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AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

African American and African Studies Journals, Newspapers, and Online News Sources

Journals Full Text

eBlackStudies Journals, Newsletters & Newspapers http://www.eblackstudies.org/journals.html

Links to African American journals, newspapers, and newsletters

 
JSTOR: African American Studies Connect

Fully searchable full text of the back issues of the most important, scholarly, African American journals.

 
Indexes to the contents of African American journals include:
America: History and Life
EBSCO Search Connect  1964-
OhioLINK Search Connect  1964-2007
Covers topics in United States and Canadian history and culture published from 1964 to the present. 
Abstracts are provided, but not the full text of the article.
 
Index to Black Periodicals (Langsam Reference Z1361.N39I5)

Published since 1950 under several different titles.  This is a paper index devoted exclusively
to indexing articles in the African American journal literature.

 
Rose Bibliography Project

This project produced analytical guides and indexes to four significant early African American publications:

 
Analytical Guide and Indexes to “Alexander’s Magazine” 1905-1909 (Langsam LC2701.A42 1974)
     Use in conjunction with Alexander’s Magazine (Langsam LC2701.A4)
Analytical Guide and Indexes to the “Colored American Magazine” 1900-1909 (Langsam AP2.C59R67 1974 2 vols.)
     Use in conjunction with the Colored American Magazine (Langsam Microfilm 270)

Analytical Guide and Indexes to “The Crisis” 1910-1960 (Langsam E185.5.C68R67)
     Use in conjunction with The Crisis; A Record of the Darker Races Langsam Microfilm 5017 [1910-1964]
Langsam E185.5.C68 vol.67- )

Analytical Guide and Indexes to the “Voice of the Negro” 1904-1907 (Langsam E185.5.V882)
     Use in conjunction with Voice of the Negro (Langsam Microfilm 271, reel 1)
 
Newspapers

Listings of online African American newspapers may be found in:

 
eBlack Studies Online Newspapers and Magazines http://www.eblackstudies.org/journals.html#onlinenews
 
The following source indexes a number of antebellum Black newspapers:
Antebellum Black Newspapers: Indices to “New York Freedom’s Journal” (1827-1829), “The Rights of All” (1829),
“The Weekly Advocate” (1837), and “The Colored American”
(1837-1841) (Langsam Reference E185.5.J33)
Use in conjunction with African American Newspapers, 19th century parts 1-5
 
A contemporary index to African American newspapers is:
Black Newspaper Index/Index to Black Newspapers (Reference AI3.I46)
     Most indexing begins in 1977.  Indexing of newspaper titles varies.
 
Some African American newspapers are:
Afro American (Baltimore and District of Columbia)—Microfilm N54
Amsterdam News (New York)
Argus (St. Louis)
Atlanta Daily World
Call and Post (Cleveland) –RWC latest 3 months retained
Chicago Defender-Langsam Current Periodicals current 6 months; see 
     Center for Research Libraries (CRL) for microfilm holdings
Cincinnati Herald –Langsam Microfilm N60 [1961-1979]; Current 3 months
Journal and Guide (Norfolk)
Los Angeles Sentinel
Michigan Chronicle (Detroit)-Langsam Microfilm N80 1943
Muslim Journal (Chicago)
New Pittsburgh Courier –Langsam Microfilm N45
Richmond Afro-American—Langsam Microfilm N58
 

African American Press Collection at the Center for Research Libraries
http://catalog.crl.edu/search/X?SEARCH=african+american+press&SORT=R

 

Hampton University Newspaper Clipping File Microfiche 1253 and Micro Index E184.6.I52 1990 Index

Reproduces the collection of over 55,000 newspaper clippings in Hampton University’s Collis P. Huntington Memorial Library’s clipping files that pertain to African American subjects.
 
Use the subject heading African Americans Newspapers in Uclid to identify specific African American publications.
 
These bibliographies and directories will also assist with identifying specific newspapers, but will not provide indexing to their contents:
 
Danky, James P. African-American Newspapers and Periodicals: A National Bibliography
Langsam Ref Z6944.N39A37 1998
 
Henritze, Barbara K.  Bibliographic Checklist of African American Newspapers
Langsam Ref Z6944.N39H46 1995
 
Articles relating to African American topics may also be read in local and national newspapers, including these online resources:
America's Newspapers
Ethnic NewsWatch
Factiva
Lexis-Nexis News Search
NEWSDEX (Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County index to the local press)
Newspaper Source
New York Times, 1851-2004
Proquest Newspapers
SIRS Researcher
University of Cincinnati News Record, Sept. 1960- July 1970

           
           
           
           
          
          
                

         

          

       

    

  

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