10 Black newspapers from across the nation have come together to launch Word In Black, a collective platform that will aim to tell stories on the Black experience from different perspectives throughout the country.

Little Known Black History Facts

John H. Sengstacke (pictured, right) was a newspaper publisher who once owned the largest chain of Black publications in the country. The Savannah, Ga. native was born November 25, 1912. Sengstacke was groomed for the newspaper business, working as a boy alongside his father, Alexander, for “The Woodville Times,” and his uncle, Robert Sengstacke Abbott, […]

Little Known Black History Facts

The Los Angeles Sentinel, one of the oldest Black-owned newspapers in America in existence, began on this day in 1933, founded by Col. Leon H. Washington. Today, the paper enjoys the distinction of being the largest paid subscription Black-owned weekly newspaper on the West Coast, and the only paid Black-owned paper outlet in all of […]

Little Known Black History Facts

The Freedom’s Journal was the first Black-owned and operated newspaper in the United States, and its short run had a significant impact on Black publications to come. Started in the early 1800s by free Black men, the paper stood as an informational hub for Black Americans at a time when Black voices were often silenced. […]

On this day in 1864, the New Orleans Tribune published its first newspaper. It was the first daily Black newspaper and was unique as it printed articles in both English and French. The paper was the brainchild of Dr. Louis Charles Roudanez, a physician who attempted a similar effort just two years prior. The paper’s […]

  New York’s Amsterdam News is one of the most influential Black-owned media properties in the world. The paper is celebrating its 105th year in existence this month, and still remains a vital outlet for the Black community in Harlem and abroad. The paper’s founder, James H. Anderson, first published the Amsterdam News on December […]

Harry S. McAlpin broke the White House press corps color barrier in February 1944, becoming the first African-American reporter to gain entry to the exclusive White House press conference. Despite almost being denied entry to White House Press Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) because of his race, McAlpin took the first bold steps in what would be […]

National News

If you are like most Americans, you get most of your news now online. Yet it was not so long ago that printed newspapers were…