# List of African American newspapers in Michigan

This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in Michigan. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first known such newspaper in Michigan was The Venture of 1879, followed in 1883 by the Detroit Plaindealer.

## Newspapers

| City | Title | Beginning | End | Frequency | Call numbers | Remarks |
| Adrian | Afro-American Journal and Directory | 1895 | 1895 | | | May have only published one issue. |
| Ann Arbor | Michigan Age | 1918 | 1920s | | | Edited by G.W. Wright. |
| Ann Arbor | People's Advocate | 1972 | 1900s | Irregular or triweekly | LCCN sn97070600 OCLC 38506420 | Published and edited by Jeanne Fox. |
| Ann Arbor | The Washington Enquirer | 1995 | ? | Weekly | OCLC 32742305 | |
| Benton Harbor | The Citizen | 1970s | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn99063226 OCLC 41891021 | Attested for at least 1984–1986. |
| Detroit | American Catholic Tribune | 1885 | 1890s | Irregular | LCCN sn90057162, sn97016092 OCLC 10874710, 37188414 | Published at Detroit from December 16, 1893 to September 8, 1894, and at other times in Cincinnati, Ohio. |
| Detroit | The Detroit Advocate | 1900? or 1901 | 1901? | Weekly | | Published by D. Augustus Straker. |
| Detroit | Black Alleged News | 1900s | 1900s | | LCCN sn97070517 OCLC 38480175 | Attested from at least 1981. |
| Detroit | Blade Express | 1938 | 1938 | | | |
| Detroit | Changeover | 1970 | 1970s | Monthly newspaper | LCCN sn94053291 OCLC 31230548 | |
| Detroit | The Detroit Contender | 1920 | 1921? or 1922 | Weekly | | Edited by Robert L. Poston. |
| Detroit | Correspondence | 1956 | 1963? | Monthly newspaper | OCLC 4310181 | |
| Detroit | Detroit Courier | 1966 | 1967 | | | |
| Detroit | Detroit's News & Views Community Views (1960s) | 1960s | 1900s | Weekly | News & Views: LCCN sn98066102 OCLC 39136408 Community Views: LCCN sn97070649 OCLC 38415062 | Attested for at least 1964–1970. |
| Detroit | Detroit Epic News | 1960s | 1900s | Irregular | LCCN sn98066398 OCLC 39691824 | Attested through at least 1972. |
| Detroit | Garvey's Voice | 1950s | 1900s | Monthly newspaper | LCCN sn99065154 OCLC 41470622 | Attested in at least 1953. |
| Detroit | The Ghetto Speaks | 1971? | ? | Biweekly | OCLC 12158938 | Edited by Harvey Grant. Sought to "provid[e] a forum for the community to expose the racism it experiences from day to day." |
| Detroit | Guardian | 1938 | 1938 | Weekly [note that some sources say it was publishing by 1934 or 1935] | | Edited by Charles Roxborough. |
| Detroit | The Detroit Herald | 1916 | 1916? | Weekly | LCCN sn98066192 OCLC 39065275 | Edited and published by George E. Smedley. |
| Detroit | Illustrated News | 1961 | 1964 | | | |
| Detroit | The Detroit Independent | 1922 or 1923 | 1931? or 1938 | Weekly | LCCN 2013254034, sn98066190 OCLC 664617074, 39064818 | Edited by William J. Robinson. |
| Detroit | The Detroit Informer | 1897 | 1916 | Weekly | LCCN sn83016519, 2011254361, sn83016519 OCLC 747845714, 9873707, 2611132 | |
| Detroit | Inner-city Voice Sauti, the Inner-City Voice (October–November 1969) | 1967 | 1971 | Monthly newspaper | LCCN sn94053353 OCLC 11366055 | Billed as the "Organ of the League of Revolutionary Black Worker[s]." |
| Detroit | The Interracial Review | 1900s | 1900s | Monthly newspaper | LCCN sn98066275 OCLC 39064526 | Attested from at least 1944. Edited and published by Mason Smith. |
| Detroit | Detroit Journal | 1967 | 1900s | Weekly | LCCN sn97070601 OCLC 38302828 | |
| Detroit | Judgment | 1900s | 1900s | Weekly | LCCN sn97070655 OCLC 38414316 | Attested from at least 1970. |
| Detroit | The Detroit Leader | 1910 | 1923 | Weekly | LCCN sn98066264 OCLC 39088105 | Attested from at least 1910. |
