List of African-American newspapers in Louisiana

This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in Louisiana. It includes both current and historical newspapers.

Inaugural issue of The Louisianian from December 1870.

The first African-American newspaper in Louisiana was L'Union, a French-language newspaper launched in 1862.[1][2] The first daily African-American newspaper in Louisiana, and in the entire country, came two years later with La Tribune de la Nouvelle-Orléans.[3][4]

Notably, although the Louisiana Creole people were not considered Black until after the Civil War, the history of African-American newspapers in Louisiana is sometimes considered to begin with the New Orleans Daily Creole, a Creole pro-slavery newspaper launched in 1856. However, scholars of the African-American press generally exclude the Daily Creole.[5][3]

Although L'Union was the first African-American newspaper in Louisiana, it was not the state's first African-American periodical: starting in 1843 a successful African American literary magazine was published in New Orleans, titled L'Album Litteraire, Journal des Jeunes Gens.[4]

Many African-American newspapers are published in Louisiana today; they are highlighted in green in the list below. The oldest such newspaper still in publication is The Shreveport Sun, established in 1920.[6]

Newspapers
City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Alexandria The Louisiana Baptist 1800s[7] ?[7] Weekly[7]
  • LCCN sn87091092
  • OCLC 16917664
  • Attested from at least 1901.[7]
Alexandria
  • Alexandria News Leader[8]
  • Alexandria News Weekly[9]
 1963[9] 1999[10] Weekly[9]
  • Edited by C.J. Bell.[9]
Baton Rouge The Capital City Weekly 1946[11] 1900s[11] Weekly[11]
Baton Rouge The Baton Rouge Chronicle 1993?[12] ?[12] Monthly[12]
  • Published by Leonard A. Black. Edited by H. Louis Author.[12]
Baton Rouge
  • Baton Rouge Community Leader[13]
  • Baton Rouge News Leader[14]
  • Community Leader[15]
  • News Leader[16]
  • The Community Leader[17]
  • Weekly Leader[18]
 1952[15] ? Weekly[15]
  • Attested through at least 1982.[18]
Baton Rouge Eagle Dispatch 1900s[19] ?[19] Weekly[19]
  • Attested from at least 1930.[19]
Baton Rouge The Eagle Dispatch 1923?[20] ?[20] Weekly[20]
  • Edited by W.S. Boswell.[20]
Baton Rouge The Baton Rouge Examiner 1983[21] 1984?[21] Monthly[21]
  • Edited by Kermit Thomas.[21]
Baton Rouge The Grand Era 1870[22] 1877[22] Weekly[22]
  • Edited by J. Henri Burch around 1875.[23]
Baton Rouge The Greater Baton Rouge Metro 1983[24] 1986?[24] Weekly[24]
  • Edited by Kermit R. Thomas (1984–1985) and by Lee T. Wesley (1985).[24]
Baton Rouge The Baton Rouge Herald 1960[25] 1961[25] Weekly[25]
Baton Rouge The Observer 1899[26] 1900[26] Weekly[26]
Baton Rouge Baton Rouge Post 1937[27] ?[27] Weekly[27]
Baton Rouge Baton Rouge Post 1983[28] 2007[29] Irregular[28] or weekly[29]
  • Not to be confused with current online newspaper of same title.
Baton Rouge The Southern Digest ?[30] current Weekly during Southern University fall, spring and summer semesters[30]
Baton Rouge Weekly Press 1980s[31] current Weekly[31]
Grambling Spectrum 1991?[32] ? Bimonthly newspaper[32]
  • Published by Ezil Bibbs Jr. [32]
Lafayette Lafayette News Leader 1970?[33] 1900s[34] Weekly[33]
  • Attested through at least 1973.[33]
Lafayette The Rising Seed 1989[35] 1993[35] Monthly[35]
  • Published and edited by Takuna Maulanae Shabazz.[35]
Lake Charles Lake Charles News Leader 1966[36] 1973[36] Weekly[36]
Monroe
  • The Monroe Broadcast[37]
  • The Southern Broadcast[38]
 1932[38] ?[37] Weekly[37]
  • Attested through at least 1937.[37]
Monroe The Monroe Dispatch 1971[39] or 1975[40] current Weekly[39]
Monroe
  • Black Free Press[41]
  • Free Press[42]
  • Rapping Black (1969–1973)[43]
 1969 current Weekly[42]
  • Official site
  • Founded by Roosevelt Wright, Jr., initially as a flyer to spread news about the local civil rights movement.[44]
Monroe / Baton Rouge (1968–1973)[45] Monroe News Leader 1963?[46] ?[46] Weekly[46]
New Orleans The New Orleans Advocate 1866[47] 1869[47] Weekly[47]
New Orleans The Black PAC Epitaph 1970s[48] ?[48]
  • Attested at least from 1972.[48]
New Orleans The Black Republican 1865[49] 1865[50] Weekly[49]
  • Published by the Black Republican Newspaper Association.[49]
New Orleans The Carrollton Advocate 1970[51] 1970[51] Irregular[51]
New Orleans The Crusader 1889[52] 1890s[52] Weekly[52]
New Orleans The Crusader 1889[53] 1891[53] or 1898[52] Weekly[53]
New Orleans The Daily Crusader 1891[54] 1896[54] Daily[54]
New Orleans The Daily Spokesman 1914[55] 1900s[55] Daily[55]
New Orleans
  • Black Data Newsweekly[56]
  • Data[57]
  • Data Newsweekly[58]
  • New Orleans Data News Weekly[59]
 1967[57] current Weekly[59] or biweekly[57]
New Orleans Le Dimanche 1861[60] 1876[60] Weekly[60]
  • Published by Theard and Trosclair.[60]
  • In French.[61]
