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African American Newspapers, 2000- Current


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  • America's newspapers. United States, America's newspapers. The electronic editions of record for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers  -- all in one easy-to-search database with a world map. Each provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community, as well as a distinctive focus offering a variety of viewpoints on local and world issues. Paid ads are excluded.
     
  • African American Newspapers Included - a partial list of the top ones ranging mostly from 2006 to current

    Jackson Advocate  /2008 - Current
    Los Angeles Sentinel 
    /2007 - Current
    Michigan Chronicle 
    /2006 - Current
    Mississippi Link 
    /2009 - Current
    Chicago Defender 
    /2008 - Current
    Atlanta Daily World 
    /2000 - Current
    Birmingham Times 
    /2010 - Current
    Dallas Examiner 
    /2008 - 2016
    The Miami Times 
    /2011 - Current
    Philadelphia Tribune 
    /2008 - Current
    South Florida Times  
    /2011 - Current
    Tennessee Tribune 
    /2009 - Current
    Tri-State Defender  
    /2006 - Current
    The Cincinnati Herald
       /2010 - Current
    St. Louis American  /2006 - Current
    New Pittsburgh Courier  /2009 - Current  [Pittsburgh Courier founded in1907; Renamed in 1967]
    ........
    Note: There doesn't seem to be a way of limiting sources to African American newspapers only. The sources above were identified by using various websites and verified by using this database.

     
  • SEARCH within One Newspaper

    (1) Enter search terms in box one.
    (2) Enter newspaper in box two and select SOURCE from field.



    Note: If you add multiple newspaper sources with the drop-down OR connector provided by the search platform, the search results may not be what you wanted because the search logic may run like ((Keywords) AND (Source#1)) OR (Source#2) OR (source#3)...until (Source#9). You will probably see a very large number of results. Recommendations: Use the method mentioned below instead.


     
  • SEARCH by Including Multiple Newspapers

    (1) Use the A-Z Source List to select the newspapers.
    (2) Then do the searches.