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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 the state of
Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first known African-American newspaper published in Delaware was ''
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'', which from 1869 to 1875 was published simultaneously in Wilmington and other cities in the Mid-Atlantic states, and was "viewed by some as the only national Black paper in the corridor between Washington and New York." Other notable Delaware papers include ''
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'' (1899–1901), and the '' Wilmington Advocate'', which noted poet and journalist Alice Dunbar Nelson operated from 1920 to 1922. The majority of such newspapers have been published in Wilmington, the state's capital. However, for much of its history Wilmington's African American population was too small to support even one such newspaper at a time.
Irvine Garland Penn Irvine Garland Penn (October 7, 1867 – July 22, 1930) was an educator, journalist, and lay leader in the Methodist Episcopal church in the United States. He was the author of ''The Afro-American Press and Its Editors'', published in 1891, and a ...
, who tabulated the African-American newspapers in circulation in 1880 and 1890 in ''
The Afro-American Press and Its Editors ''Afro-American Press and Its Editors'' is a book published in 1891 written by Irvine Garland Penn. Penn covers African-American newspapers and magazines published between 1827 and 1891. The book covers many aspects of journalism, and devotes a c ...
'', did not list a single Delaware newspaper for either year. For much of the late 19th and early 20th centuries when no African-American paper operated, news of the community was shared in a column in one of Wilmington's white weeklies, the ''
Sunday Morning Star ''The Sunday Morning Star'', also commonly known as ''The Sunday Star'', was a weekly newspaper in Wilmington, Delaware from 1881 to 1954. It carried three official titles in its 74 years: ''The Sunday Morning Star'' from 1881 to 1949, ''The Su ...
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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. Print Online * Atl ...
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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. Maryland's first known African-American newspaper was '' The Lyceum Observer'', launched by m ...
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List of African-American newspapers in New Jersey This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in the state of New Jersey. It includes both current and historical newspapers. Among the first such newspapers in New Jersey was Trenton's '' The Sentinel'', established i ...
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List of African-American newspapers in Pennsylvania This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in the state of Pennsylvania. This list includes both current and historical newspapers. In the 19th century, Pennsylvania saw a level of publishing that rivaled New York, wit ...
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List of newspapers in Delaware This is a list of newspapers in Delaware. Current School newspapers Defunct Unconfirmed See also * Delaware#Media, Delaware media ** List of radio stations in Delaware ** List of television stations in Delaware ** Media of List of incorp ...


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{{African American press
Newspapers A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports ...
Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
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 ...