| Detroit | Michigan Chronicle | 1936 | current | Weekly | ISSN 1949-9620 LCCN sn83045324 OCLC 2264134, 27945745 | Official site Founded by former Chicago Defender executive editor Louis E. Martin. Purchased by Real Times Media in 2003. |
| Detroit | The Michigan FrontPage | 2000 | current | Weekly | ISSN 1546-4466 LCCN 2003215854 OCLC 44590243 | Purchased by Real Times Media in 2003. |
| Detroit | Michigan Scene | 1966 | 1966 | | | |
| Detroit | Michigan World | 1930s | 1930s | | | Edited by Petry Fisher. |
| Detroit | National Independent | 1891 | 1903 | Weekly | | |
| Detroit | New Era | 1920s | 1920s | | | |
| Detroit | New World | 1938 | 1938 | | | |
| Detroit | Northwest News | 1922 | 1938 | | | |
| Detroit | The Oakland Lion | 1969 | 1969? | Biweekly | LCCN sn97070519 OCLC 38479996 | |
| Detroit | The Owl | 1926 | ? | Weekly | | Attested through at least 1929. Edited by John W. Roxborough and H.C. Patton. |
| Detroit | Paradise Valley News | 1937 | 1937 | Weekly | LCCN sn98066094 OCLC 39224776 | Edited by Roy L. Lightfoot. |
| Detroit | The Detroit Peoples News | 1925? | 1930? | Weekly | LCCN sn98066232 OCLC 39178442 | Active in 1927. Edited by Beulah Young. |
| Detroit | The Plaindealer Detroit Plaindealer | 1883 | 1895 or 1893 | Weekly | LCCN 2014254022, sn83016683 OCLC 664611349, 9975654 | Published simultaneously at Detroit and Cincinnati from April 8, 1892 to 1893. Sometimes considered the first African American newspaper in Detroit. |
| Detroit | Point Of Production | 1972 | ? | Monthly newspaper | LCCN sn94053393 OCLC 17616095 | Official newspaper of the Black Workers Congress. |
| Detroit | Detroit Republic | 1890s | ? | | LCCN sn99065133 OCLC 41249972 | Billed as "[t]he official colored Republican organ of the state." Extant at least in 1896. |
| Detroit | The Detroit Sun | 1944? | 1944? | Weekly | LCCN sn98066095 OCLC 39224844 | |
| Detroit | Detroit Telegram | 1920s | 1920s | | | Edited by E. Adams. |
| Detroit | Detroit Tribune The Tribune Independent Of Michigan (1933–1935) | 1922 or 1933 | 1966 | Weekly | Tribune (1933): ISSN 2577-2546, 2577-2538 LCCN 2018218642, sn83016294 OCLC 1028641252, 9671902 Tribune Independent: ISSN 2577-2570, 2577-2562 LCCN 2018218643, sn96076588 OCLC 1028674923, 5998213 The Detroit Tribune (1935–) ISSN 2577-3518, 2577-350X LCCN 2018218653, sn92063852 OCLC 1029203520, 26654010 | Free online archives: The Detroit Tribune, Detroit Tribune of 1933, Tribune Independent |
| Detroit | The Vanguard | 1962 | ? | Monthly newspaper | LCCN sn97070618 OCLC 38489309 | Attested from at least 1970. |
| Detroit | The Venture | 1879 | 1882 | Monthly newspaper | | Published by Benjamin Pelham. Chiefly literary in content. |
| Detroit | Detroit World | 1931 | 1932 | | | "[A]n organ of the Scott Newspaper Syndicate." |
| East Lansing | The Chronicle | 1988 | current | Weekly | LCCN sn97070746 OCLC 32608313 | |
| Ecorse | The Telegram | 1943? or 1944 | current | Weekly | OCLC 28406836 | Official site |
| Flint | The Bronze Reporter | 1953 | 1900s | Weekly | LCCN sn96076910 OCLC 35177303 | Published by John W. Caldwell, ed. |
| Flint | Flint Brownies News Flint Brownsville Weekly News (1930s–1939) Flint Brownsville News (1939–1942) | 1939 | 1900s | Weekly | Brownsville News: LCCN sn96076909 OCLC 35168988 Brownsville Weekly News: LCCN sn96076907 OCLC 35168948 | |
| Flint | The Courier | 1982? | ? | Weekly | OCLC 32294610 | Edited by Avery Aldridge. |
| Flint | Enterprise | 1920 | 1923 | | | |
| Flint | The Flint Mirror The Mirror (1964) | 1964 | 1900s | Twice-monthly or monthly | Flint Mirror: LCCN sn96076899 OCLC 35168887 The Mirror: LCCN sn96076898 OCLC 35168835 | Edited and published by Edward Jones. |
| Flint | The North Star | 1955 | 1900s | Weekly | LCCN sn2001063758 OCLC 48121103 | |
| Flint | The Flint Spokesman | 1946 | 1900s | Weekly | LCCN sn96076919 OCLC 35183405 | Published and edited by Frank L. Gillespie. Attested through at least 1979. |
