List of African American newspapers in Connecticut

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

Connecticut's first newspaper by and for African Americans was The Clarksonian, published from 1843 to 1844 in Hartford. The first known paper after that came much later, however, with the Hartford Herald in 1918. Connecticut's African American community has also historically been served by papers from neighboring states such as Massachusetts.

African-American newspapers in Connecticut today include the Inner-City News of New Haven and the Inquiring News of Hartford (successor to the Inquirer family of newspapers in Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, and Waterbury).

Newspapers

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = Bridgeport

| name = Afri-Voice Review (1991–) /
Afro-Voice Review (1988–1991)

| launched = 1988{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=21 | loc=¶ 215 }}

| ceased publication = 1992?{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=21 | loc=¶ 215 }}

| type = Unknown{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=21 | loc=¶ 215 }}

| call numbers =

{{LCCN8 | chronicling=yes | sn94053124 | sn94053125}}
{{OCLC | 30675511 | 30675663}}

| remarks =

}}

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = Bridgeport

| name = Harambee Union /
Harambee

| launched = 1969{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=267 | loc=¶ 2793 }}

| ceased publication = 1976{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=267 | loc=¶ 2793 }}

| type = Monthly newspaper{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=267 | loc=¶ 2793 }}

| call numbers =

{{LCCN8 | chronicling=yes | sn94053122 | sn94053123}}
{{OCLC | 30675183 | 30675295}}

| remarks =

Partially in Spanish.{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=267 | loc=¶ 2793 }}

}}

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = Bridgeport / Hartford

| name = The Bridgeport Inquirer

| sortkey = Inquirer, Bridgeport, The

| launched = 1977?{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=115 | loc=¶ 1192 }}

| ceased publication = 2006

| type = Weekly{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=115 | loc=¶ 1192 }}

| call numbers =

| remarks =

Merged into Inquiring News.

}}

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = Hamden

| name = The Elm City Trader

| sortkey = Elm City Trader, The

| launched = 1991

| ceased publication = 1990s

| type = Weekly

| call numbers =

{{LCCN8 | chronicling=yes | sn95063169}}
{{OCLC | 33419197}}

| remarks =

}}

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = Hartford

| name = The Clarksonian

| sortkey = Clarksonian, The

| launched = 1843

| ceased publication = 1844

| type = Monthly newspaper

| call numbers =

| remarks =

Founded and edited by James W.C. Pennington.

}}

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = Hartford

| name = Connecticut Chronicle /
Hartford Chronicle /
Hartford-Springfield Chronicle

| launched = 1915{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=172 | loc=¶ 1788 }}

| ceased publication = 1949?{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=172 | loc=¶ 1788 }}

| type = Weekly{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=172 | loc=¶ 1788 }}

| call numbers =

{{ISSN | 2642-7117 | 2642-7109}}
{{LCCN8 | chronicling=yes | sn95063011 | sn92051342 | sn92051345}}
{{OCLC | 31813207 | 26273304 | 26273329}}

| remarks =

Free online archives:
[http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn92051345/issues Connecticut Chronicle]
[http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn92051342/issues Hartford Chronicle]
Published by George W. Goodman.{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=172 | loc=¶ 1788 }}

}}

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = Hartford

| name = Hartford Herald

| launched = 1918

| ceased publication =

| type =

| call numbers =

| remarks =

No issues survive.

}}

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = Hartford

| name = The Informer

| sortkey = Informer, The

| launched = 1977{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=296 | loc=¶ 3123 }}

| ceased publication = ?{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=296 | loc=¶ 3123 }}

| type = Weekly{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=296 | loc=¶ 3123 }}

| call numbers =

{{LCCN8 | chronicling=yes | sn92051470}}
{{OCLC | 26787735}}

| remarks =

Published by Robert Hales

}}

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = Hartford

| name = The Hartford Inquirer

| sortkey = Inquirer, Hartford, The

| launched = 1975

| ceased publication = 2006

| type = Weekly

| call numbers =

{{LCCN8 | chronicling=yes | sn89080095 | sn94092715}}
{{OCLC | 23588659 | 32784796}}

| remarks =

Merged with other Inquirer papers to form Inquiring News.
Edited and published by William R. Hales.{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=270 | loc=¶ 2833 }}

