# List of African American newspapers in Ohio

This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of Ohio.
The history of African American publishing in Ohio is longer than in many Midwestern states, beginning well before the Civil War. In 1843, the Palladium of Liberty became Ohio's first African American newspaper. It was followed by The Aliened American in Cleveland in the 1850s, and by the Cincinnati Colored Citizen in 1863, which was one of the few African American newspapers published during the Civil War.
Notable African American newspapers currently published in Ohio include the Akron Reporter, The Cincinnati Herald, the Cleveland Call and Post, The Toledo Journal, and the Youngstown Buckeye Review.

## Newspapers

| City | Title | Beginning | End | Frequency | Call numbers | Remarks |
| Akron | The Reporter | 1969 | current | Weekly | LCCN sn84024228 OCLC 11304626 | Official site Issues online |
| Cincinnati | The Afro-American | 1882 | ? | Weekly | | One issue available online Extant through at least 1885. |
| Cincinnati | American Catholic Tribune | 1884 or 1885 | 1890s | Irregular | LCCN sn90057162, sn97016092 OCLC 10874710, 37188414 | "[T]he only newspaper in the country for black Catholics". Published in Detroit for portions of 1893 and 1894. |
| Cincinnati | Colored Patriot | 1883? | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn84028752 OCLC 11416184 | Billed as "the only Colored Republican paper published or printed in Cincinnati." |
| Cincinnati | The Cincinnati Crusader | 1981 | ? | Monthly newspaper | OCLC 16752125 | Extant through at least 1987. |
| Cincinnati | The Cincinnati Herald | 1955 | current | Weekly | LCCN sn84024231 OCLC 11309100 | Official site |
| Cincinnati | Colored Citizen | 1863 | 1869 or 1873 | Weekly | LCCN sn83027095 OCLC 10005063 | One issue available online Staff included Peter H. Clark. |
| Cincinnati | The Ohio Enterprise | 1902 | 1906 | Weekly | OCLC 31314138 | Founded by Wendell Dabney. |
| Cincinnati | Cincinnati Union | 1907 | 1952 | Weekly | LCCN sn84024489 OCLC 10206796 | Founded by Wendell Dabney. |
| Cincinnati | News Recorder | 1893 | | | | |
| Cincinnati | Voice of the People | 1896 | | | | |
| Cleveland | Cleveland Advocate / Advocate (1915–1918) | 1914 | 1924 | Weekly | LCCN sn83035391 OCLC 9755074, 2611292 | Published by Ormond Forte, known as the "dean of Cleveland Negro newspapermen". |
| Cleveland | Aliened American | 1853 | 1854 or 1856 | Weekly | LCCN sn83035397 OCLC 9777824, 2622997 | |
| Cleveland | Call and Post | 1919 | current | Weekly | Main (Cleveland) edition: ISSN 0045-4036 LCCN sn85042478 OCLC 9793218 Columbus edition: LCCN sn84024225 OCLC 11283002 Cincinnati edition: LCCN sn88077398 OCLC 17937562 | Official site Columbus edition published from 1962. Cincinnati edition published from 1967. |
| Cleveland | Cleveland Community News / The Greater Cleveland Community News | 1968 | | Weekly | | Official site |
| Cleveland | The Cleveland Gazette | 1883 | 1945 | Weekly | LCCN sn83035388 OCLC 9754948, 9754970, 9754999 | Founded by Harry Clay Smith. Became the longest-publishing African American weekly in the country. |
| Cleveland | The Cleveland Globe | 1884 | 1887 | | | Founded by Richard A. Jones. |
| Cleveland | The Cleveland Guide | 1929 | ? | Weekly | | Extant through at least 1937. |
| Cleveland | Cleveland Herald | 1819 | 1837 | Weekly | | |
| Cleveland | Inner-City Voice | 1970 | ? | Monthly | LCCN sn93023822 OCLC 28695123 | |
| Cleveland | The Cleveland Journal | 1903 | 1913 or 1912 | Weekly | LCCN sn83035389 OCLC 9755018 | Circulation of 2500. |
| Cleveland | The Cleveland Metro | 1959? | ? | Weekly | | Extant through at least 1986. |
| Cleveland | Eastside Daily News | 1980 | current | Three times a week | | Official site |
| Cleveland | The Real Deal | 1991 | current | Monthly newspaper | | Official site |
| Cleveland | Voice of the People | 1895 | | | | |
| Columbus | Columbus Advocate | 1933 | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn88077643 OCLC 18385228 | Extant through at least 1940. |
| Columbus | The Challenge | 1942 | ? | Unknown | | |
| Columbus | The Columbus Challenger | 1963 | 1975 | Monthly (irregular) newspaper | LCCN sn84024220, sn84024980 OCLC 11271910, 11441015 | |
