Wikipedia:WikiProject Newspapers/Black owned newspapers

=Finding newspapers=
 * , Covers 1989 to 1998; full text available online.
 * , African-American newspaper members
 * The Afro-American Press and Its Editors, an 1891 book with numerous biographical sketches and woodcut images.
 * African-American newspapers that already have Wikipedia articles: Category:African-American newspapers (and the main article African-American newspapers)
 * African American News Organizations: National Association of Black Journalists www.nabj.org
 * Wikidata: [https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0A%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fplace%20%3FplaceLabel%20%3Fid%20%3Fcoords%20%3Farticle%20%3Fmapflags%20%3Frgb%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%3Fc%20wdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ4689686%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20%3Fc%20.%0A%20OPTIONAL%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP5454%20%3Fid%20.%7D%0A%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP291%7Cwdt%3AP159%7Cwdt%3AP131%20%3Fplace%20.%0A%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords.%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3Fpageid%20%3Fns%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Amwapi%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Aendpoint%20%22en.wikipedia.org%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Aapi%20%22Generator%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20mwapi%3Agenerator%20%22search%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20mwapi%3Agsrsearch%20%22insource%3A%5C%22infobox%20newspaper%5C%22%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20mwapi%3Agsrlimit%20%22max%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wikibase%3AapiOutputItem%20mwapi%3Aitem%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fpageid%20wikibase%3AapiOutput%20%22%40pageid%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fns%20wikibase%3AapiOutput%20%22%40ns%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%20LIMIT%2015000%0A%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AinLanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28SUBSTR%28str%28%3Farticle%29%2C%201%2C%2025%29%20%3D%20%22https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%22%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28BOUND%28%3Fns%29%2C%22_infobox%22%2C%22_noinfobox%22%29%20AS%20%3Finfobox%29.%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28BOUND%28%3Farticle%29%2C%22enwiki%22%2C%22noenwiki%22%29%20AS%20%3Fonwiki%29.%20%20%0A%20%20BIND%28CONCAT%28%3Fonwiki%2C%3Finfobox%29%20as%20%3Flayer%29%20.%0A%0A%20%20BIND%28%20IF%28BOUND%28%3Farticle%29%2C%20%20%20IF%28BOUND%28%3Fns%29%2C%20%22009500%22%20%2C%20%22FFF000%22%20%29%20%20%2C%20%20%22FF0000%22%20%20%20%29%20%20AS%20%3Frgb%29.%20%20%0A%20%20%0A%20%23hint%3APrior%20hint%3ArunFirst%20%22true%22.%0A%20%23OPTIONAL%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP5454%20%3Fid%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%20 This query] plots Wikidata's items that are designated as "African-American newspapers" on a map. Only a handful of points are plotted; the query may need improvement, and we may need to mark more Wikidata items with this property as well.

In February 2021, 120 years of archives of the publication Editor & Publisher were released, and are free to browse. This Twitter thread links to a number of articles specific to the Black press that may be useful reference materials for any number of Wikipedia articles. (It would be helpful to move this list of links to this Wikipedia page.)

By state or region

 * Lists (one for each state): Category:Lists of African-American newspapers
 * Overview list: List of African-American newspapers and media outlets


 * Blacks and their contributions to the American West: a bibliography and union list of library holdings through 1970: Has a brief description of some of the newspapers (simple listings of many)

Oregon

 * Historic Black newspapers of Portland
 * Skanner 2015 overview

Washington State
List of African-American Newspapers in Washington State

Wisconsin
List of African-American Newspapers in Wisconsin

= Redlinked articles to write = (please move completed articles or drafts to the appropriate spaces below)

B
 * Bay Drum www.baydrum.com books, edpub, free library list done by: Monica Dinglasan on December 1, 2020
 * BlackNews.com www.blacknews.com

C
 * Call and Post Newspapers www.callandpost.com
 * Chicago Standard Newspapers www.standardnewspapers.com mondo, books, edpub, blacknews, loc NFenty (talk) 04:52, 3 December 2020 (UTC) is developing this

D
 * Daily Digest for African Americans www.akiit.com

E
 * EURweb.com www.eurweb.com
 * Exodus Online www.exodusnews.com

I
 * Ink News Online www.inknewsonline.com

M
 * Mississippi Link www.mississippilink.net

N
 * New Pittsburg Courier www.newpittsburghcourieronline.com

W
 * Weekly Challenger www.theweeklychallenger.com
 * Weekly Press www.theweeklypress.com
 * Windy City Word www.windycityword.com EdPub, Books, LOC, nwsprs, ProQuest. List done by marquismorales on December 2, 2020

Redlinks from African American press template

 * Southeast:
 * Today News Africa
 * Chattanooga News Chronicle
 * Community Times
 * Northern Kentucky Herald
 * The Times Upstate


 * Midwest:
 * Dayton Defender


 * Defunct:
 * Freedman's Journal


 * From African-American newspapers
 * Black Voices
 * Frederick Douglass Paper
 * Douglass Monthly

= News On Wiki NOW 2020 campaign - work completed =
 * Atlanta Black Star
 * Atlanta Voice
 * Baltimore Times
 * Birmingham Times www.thebirminghamtimes.com
 * Black Lens News (Spokane, WA) Q100269249 blacklensnews.com
 * The Charleston Chronicle
 * The Christian Recorder
 * Dallas Examiner www.dallasexaminer.com
 * Dallas Post Tribune www.dallasposttrib.com Website corrected by Nickelsey337 on December 1, 2020
 * Metro Herald (Virginia)
 * Milwaukee Courier www.milwaukeecourieronline.com
 * New England Informer www.neinformer.net
 * New Journal and Guide www.thenewjournalandguide.com
 * New York Beacon www.newyorkbeacon.com
 * QBR The Black Book Review www.qbr.com
 * The Neighborhood Leader
 * The Provincial Freeman (historical paper founded 1853, edited by Mary Ann Shadd)
 * The Triibe
 * The Madison Times
 * Black Star News
 * The Elevator (newspaper)

Needs infobox

 * The Madison Times (Wisconsin)
 * The Forum (Tacoma) Washington
 * The Columbus Post (Ohio)
 * The McDowell Times (West Virginia)
 * African-American News and Issues (Texas)
 * Black Star News (NY)
 * Sun-Reporter (CA)
 * The Elevator (newspaper)
 * South Florida Times
 * Atlanta Tribune www.atlantatribune.com
 * Oregon Mirror

Redirects created

 * African American News and Issues www.aframnews.com
 * Afro American Newspaper www.afro.com (possible redirect to Baltimore Afro-American) Aafranklin (talk)
 * Chicago Defender www.chicagodefender.com
 * Columbus Post www.columbuspost.com
 * Dallas Weekly www.dallasweekly.com
 * Freedom's Journal wiki books loc JRandRosie EdPub (talk) 10:22, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Insight News www.insightnews.com
 * Philadelphia Tribune www.phillytrib.com/
 * Sacramento Observer www.sacobserver.com Sacramento Chamber of Commerce, MondoTimes, LOC, ProQuest, EdPub, Books List done by marquismorales on December 1, 2020
 * TheRoot.com www.theroot.com
 * Westside Gazette www.thewestsidegazette.com