List of African-American newspapers in Texas

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City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks Austin Capital City Argus[3] /
Capital City Argus and Interracial Review 1962 1980s[3] Weekly
  • Published by Arthur Sims.
Austin[6] / Galveston The Free Man’s Press /
The Freedman’s Press[6] 1868 1868 Weekly
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  • Edited by Melving C. Keith.
  • Published from July to October 1868. Final issue published in Galveston.
Austin The Gold Dollar 1876[10] ? Unknown
  • Published by Jacob Fontaine.
Austin The Herald /
The Sunday School Herald[11] 1891 1892[11] Weekly
  • Published by the Education Board of the General Baptist Convention of Texas.
  • Editors included L.L. Campbell and M.M. Haynes.
  • Attested through at least 1917.
Austin The Illustrated News 1923 ? Weekly Austin Austin Informer 1905[14] 1900s[14] [14] Austin Austin Mirror /
The Austin Mirror[15] 1958 1900s[15] Weekly
  • Published by Walter McBride. Edited by Dora H. Moore.
Austin Nokoa : The Observer 1987[18] 2019[17] Weekly[18] Austin Austin Searchlight 1896? ? Weekly Austin Austin Sun 1992 Weekly
  • Published by Dorris Ellis.
Austin / Waco[22] Texas Interracial Review /
The Texas Interracial Review[22] 1941 or 1940[22] 1962 Monthly or twice monthly[22]
  • Published by Mason Smith.
  • Merged with Capital City Argus to form the Capital City Argus and Interracial Review.[22]
Austin The Tribune[24] /
Tribune 1970 ? Weekly
  • Attested through at least 1979.
Austin The Villager 1973 current Weekly Austin The Weekly Bulletin ?[26] 1900s[26] Weekly
  • Attested from at least 1906.[26]
  • Published by Bulletin Pub. Co.[26]
Beaumont Beaumont Informer 1934 ? Weekly Beaumont The Industrial Era 1904? ? Weekly Bryan Silhouette 1900s[30] ?[30] Bimonthly newspaper[30] Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Weekly 1960? ? Weekly
  • Edited by Reynell Parkins.
Corsicana Oil City Afro-American 1898 1901 Weekly Dallas The African Herald 1992[32] ? Monthly newspaper[32] Dallas Dallas Community Leader 1987 ? Biweekly
  • Published by Valerie Ballard.
  • Attested through at least 1990.
Dallas Elite News 1968? Biweekly
  • Published by William Blair Jr.
Dallas The Dallas Express 1893[35] 1970[35] Weekly[35] Dallas Dallas Gazette 1913? ? Weekly
  • Published by J.H. Owens and Company.
  • Attested through at least 1938.[37]
Dallas In Sepia 1959? ? Weekly
  • Published by Davis and Associates.
Dallas Dallas Independent Press 1969 ? Weekly
  • Published by R.R. Fagan. Edited by Don L. Fagan.
Dallas The Item 1891 1900 Weekly
  • Published by J.G. Griffin and Ellis Willis.
Dallas The Key News 1962 ? Weekly
  • Published and edited by Al Smith.
Dallas The Link 1985 ? Weekly or monthly[43] Dallas The Metroplex News 1977 ? Weekly
  • Published by R.G. Stinson and Son.
Dallas North Dallas Community News 1987? ? Weekly Dallas Dallas Post Tribune /
The Dallas Post Tribune[47] /
The Dallas Star Post[48] /
The Post Tribune[49] 1950 current Weekly Dallas The Pythias and Calanthean Review 1979? ? Quarterly newspaper Dallas St. Paul United Methodist 1971? ? Weekly
  • Edited by Spurgeon M. Dunnan III.
Dallas Texas Community Leader 1991? Weekly
  • Published by Valerie Ballard.
Dallas The Times Review 1968? ? Unknown Dallas The Dallas Weekly 1954 current Weekly Denison The Gate City Bulletin 1913? ? Weekly
  • Published by Owens Publishing Co.
Fort Worth The Texas Times 1977 1993 Daily
  • Published by Woodie Webber.
Fort Worth Bronze Texan News 1900s[57] 1900s[57]
  • Attested from at least 1968–1969.[57]
Fort Worth Fort Worth Como Monitor 1941? ? Monthly newspaper
  • Published by Raymond Hart.
Fort Worth Dallas District Crusader 1900s[59] 1900s[59] Weekly[59] Fort Worth Ebony Mart 1970s[60] ?[60] Weekly[60] Fort Worth Fort Worth Mind 1900s[61] 1900s[61] Weekly[61]
  • Attested from at least 1943–1944.[61]
Fort Worth The Torchlight Appeal 1886[62] 1800s[62] Weekly[62] Fort Worth USA Monitor 1990 or 1992[63] ?[63] Monthly newspaper
  • Published by Earl L. Burrell.