| Columbus | The Free American | 1887 | 1888 | Weekly | LCCN sn85042465 OCLC 2611051, 12497479 | Columbus' first African American newspaper since the Palladium of Liberty. |
| Columbus | The Lamp | 1994 | | Monthly newspaper | OCLC 31873854 | |
| Columbus | The Columbus Minority Communicator | 1996? | | Weekly | OCLC 35719248 | Official site |
| Columbus | Onyx / Columbus Onyx News | 1971 | 1978? | Weekly | LCCN sn88077700, sn88077701, sn88077699 OCLC 18385720, 18385976, 18385710 | |
| Columbus | Palladium of Liberty | 1843 | 1844 | Weekly | LCCN sn84024997 OCLC 11424731 | First known African American newspaper in Ohio. |
| Columbus | The Columbus Post | 1995 | current | Weekly | | Founded in 1995 by Amos Lynch after leaving the Call and Post. |
| Columbus | The Columbus Recorder | 1923 | ? | Monthly newspaper | LCCN sn88077650 OCLC 18385332 | |
| Columbus | The Ohio Sentinel | 1949 | 1963 | Weekly | LCCN sn84024219 OCLC 11262867 | |
| Columbus | Columbus Standard | 1889 or 1901 | 1901 | Weekly | LCCN sn84025831, 2011254355 OCLC 10372298, 2639468, 747721376 | Published by P.W. Chavers. |
| Columbus | Ohio State Monitor | 1918 | 1922 | Weekly | LCCN sn88077669 OCLC 18385530 | |
| Columbus | The Ohio State News | 1935 | 1952 | Weekly | LCCN sn84024236 OCLC 11323208, 2714273 | |
| Columbus | The Columbus Voice | 1928 | 1933? | Weekly | LCCN sn88077652 OCLC 18385356 | Published by Florence W. Oakfield. |
| Columbus | Whip-Poor-Will | 1866 | 1866 | Monthly | LCCN sn88077684 OCLC 18385623 | |
| Dayton | Dayton / Black Press | 1972? | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn89080115 OCLC 25568374 | Extant through at least 1980. |
| Dayton | Dayton Tattler | 1890 | 1891 | Weekly | LCCN sn88077203 OCLC 17538409 | Founded by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Printed initially in the Wright Brothers print shop. |
| Dayton | The Daily Bulletin: Combined with The Ohio Express | 1941 | ? | Daily (except Sunday) | OCLC 2696651 | Extant through at least 1946. |
| Dayton | Dayton Communicator | 1994? | | Weekly | OCLC 32480684 | |
| Dayton | The Dayton Defender / New Dayton Defender | 1986? | current | Biweekly | LCCN sn90068203 OCLC 21191588 | Now part of Sesh Communications, which also publishes the Cincinnati Herald. |
| Dayton | The Dayton Forum | 1913 | 1949 | Biweekly | LCCN sn84024234 OCLC 11323316 | |
| Dayton | New Dayton Express | 1964 | 1971 | Weekly | LCCN sn84024237, sn84024238 OCLC 11321996, 2696826, 11322054 | |
| Dayton | The Ohio Daily Express | 1943? | 1955 | Daily (except Sunday) | LCCN sn88077225 OCLC 17538515 | |
| Dayton | The Soul/phisticator | 1986? | ? | Unknown | | Associated with the WDAO AM radio station. |
| East Cleveland | East Cleveland Citizen | 1970 | ? | Unknown | LCCN sn83035685 OCLC 10249181 | |
| Hamilton | Butler County American | 1940 | 1969 | Weekly | LCCN sn89075005 OCLC 19000390 | Succeeded by the Fort Hamilton American. |
| Lima | Lima Post | 1953 | 1956 | Weekly | LCCN sn90068005 OCLC 10126338 | Billed as “Lima’s Only Negro Newspaper.” |
| Toledo | The Observer | 1918? | ? | Weekly | | |
| Toledo | Toledo Bronze Raven | 1949 or 1953 | 1976 | Weekly | LCCN sn84024175 OCLC 2564711 | |
| Toledo | The Toledo Journal | 1975 | current | Weekly | LCCN sn90068216 OCLC 19061805 | Official site |
| Toledo | The Toledo Script | 1943 | 1949 | Weekly | LCCN sn84024222 OCLC 11276680 | |
| Toledo | The Toledo Sepia City Press | 1948 | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn24224 OCLC 11276587 | Extant through at least 1950. |
| Urbana | The Informer | 1897 | 1900s | Monthly newspaper | LCCN sn87076946 OCLC 17246766 | Founded by Elmer W.B. Curry of the Curry Institute. Extant through at least 1925. |
| Xenia | Ohio Standard and Observer | 1897 | 1903 | Weekly | LCCN sn84025822 OCLC 2577080 | |
| Xenia | Xenia Sentinel | 1911 | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn91069721 OCLC 23978734 | |
| Youngstown | The Buckeye Review | 1937 | current | Weekly | ISSN 0045-3285 LCCN sn78001573 OCLC 3989242 | Official site |
| Youngstown | Mahoning Valley Challenger | 1967 | 1974 | Weekly | LCCN sn88078359 OCLC 1769494 | |