}}

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = Hartford

| name = The New Haven Inquirer

| sortkey = Inquirer, New Haven, The

| launched = 1976{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=409 | loc=¶ 4257 }}

| ceased publication = ?{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=409 | loc=¶ 4257 }}

| type = Weekly{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=409 | loc=¶ 4257 }}

| call numbers =

{{LCCN8 | chronicling=yes | sn94093004 | sn92060556}}
{{OCLC | 33390392 | 26502871}}

| remarks =

}}

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = Hartford

| name = Inquiring News

| launched = 2006

| ceased publication = current

| type =

| call numbers =

| remarks =

[https://www.inqnews.com/ Official site]

}}

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = Hartford

| name = New England Bulletin

| launched = 1949{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=407 | loc=¶ 4243 }}

| ceased publication = ?{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=407 | loc=¶ 4243 }}

| type = Weekly{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=407 | loc=¶ 4243 }}

| call numbers =

{{ISSN | 2643-5012 | 2643-5004}}
{{LCCN8 | chronicling=yes | 2019271081 | sn92051343}}
{{OCLC | 1099565978 | 26273342}}

| remarks =

[http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn92051343/issues Free online archive]

}}

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = Hartford

| name = North Hartford Truth

| launched = 1971{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=429 | loc=¶ 4469 }}

| ceased publication = 1974?{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=429 | loc=¶ 4469 }}

| type = Monthly{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=429 | loc=¶ 4469 }}

| call numbers =

{{OCLC | 26787570}}

| remarks =

Published by Horace Bushnell Church.

}}

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = Hartford

| name = Northend Agent's

| launched = 1974 or 1975{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=431 | loc=¶ 4482 }}

| ceased publication = current

| type = Weekly{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=431 | loc=¶ 4482 }}

| call numbers =

{{LCCN8 | chronicling=yes | sn92051380}}
{{OCLC | 26498043}}

| remarks =

[http://www.northendagents.com/ Official site]
Edited until 2015 by John Robert Allen.

}}

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = Hartford

| name = Springfield Inquirer

| launched = 1981?{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=537 | loc=¶ 5599 }}

| ceased publication = ?{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=537 | loc=¶ 5599 }}

| type = Weekly{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=537 | loc=¶ 5599 }}

| call numbers =

| remarks =

}}

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = Hartford / Springfield

| name = Hartford Star

| sortkey = Star, Hartford

| launched = 1969{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=270 | loc=¶ 2834 }}

| ceased publication = 1974{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=270 | loc=¶ 2834 }}

| type = Weekly{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=270 | loc=¶ 2834 }}

| call numbers =

{{LCCN8 | chronicling=yes | sn92051308}}
{{OCLC | 26205865}}

| remarks =

Edited by Henry Morris.{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=270 | loc=¶ 2834 }}

}}

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = Hartford / Springfield

| name = The Hartford Voice

| sortkey = Hartford Voice, The

| launched = 1974

| ceased publication = 1975

| type = Weekly

| call numbers =

{{LCCN8 | chronicling=yes | sn92051331}}
{{OCLC | 26205881}}

| remarks =

Successor to the Hartford Star.{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=270 | loc=¶ 2834 }}

}}

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = New Haven

| name = The Crow / The Heritage Hall Crow

| sortkey = Crow, The

| launched = 1968

| ceased publication = ?{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=180 | loc=¶ 1878 }}

| type = Twice monthly{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=180 | loc=¶ 1878 }} or biweekly

| call numbers =

The Crow:
{{LCCN8 | chronicling=yes | sn94053269}}
{{OCLC | 31177268}}
Heritage Hall Crow:
{{LCCN8 | chronicling=yes | sn95063093}}
{{OCLC | 32334099}}

| remarks =

}}

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = New Haven

| name = Black Coalition Weekly /
The Greater New Haven Black Coalition Weekly (1972)