Galveston The Galveston Banner 1925? 1937? Weekly Galveston City Times 1898? 1927? Weekly
  • Edited by William H. Noble, Jr.
Galveston The Colored American[68] /
The Colored American: A Defender of the Race 1920 ? Weekly Galveston Galveston Examiner 1938 1940[69] Weekly Galveston Freeman’s Journal /
The Freeman’s Press 1887 1891 Weekly Galveston Galveston Guide 1937 ? Weekly Galveston The Informer (Galveston Edition) 1918 1937? Biweekly Galveston Galveston Informer 1939 ? Unknown Galveston The Galveston New Idea 1896[77] 1920 Weekly Galveston Taborian Banner 1905 ? Monthly
  • Published by W. Hartley Jackson.
Galveston The Galveston Voice 1931 1962? Weekly Gonzales The Conservative Counselor 1909[80] 1900s[80] Weekly
  • “Official organ of the Mt. Zion Sunday School Convention.”[80]
Houston African-American News and Issues 1996[2] current Weekly[82]
  • Weekly circulation of 113,000.[82]
Houston The Houston Call 1970[83] ?[83] Weekly[83] Houston The Call 1919? ? Weekly
  • Published by C.A. Franklin.
Houston Houston Defender 1930[85] current Weekly[85] Houston The Texas Examiner 1942[86] 1900s[86] Weekly[86]
  • Attested through at least 1946.[86]
Houston Forward Times[87] /
Houston Forward Times 1960 current Weekly Houston Freedmen’s Journal 1983[89] ? Monthly newspaper[89] Houston The Independent 1898 1905 Weekly
  • Published by Crawford and Osborne.
Houston Informer and Texas Freeman /
The Houston Informer[92] /
The Informer[93] 1919 ? Weekly
  • Published and edited by George McElroy.
Houston Metropolitan 1961[94] 1900s[94] Houston The Negro Labor News 1930[95] ?[95] Weekly[95]
  • Official organ of the Texas Negro Business and Laboring Men’s Association.[95]
Houston Houston Newspages 1986 ? Weekly
  • Published by Francis Page Sr. Edited by Diana Fallis.
Houston The Odd Fellow Budget 1920? ? Monthly newspaper Houston Old Ironsides’ Monthly 1947[99] ? Monthly newspaper Houston Texas State University Herald 1947[100] ?[100] Monthly newspaper[100] Houston The Houston Sun 1982 current[101] Weekly Houston USAfrica Weekend 1997 ? Monthly newspaper
  • Published by Chido Nwangwu.
  • Billed as “The social diary of the African, Caribbean, African-American & American communities.”
Houston The Voice Of Hope[105] /
Voice of Hope 1968? 1975? Weekly Houston The Western Star 1881[107] or 1893 1932 Weekly[107] Longview The New Southern Times 1996 ? Biweekly
  • Published and edited by Mitch Mitchell.
Lubbock Lubbock Digest 1977[109] 1982[109] Biweekly[109] Lubbock The Manhattan Heights And West Texas Times / The Manhattan Heights Times 1961[111] 1960s[110] Weekly[110]
  • Became The Manhattan Heights and West Texas Times in 1965.[111]
Lubbock[113] West Texas Times 1962? ? Weekly Lubbock Southwest Digest 1982[114] current[114] Weekly[114] Prairie View Prairie View City News 1969? ? Biweekly
  • Published and edited by F.G. Fry.
Prairie View The Tribune Review 1996? ? Biweekly Prairie View Waller County Tribune 1989 ? Biweekly
  • Published and edited by Dewayne Charlston.
Richardson African News Watch 1996 Monthly San Antonio Hephzibah-Herald 1920? ? Weekly San Antonio San Antonio Informer 1988 or 1944[121] ? Weekly
  • Published and edited by Tommy L. Moore.
San Antonio San Antonio Inquirer 1906 ? Weekly
  • Published by G.W. Bouldin.
San Antonio The People’s Eye Opener 1926? ? Weekly San Antonio Snap 1990? ? Unknown
  • Published by Eugene E. Coleman. Edited by Margie Randle Bailey.
Taylor Shining Star 1959 ? Weekly
  • Published by Cabins Publishing Company. Edited by Mrs Joe Callins.
Temple The Apostolic Bulletin 1918[126] ?[126] [126] Texarkana Texarcana Courier 1977? ? Weekly
  • Published by Elridge Robertson. Edited by Ivy Jeanne Steele.
Tyler The Tyler Leader 1900s[128] ?[128] Weekly[128] Waco Cen-Tex Reflections 1984[129] ?[129] Weekly[129] Waco Waco Good News 1880[130] ?[130] Weekly[130] Waco The Helping Hand ?[131] ?[131] Monthly newspaper[131] Waco The Waco Messenger 1932[132] ?[132] Weekly[132] Waco Paul Quinn Weekly 1900 1916 Weekly
  • Published by Paul Quinn College.
Washington Prince Hall Masonic Digest 1973? ? Quarterly
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