  • Status as an African-American newspaper contested due to its support of white supremacy.[5]
New Orleans The Free South 1868[62] ?[62] Weekly[62]
  • Published by W.P. Allen.[62]
New Orleans The New Orleans Herald 1925[63] 1925[63] Biweekly[63]
New Orleans The Hope for the Future 1969[64] ?[64] Unknown[64]
New Orleans
  • New Orleans Informer And Sentinel[65]
  • New Orleans Informer and Sentinel[66]
 1940[66] ?[66] Weekly[66]
  • Attested through at least 1944.[65]
New Orleans Inside New Orleans 1964[67] ?[67] Weekly[67]
New Orleans
  • L'Union[68]
  • Le Union: Journal Politique, Litteraire et Progressiste[69]
  • The Union (1863–1864)[68]
 1862[69] 1864[69] Triweekly[69]
  • First African-American newspaper in Louisiana.[1]
  • In French until July 1863; then in French and English.[68] The English edition differed greatly from the French, and did not include the literary material from the French edition.[70]
New Orleans The Louisiana Weekly 1925[71] current Weekly[71]
New Orleans National Negro Voice 1924[72] ?[72] Monthly newspaper[73]
  • Published by R.A. Flynn.[72]
  • Attested through at least 1931.[72]
New Orleans The Negro Gazette 1872[74] 1872[74] Weekly[74]
  • "Published every Saturday morning during the presidential campaign."[74]
New Orleans The Plain Truth Of New Orleans 1969[75] 1970[75] Bimonthly newspaper[75]
New Orleans The Republican Courier 1899[76] 1900[76] Weekly[76]
New Orleans The Louisiana Republican 1881[77] 1882[77] Weekly[77]
  • In English and French.[77]
New Orleans New Orleans Sentinel 1940[78] 1940s[78] Weekly[78]
New Orleans The Sepia Socialite 1937[79] 1945[79] Weekly[79]
New Orleans Southern Republican 1898[80] 1907[80] Weekly[80]
  • Edited by Joseph LeBlanc.[80]
New Orleans Southwestern Advocate 1873[81] 1876[81] Biweekly[81]
  • Published for the Methodist Episcopal Church of Louisiana.[81]
New Orleans Southwestern Christian Advocate 1877[82] 1929[82] Weekly[82]
New Orleans The Spectator 1982[83] 1983[83] Weekly[83]
New Orleans
  • La Tribune de la Nouvelle-Orléans
  • New Orleans Tribune
 1864[84] 1870?[84] Daily from 1864 to 1869[85]
  • First African-American daily newspaper in the United States.[3]
  • In English and French.[86]
New Orleans
1870[89] 1882[89] Weekly[89] or twice weekly[88]
New Orleans The Weekly Pelican 1886[90] 1889[90] Weekly[90]
  • Edited by John L. Minor.[90]
Plaquemine The Fraternal Herald 1930[91] ?[91] Weekly[91]
  • Published by Tabernacle Herald Publishing House.[91]
Plaquemine New Orleans Broadcast - Fraternal Herald 1934[92] ?[92] Weekly[92]
Ponchatoula The Drum 1980s[93] current Weekly[93]
Scotlandville Baton Rouge Scotland Press 1970s[94] 1980s[94] Weekly[94]
Shreveport Shreveport Afro-American 1920s[95] ? Weekly[95]
  • Attested through at least 1932.[95]
Shreveport Councilor 1962[96] 1981[96] Monthly newspaper[96]
Shreveport
  • The Shreveport Sun
  • The Shreveport Sun And Bis News (1964–1966)[97]
 1920[98] current Weekly[99]
St. Martinville
  • The Echo
  • L'écho
 1872[100] 1878[100] Weekly[100]
  • Published by J.F. Penne.[100]
  • "Official journal of the Parish of St. Martin."[101]
  • In English and French.[101]
Thibodaux The Lafourche Monitor 1905?[102] ?[102] Twice monthly[102]
  • Published by Knights and Ladies of Honor of America. Edited by C.H. Ballard.[102]
  • Attested through at least 1936.[102]
Vidalia The Concordia Eagle 1873[103] 1890[103] Weekly[103]

See also

Works cited

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  27. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 62, ¶ 634.
  28. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 62, ¶ 635.
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  33. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 330, ¶ 3460.
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  35. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 494, ¶ 5159.
  36. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 331, ¶ 3463.
  37. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 373, ¶ 3888.
  38. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 526, ¶ 5492.
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  90. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 607, ¶ 6348.
  91. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 236, ¶ 2472.
  92. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 411, ¶ 4278.
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  96. "About Councilor. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1962-1981". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
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  99. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 515, ¶ 5383.
  100. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 205, ¶ 2142.
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  103. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 171, ¶ 1780.
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