| Fowler | The Lansing Post | 1963 | ? | Monthly newspaper | LCCN sn2001061621 OCLC 46670243 | |
| Grand Rapids | Afro-American Gazette | 1991 | 1996? | Weekly | OCLC 24401511 | Published by Patricia Grier. |
| Grand Rapids | Michigan State News | 1911 | 1926 | | | Edited by G.W. Smith. |
| Grand Rapids | The Organizer | 1969 | 1980s | | LCCN sn00062625 OCLC 44803417 | |
| Grand Rapids | Times The Grand Rapids Times (1960–) | 1957 | current | Weekly | Times: LCCN sn97070786 OCLC 38010474 The Grand Rapids Times: LCCN sn88063029 OCLC 17430946 | Official site Published by John Bankston. |
| Highland Park | Michigan Citizen | 1978 | 2014 | Weekly | ISSN 1072-2041 LCCN sn93006432 OCLC 22836894 | Free online archive Published by Charles D. Kelly. |
| Idlewild | The Challenger | 1900s | ? | Twice-monthly | LCCN sn97063466 OCLC 38035834 | Attested from at least 1951. |
| Inkster | Voice Inkster Voice | 1948 | | Weekly | | Edited by Frank M. Seymour. Circulation of 18,800 in 1948. Fell to 1,600 in 1950s. |
| Jackson | The Blazer News | 1962 or 1963 | current | Weekly | OCLC 27355246 | Official site |
| Kalamazoo | The Community Courier | 1972 or 1973 | 1900s | Weekly | LCCN sn96077137 OCLC 35709898 | |
| Kalamazoo | Focus News | 1965 | ? | Monthly newspaper | | |
| Kalamazoo | Star Reporter | 1964 | 1960s | Weekly | LCCN sn96077113 OCLC 35690193 | Published by Mall City Pub. Co. |
| Kalamazoo | The Kalamazoo Weekly Star Weekly Star (1965) Kalamazoo Weekly Star (1965–) | 1963 | 1900s | Weekly | Weekly Star LCCN sn96077114 OCLC 35690238 Kalamazoo Weekly Star: LCCN sn96077115 OCLC 35690334 | Published and edited by Reuben Cummings. |
| Lansing | Eye Opener | 1930 | 1931 | | | |
| Lansing | The Inner City Times | 1968 | 1900s | Weekly | LCCN sn97063327 OCLC 12224847 | |
| Lansing | The Metroplex Michigan | 1980s | 1990s | Irregular | | Followed by Metroplex news. Description based on: Vol. 3, no. 6 (Nov. 8, 1987). . |
| Lansing | The Metroplex Michigan Metroplex News | 1987? | ? | Biweekly or irregular | The Metroplex Michigan: LCCN sn2001061639 OCLC 27986118 Metroplex News: LCCN sn2001061640 OCLC 46671765 | Published by Conrad B. Parrish. Attested through at least 1994. |
| Lansing | The Michigan Bulletin | 1995 | current | Monthly or biweekly | LCCN sn2001061641 OCLC 35703277 | Official site Free newspaper. |
| Lansing | Michigan State Echo | 1938 | Weekly | | | First of the Echo newspapers established by Leroy G. White. |
| Lansing | The New Citizens Press | 2002 | current | Biweekly | LCCN sn2003060104 OCLC 52095947 | Official site |
| Lansing | Response | 1980s | ? | Monthly newspaper | LCCN sn2001061633 OCLC 46673212 | Attested through at least 1981. |
| Lansing | The Lansing Times | 1975 | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn2001061623 OCLC 46670305 | |
| Lansing | Westside News | 1969 | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn97063317 OCLC 12486592 | |
| Lathrup Village | Michigan Sentinel | 1991 | ? | Monthly newspaper | OCLC 27428223 | Published by Elaine Campbell. |
| Pontiac | The Pontiac Commentator | 1947 | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn97060406 OCLC 36831602 | |
| Pontiac | Pontiac-Auburn Citizen’s Post | 1987? | ? | Weekly | OCLC 32294968 | Published by Dave Morris. Attested through at least 1995. |
| Royal Oak | The Peaceful Valley Journal | 1900s | 1900s | Weekly | LCCN sn98066314 OCLC 39397945 | Attested at least from 1952. |
| Saginaw | The Saginaw Afro Herald | 1967? | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn97070589 OCLC 38263075 | Published by United Power. Motto: "To inform, involve and unite." |
| Saginaw | Saginaw Banner | 1995? | ? | Weekly | OCLC 32295111 | Published by D. Lyons. |