''The Reflector'' was a weekly newspaper in

Charlottesville, Virginia Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the county seat of Albemarle County, which surrounds the city, though the two are separate legal entities. It is named after Queen Ch ...

, that ran from 1933 to at least 1935. Edited by

T. J. Sellers Thomas Jerome Sellers (1911 - 2006 ), was an African American journalist, newspaper editor, newspaper publisher, and educator from Charlottesville, Virginia. Life Sellers was born in 1911 and grew up in Charlottesville and nearby Esmont, Virgin ...

, it called itself "Charlottesville's Only Negro Weekly." It included articles on local and national news, social columns, and editorials and articles on topics of particular interest to black readers such as racial identity, lynching, and famous African Americans. The publication captured aspects of life under

Jim Crow laws The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States. Other areas of the United States were affected by formal and informal policies of segregation as well, but many states outside the Sout ...

in this small city, including a regular feature on events at segregated Jefferson High School. In 2003, a new Charlottesville newspaper began publication as The African American Reflector, in honor of the original newspaper's editor. In a 1934 issue, the editors noted that along with its Black readership, 200 white Charlottesville residents also were "regular subscribers" to the paper.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Reflector, The Defunct African-American newspapers Defunct newspapers published in Virginia Mass media in Charlottesville, Virginia