List of African-American newspapers in Virginia

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City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks Alexandria Clipper 1891[4] 1894[4]
  • Merged with Alexandria Leader in 1894.[4]
Alexandria The Industrial Advocate 1900 1910 Alexandria Leader 1888[4] 1894[4]
  • Merged with Alexandria Clipper in 1894.[4]
Alexandria Leader and Clipper /
The Alexandria Leader (1898–)[4] 1894[4] 1890s[4]
  • Formed from merger of Leader and Clipper in 1894.[4]
Alexandria The Metro Herald 1990?[6] 2018[5] Weekly[5]

  • ISSN 1061-4532

  • LCCN sn92003167
  • OCLC 25375495
Alexandria The People’s Advocate 1876[7] 1879[7] Weekly[7]
  • Moved to Washington, D.C. in 1879.[8]
Alexandria Post and National Echo 1882[4] 1882[4] Alexandria Virginia Post 1880[4] 1882[4] Berryville The People’s Journal 1800s[9] 1900s[9] Monthly newspaper[9]
  • Extant in at least 1899.[9]
  • Published by G.L.D. Harris.[9]
Boydton The Midland Express 1891[10] 1895[10] Weekly[10] Buckingham The Informant 1987[11] current Monthly newspaper[11]
  • Published by Charles W. White.[11]
  • Extant through at least 2017.[12]
Catlett The Circuit 1937[14] 1954[13] Monthly newspaper[14] Charles City Charles City Times 1966[15] ?[15] Twice-monthly[15] Charlottesville The African American Reflector 2003[17] 2005[16] Biweekly[17]
  • Edited by Corey E. Carter.[17]
  • Named in honor of T.J. Sellers’ The Reflector newspaper.[18]
Charlottesville Messenger 1909[19] 1928[19] Weekly[20]
  • Edited by John G. Shelton.[20]
Charlottesville The Reflector 1933[21] ?[21] Weekly[21] Charlottesville Charlottesville Tribune 1950[22] 1951[22] Weekly[22]
  • Published by the Roanoke Tribune.[22]
Charlottesville The Tribune (1992–)[24] /
Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune (1954–1992) 1954[25] 2011[23] Weekly[25]
  • The Tribune:
  • Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune:
Claremont The Monthly Advocate 1896[26] 1800s[26] Twice-monthly[26]
  • Published by the Temperance, Industrial and Collegiate Institute.[26]
Danville Danville News and Observer 1974?[27] ?[27] Monthly[27]
  • Extant through at least 1977.[28]
Farmville The Voice Of Prince Edward County 1960s[29] ?[29] Monthly newspaper[29] Hampton The Hampton Roads Voice 1994[30] 2014[30] Weekly[30]
  • Published by Jack J. Green.[30]
  • Merged with Richmond Voice in 2014 to form The Voice.[30]
Hampton The True Southerner 1865[31] 1866[31] Weekly[31] Lynchburg Counselor and Herald 1892?[34] ?[34] Weekly[34] Lynchburg First Class 1984[35] ?[35] Bimonthly newspaper[35] Lynchburg Interpreter 1903[8] 1906[8]
  • Founded by Robert W. Goff.[8]
  • Only African-American paper in Lynchburg in first decade of 1900s.[8]
Lynchburg Laboring Man 1886[8] 1888[8] Lynchburg Southern Forge 1895[8] 1896[8] Lynchburg The Voice Of God 1890s[36] 1900s[36] Weekly[36]
  • Surviving issue from 1897.[36]
Newport News The Star/
Newport News Star[37] 1900[19] or 1901[38] 1940[37] Weekly[38]
  • The Star
  • Newport News Star
Newport News Your Tidewater Community Paper 1991[39] Monthly (Irregular)[39]
  • Published by Ibn H.K. Khailfah.[39]
Norfolk American Sentinel 1880[4] 1881[4] Norfolk The American Ethiopian 1900[19] 1907[19] Norfolk Journal and Guide /
The New Journal and Guide (1991–)[40] 1901[41] current Weekly[41]
  • Official site
  • Published as Journal and Guide and Newport News Star from 1940 to 1943.[42]
Norfolk The Lodge Journal and Guide 1900[19] 1910[19] Norfolk The News and Advertiser 1900[19] 1908[19] Norfolk The Rambler 1894[19] 1898[19] Norfolk The Right Way 1885[4] Norfolk The Speaker 1889[19] 1893[19]