| launched = 1972

| ceased publication = 1900s

| type = Weekly

| call numbers =

{{ISSN | 2638-3756}}
{{LCCN8 | chronicling=yes | sn95063100}}
{{OCLC | 32981870}}

| remarks =

}}

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = New Haven

| name = The Inner-City News /
The Inner-City

| sortkey = Inner-City News, The

| launched = 1980s

| ceased publication = current

| type = Monthly newspaper

| call numbers =

{{LCCN8 | chronicling=yes | sn95063181}}
{{OCLC | 33438306}}

| remarks =

[https://issuu.com/johnthomas45 Free online archive]
Only member of the National Newspaper Publishers Association in Connecticut.
Estimated readership of 50,000 in 2003.
Subject of a controversy over a sponsored content deal with Yale University in 2003.

}}

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = New Haven

| name = New Haven Local News

| sortkey = Local News, New Haven

| launched = 1987

| ceased publication = 1990

| type = Twice monthly

| call numbers =

{{LCCN8 | chronicling=yes | sn95063170}}
{{OCLC | 33419288}}

| remarks =

Published by Willie Williams, Jr.

}}

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = New Haven

| name = The Open Gate News

| sortkey = Open Gate News, The

| launched = 1961{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=444 | loc=¶ 4626 }}

| ceased publication = ?{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=444 | loc=¶ 4626 }}

| type = Twice-monthly or bimonthly{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=444 | loc=¶ 4626 }}

| call numbers =

{{LCCN8 | chronicling=yes | sn94053277}}
{{OCLC | 31183560 }}

| remarks =

Edited by Jeff Dyous.{{ sfn | Danky | Hady | 1998 | p=444 | loc=¶ 4626 }}
Extant through at least 1962.

}}

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = Waterbury

| name = Black Voice

| launched = 1970

| ceased publication = 1970s

| type =

| call numbers =

{{LCCN8 | chronicling=yes | sn94053381}}
{{OCLC | 31747273}}

| remarks =

}}

{{Newspaper list

| publishing city = Waterbury

| name = People's Weekly

| launched = 1972

| ceased publication = 1900s

| type = Monthly newspaper

| call numbers =

{{LCCN8 | chronicling=yes | sn94053426}}
{{OCLC | 31508193}}

| remarks =

Published by the Center for Black Development.

}}

Works cited

{{Cite book

| editor-last = Danky

| editor-first = James Philip

| editor2-last = Hady

| editor2-first = Maureen E.

| year = 1998

| title = African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography

| publisher = Harvard University Press

| isbn = 9780674007888

| url = https://archive.org/details/africanamericanne00dank

}}

{{Cite book

| last1 = Pride

| first1 = Armistead Scott

| last2 = Wilson

| first2 = Clint C.

| year = 1997

| title = A History of the Black Press

| isbn = 9780882581927

| publisher = Howard University Press

}}

{{Cite book

| last = Smith

| first = Jessie Carney

| year = 2012

| title = Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events

| publisher = Visible Ink Press

| isbn = 9781578593699

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=93SDBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA409

}}

References

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{{Cite web

| url = https://nnpa.org/current-members/

| access-date = 2020-01-23

| title = Current Members

| date = 18 July 2016

| publisher = National Newspaper Publishers Association

}}

{{Cite news

| newspaper = Hartford Courant

| title = A Voice Of African American Community

| first = Anne M.

| last = Hamilton

| date = 2015-08-09

| url = http://digitaledition.courant.com/tribune/article_popover.aspx?guid=fca4c819-9a50-44f7-bdf8-0e6e3e2d5c61

| access-date = 2020-01-23

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{{Cite web

| title = About The Afro-voice review. [volume] ([Bridgeport, Conn.]) 1988-1991

| url = https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94053124/

| access-date = 2020-01-16

| publisher = Library of Congress

| work = Chronicling America

}}

{{Cite web

| title = About Black coalition weekly. (New Haven, Conn.) 1972-19??

| url = https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95063100/

| access-date = 2020-01-16

| publisher = Library of Congress

| work = Chronicling America

}}

{{Cite web

| title = About Black voice. [volume] ([Waterbury, Conn.]) 1970-197?

