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This is a list of African-American newspapers
African-American newspapers (also known as the Black press or Black newspapers) are newspaper, news publications in the United States serving African-American communities. Samuel Cornish and John Brown Russwurm started the first African-Americ ...
that have been published in Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
. It includes both current and historical newspapers.
Connecticut's first newspaper by and for African Americans was '' The Clarksonian'', published from 1843 to 1844 in Hartford. The first known paper after that came much later, however, with the ''Hartford Herald'' in 1918. Connecticut's African American community has also historically been served by papers from neighboring states such as Massachusetts
Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...
.
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).
Newspapers
See also
*List of African-American newspapers and media outlets
This is a list of African-American newspapers and media outlets. For more detail on a given newspaper, see its entry in the List of African-American newspapers for its state, which is linked at See also: By state, below.
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*List of African-American newspapers in Massachusetts
This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in the state of Massachusetts. It includes both current and historical newspapers.
The roots of the African-American press are particularly deep in Massachusetts, dating ba ...
*List of African-American newspapers in New York
This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in the state of New York. It includes both current and historical newspapers. New York was the birthplace of the African American press, with the publication of ''Freedom's Jou ...
*List of African-American newspapers in Rhode Island
This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in the state of Rhode Island. It includes both current and historical newspapers.
Relatively few African-American newspapers have been published in Rhode Island. The first k ...
*List of newspapers in Connecticut
This is a list of newspapers in Connecticut.
Daily newspapers (currently published)
:''This is a list of daily newspapers currently published in Connecticut. For weekly and university newspapers, see List of newspapers in Connecticut''.
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{{African American pressNewspapers
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Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
African-American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American ...
African-American newspapers
African-American newspapers (also known as the Black press or Black newspapers) are newspaper, news publications in the United States serving African-American communities. Samuel Cornish and John Brown Russwurm started the first African-Americ ...