  • Politically independent.[19]
Norfolk The Spectator 1887[19] 1891[19] Norfolk The Standard 1889[19] 1891[19] Petersburg Afro-American Churchman 1885[44] or 1886[43] 1890[43] Monthly newspaper[43] Petersburg The Colored Virginian 1875?[45] ?[45] Weekly[45] Petersburg The Evening Recorder 1897[19] Daily[19] Petersburg The Family Reguel 1880s[19] 1880s[19] Monthly[19] Petersburg The Petersburg Herald 1888[46] 1899[46] Weekly[46] Petersburg The Lancet /
Virginia Lancet 1882[47] 1886[47] Weekly[47] Petersburg The National Pilot 1886[48] 1900[48] Weekly[48]
  • Edited by Charles B.W. Gordon.[48]
Petersburg The Recorder 1893[49] 1897[19] Weekly[49] Petersburg The Southern Tribune 1884[19] 1884[19]
  • Founded to counteract the pro-Readjuster effect of the Petersburg Lancet.[19]
Petersburg The Star of Zion 1880s[19] 1880s[19] Weekly[19] Petersburg Union Republican 1866[32] Triweekly[50] Portsmouth Black Net Working 1980s[51] 1900s[51]
  • Extant as of 1987.[51]
  • Published by Larry Alexander.[51]
Richmond Richmond Afro-American 1939[52] 1941[52] Weekly[52] Richmond Richmond Free Press 1992[53] current Weekly[53] Richmond The Good News Herald 1986?[55] Monthly newspaper[55] Richmond Industrial Day 1888 1890 Richmond Legacy 2015[56] current Weekly[56] Richmond The Negro Advocate 1902[57] ?[57] Biweekly[57] Richmond Richmond Planet 1883[58] 1938[58] Weekly[58] Richmond The Reformer 1895[59] 1931[59] Weekly[59]
  • Official newspaper of the Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers.[59]
Richmond The Reporter 1890[8] 1893[8]
  • Politically independent.[8]
Richmond The Southern News 1892[60] 1894[60] Weekly[60] Richmond The Southside Voice 1987[61] 1987[61] Semimonthly newspaper[61]
  • Free newspaper.[61]
  • Published by Southside Voice, Inc.[61]
Richmond St. Luke Herald 1902?[62] ?[62] Weekly[62] Richmond The Virginia Star 1877[63] 1888[63] Weekly[63]
  • “[E]stablished in September 1877 by R.A. Green, a physician, in partnership with black businessmen O.M. Steward and P.H. Woolfolk.”[8]
  • Supported the Readjuster Party.[8]
Richmond Richmond Voice 1987?[64] 2000s Weekly[64]
  • Distributed free of charge.[65]
  • Published by Jack J. Green[65]
  • Followed by Legacy.
Richmond The Richmond Voice /
The Voice 1917?[66] or 1918[8] 1926[8] Weekly[66]
  • Edited by Benjamin F. Vaughn.[66]
  • Took the place of the Young Men’s Voice.[66]
Roanoke The Roanoke Tribune /
The Tribune (1951–) 1939[67] current Weekly[67]
  • The Roanoke Tribune:
  • The Tribune:
Roanoke Roanoke Weekly Press 1891[70] 1897[70] Weekly[70] Staunton Staunton Reporter 1921[71] 1923[71] Weekly[71]
  • Published by O.W. Marshall.[71]
Staunton Staunton Reporter 1915[72] 1918[72] Weekly[72]
  • Relationship to later Staunton Reporter unclear.[72]
Staunton Staunton Tribune /
Southern Tribune[73] 1891[73] 1896[73] Weekly[73]
  • Published by Willis M. Carter.[74]
Staunton The Staunton Tribune 1926[74] 1933[74] Weekly[74] Staunton The Valley Index 1897[8] 1905[8]
  • Founded by James M. Morris.[8]
Staunton Virginia Critic 1884[8] 1888[8]
  • Founded by C.L. Smith and D.C. Carter. [8]
Newport News /
Tidewater The National Newport News & Commentator 1986[75] 1993[75] Bimonthly newspaper[75] Virginia Beach The Answer 1982[76] 1900s[76]
  • Billed as “[t]he progressive newspaper for the progressive citizen.”[76]
  • Published by E. George Minns[76]
Waverly Pioneer 1894[19] 1895[19] Williamsburg Peninsula Churchman 1900s[77] ?[77]
  • Affiliated with the Baptist church.[77]
  • Extant at least in 1904.[77]
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