| url = https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94053381/

| access-date = 2020-01-16

| publisher = Library of Congress

| work = Chronicling America

}}

{{Cite web

| title = About The Bridgeport inquirer. (Hartford, Conn.) 19??-2006

| url = https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99063203/

| access-date = 2020-01-16

| publisher = Library of Congress

| work = Chronicling America

}}

{{Cite web

| title = About The crow. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1968-197?

| url = https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94053269/

| access-date = 2020-01-16

| publisher = Library of Congress

| work = Chronicling America

}}

{{Cite web

| title = About The Elm City trader. (Hamden, CT) 1991-199?

| url = https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95063169/

| access-date = 2020-01-16

| publisher = Library of Congress

| work = Chronicling America

}}

{{Cite web

| title = About The Greater New Haven Black coalition weekly. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1972-1972

| url = https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84025899/

| access-date = 2020-01-16

| publisher = Library of Congress

| work = Chronicling America

}}

{{Cite web

| title = About The Hartford inquirer. (Hartford, Conn.) 1975-2006

| url = https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89080095/

| access-date = 2020-01-16

| publisher = Library of Congress

| work = Chronicling America

}}

{{Cite web

| title = About The Hartford voice. (Springfield, Mass.) 1974-1975

| url = https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92051331/

| access-date = 2020-01-16

| publisher = Library of Congress

| work = Chronicling America

}}

{{Cite web

| title = About The informer. (Hartford, Conn.) 1977-19??

| url = https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92051470/

| access-date = 2020-01-16

| publisher = Library of Congress

| work = Chronicling America

}}

{{Cite web

| title = About The inner-city. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 198?-current

| url = https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95063181/

| access-date = 2020-01-16

| publisher = Library of Congress

| work = Chronicling America

}}

{{Cite web

| title = About New Haven local news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1987-1990

| url = https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95063170/

| access-date = 2020-01-16

| publisher = Library of Congress

| work = Chronicling America

}}

{{Cite web

| title = About North Hartford truth. (Hartford, Conn.) 1971-197?

| url = https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92051382/

| access-date = 2020-01-16

| publisher = Library of Congress

| work = Chronicling America

}}

{{Cite web

| title = About The Open gate news. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1961-196?

| url = https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94053277/

| access-date = 2020-01-16

| publisher = Library of Congress

| work = Chronicling America

}}

{{Cite web

| title = About People's weekly. (Waterbury, Ct.) 1972-19??

| url = https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94053426/

| access-date = 2020-01-16

| publisher = Library of Congress

| work = Chronicling America

}}

{{Cite news

| title = Setting the record straight on the Inner-City News

| newspaper = The Yale Daily News

| date = 2003-03-06

| url = https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2003/03/06/setting-the-record-straight-on-the-inner-city-news/

| access-date = 2020-01-23

}}

{{Cite book

| last = Stone

| first = Frank Andrews

| year = 2008

| title = African American Connecticut: The Black Scene in a New England State

| page = 130

| publisher = Trafford Publishing

| isbn = 9781425175788

}}

{{Cite book

| title = The African-American Experience in Nineteenth-Century Connecticut: Benevolence and Bitterness

| first = Theresa

| last = Vara-Dannen

| publisher = Lexington Books

| year = 2014

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=TksJAwAAQBAJ&pg=PR26

| page = xxvi

| isbn = 9780739188637

}}

{{Cite book

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XFQ0CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT387

| page = 387

| title = American to the Backbone: The Life of James W. C. Pennington, the Fugitive Slave Who Became One of the First Black Abolitionists

| first = Christopher L.

| last = Webber

| publisher = Pegasus Books

| year = 2011

| isbn = 9781681770116

}}

{{Cite news

| title = Yale's inner-city blues (make me wanna holler)

| date = 2003-02-11

| url = https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2003/02/11/yales-inner-city-blues-make-me-wanna-holler/

| access-date = 2020-01-23

| first = Matthew

| last = Schneider-Mayerson

}}

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