Charleston West Virginia Beacon Digest 1957[6] 2006[2] Weekly[6]
  • ISSN 1042-8100
  • LCCN sn85059870
  • OCLC 12926221
  • Only West Virginia African American newspaper in the 21st century.[2]
  • Published by Stephen R. Starks.[6]
Charleston West Virginia Digest 1939[7] 1946[7] Weekly[7]
  • LCCN sn85059872
  • OCLC 12926226
Charleston West Virginia Enterprise 1885[8] ? Weekly[9]
  • Founded by Christopher Payne.[8]
Charleston West Virginia Weekly 1933[2] 1935[2] Weekly
  • Edited by Earl K. Kogar.[2]
Clarksburg The Clarion 1911[10] 1910s[10] Weekly[10]
  • LCCN sn85059700
  • OCLC 12818724
  • Ceased publication between 1911 and 1914.[10]
  • Edited by T.L. Higgins.[10]
Huntington The Breeze 1920s[11] 1920s[11]
  • Edited and published by J.W. Scott.[11]
Huntington Huntington Enterprise 1913[11]
  • Edited by H. Rufus White.[11]
Huntington Huntington Times 1918?[12] ? Weekly[12]
  • LCCN sn85059761
  • OCLC 12897649
  • Edited by A.N. Johnson.[12]
Huntington West Virginia Spokesman 1900[13]
  • Founded by C.H. Barnett and edited by J.W. Scott.[13]
Keystone The McDowell Times 1904[14] 1941[14] Weekly[14]
  • ISSN 2640-348X, 2640-3471
  • LCCN 2018270642, sn86092050
  • OCLC 1076345227, 13032822, 17762445
  • Free online archive
  • Founded by Matthew Thomas Whittico.[15]
Martinsburg The Pioneer Press 1882[16] 1918[16] Weekly[16]
  • ISSN 2640-3722, 2640-3714
  • LCCN 2014254021, sn83025146
  • OCLC 876188253, 9285482
  • Free online archive
  • Published and edited by J.R. Clifford, the first African American admitted to practice law in West Virginia.[16]
Montgomery The Mountain Eagle 1890s[2] 1900s[2] Weekly[17]
Montgomery The Pioneer 1890s[2] 1900s[2] Weekly

See also

Works cited

  • Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E., eds. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674007888.
  • Fain, Cicero M (2019). Black Huntington: An Appalachian Story. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252051432.
  • Smith, Jessie Carney; Horton, Carrell Peterson, eds. (1995). Historical Statistics of Black America: Media to Vital Statistics. Gale Research. ISBN 0810393921.

References

  1. ^ Powell, Bob; Thornhill, Gail (2016-10-06). "Civil Rights Legend J.R. Clifford Dies: October 6, 1933". Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Plein, Stewart (2017-01-12). "The African American Press in West Virginia". WVU Libraries. Retrieved 2020-01-20. The state's only African American newspaper that continued into this century is the Beacon Digest in Charleston, until it ceased publication in 2006.
  3. ^ a b Smith & Horton 1995, p. 1214.
  4. ^ a b c d "About The advocate. [online resource] (Charleston, West Virginia) 1901-1913". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  5. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 600, ¶ 6275.
  6. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 609, ¶ 6371.
  7. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 609, ¶ 6372.
  8. ^ a b c d Rice, Connie Park (2015-12-08). "Christopher H. Payne". e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  9. ^ Rowell, George Presbury (1887). Geo. P. Rowell and Co.'s American Newspaper Directory. Printers' Ink Publishing Company. p. 837.
  10. ^ a b c d e "About The clarion. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1911-191?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  11. ^ a b c d e Fain 2019, p. 217 n.137.
  12. ^ a b c "About The Huntington times. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1918-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  13. ^ a b Fain 2019, p. 113.
  14. ^ a b c "About The McDowell times. [online resource] (Keystone, West Virginia) 1904-1941". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  15. ^ Sullivan, Ken (2017-09-25). "M. T. Whittico". e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  16. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 465, ¶ 4842.
  17. ^ Bergman, Peter M. (1969). The Negro in America. p. 191. OCLC 702330366.
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