# List of African American newspapers in New Jersey

This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of New Jersey. It includes both current and historical newspapers.
Among the first such newspapers in New Jersey was Trenton's The Sentinel, established in 1880. The Black press in New Jersey grew substantially in the early 20th century, from approximately 12 newspapers in 1900 to around 35 in 1940.
In addition to New Jersey–based newspapers, many communities in New Jersey have been served by newspapers published in New York or Philadelphia, such as the Philadelphia Independent.

## Newspapers

| City | Title | Beginning | End | Frequency | Call numbers | Remarks |
| Camden | The Black Observer | 1968 | ? | Unknown | | |
| Camden | The Camden News | 1915 | ? | Weekly | | |
| East Orange | Essex Forum | 1972 | ? | Biweekly, then weekly | LCCN sn88071370 OCLC 18514779 | |
| Hillside | African World | 1994 | ? | Monthly | OCLC no | |
| Long Branch / Red Bank | The Echo | 1904 | 1943 | Weekly | LCCN sn88071050 OCLC 17494843 | Available online Founded by William Elijah Rock. Moved from Long Branch to Red Bank around 1910. |
| Montclair | The Jersey Express | 1932? | ? | Weekly | | |
| Newark | New Jersey Afro-American | 1941 | 1991 | Weekly | LCCN sn84025926 OCLC 2634939, 2264866 | "[T]he longest running and most widely read black newspaper in New Jersey." Circulation of 14,609 in 1951. |
| Newark | Black Newark (1968) / Black News (1969) / Black New Ark (1972–1974) | 1968 | 1974 | Monthly newspaper | Black Newark: LCCN sn2001062056 OCLC 47228355 Black News: LCCN 2019238428 OCLC 173893626 Black New Ark: LCCN sn2001062050 OCLC 32993495 | Edited by Yusef Iman and Daoud Abdullah. |
| Newark | The Forum | 1970s | ? | Biweekly | LCCN sn88071371 OCLC 18514783 | |
| Newark | Greater News | 1979? | | Weekly | OCLC 20252858 | |
| Newark | The New Jersey Guardian | 1934 | 1942 | Weekly | LCCN sn89069097 OCLC 19016511 | |
| Newark | The Newark Herald | 1928 | 1939 | Weekly | LCCN sn88071222 OCLC 19743660 | |
| Newark | The Newark Herald | 1938 | ? | | LCCN 2012210650 OCLC 2696527 | |
| Newark | New Jersey Herald News | 1938 | 1966 | Weekly | LCCN sn84025698 OCLC 10284983 | Circulation of 28,371 in 1951. |
| Newark | Nite Lite | 1959? | ? | Weekly | | |
| Newark | New Jersey Record | ? | 1947 | Weekly | | |
| Newark | New Jersey Trumpet | 1887 | 1897 | Weekly | LCCN sn87068175 OCLC 15671833 | Founded by William Murrell. |
| Orange | Harambee | 1990? | | Bimonthly | OCLC 25266785 | Billed as a “newspaper for young readers that focuses on the African American experience.” |
| Paterson | The Liberator | 1950 | ? | Weekly | | |
| Paterson | North Jersey Independent | 1950 | ? | Weekly | | Circulation of 26,498 in 1951. |
| Paterson | The Northern New Jersey Informer | 1950 | ? | Weekly | | |
| Plainfield | City News | 1983 | | Weekly | | Published by Jan Edgenton Johnson. |
| Plainfield | The Voice | 1968 | 1974? | Weekly | LCCN sn88063027 OCLC 17430825 | |
| Princeton | The Citizen | 1909 | ? | Weekly | OCLC 38227497 | |
| Saddle River | The Landscape | 1885? | 1901 | Monthly newspaper | | |
| Swedesboro | South Jersey Journal | 2011 | 2018 | Monthly newspaper | | Edited and published by Irving Randolph. |
| Somerset | The Franklin Voice | 1996 | | Monthly newspaper | OCLC 36814737 | Edited by Paula McCoy-Pinderhughes. |
| Teaneck | The Connection / North Jersey Connection | 1982? | ? | Weekly or biweekly | The Connection: LCCN sn88071369, sn94093165 OCLC 18514803, 32807946 North Jersey Connection: LCCN sn92060412, sn94093015 OCLC 25568384, 33390162 | Extant through at least 1991. Published by Ralph F. Johnson. |
| Trenton | The Nubian News | 1989? | current | Monthly | OCLC 28588271 | Official feed |
| Trenton | The Sentinel / Expositor | 1880 | 1882 or 1883 | Weekly | LCCN 2014254331, sn84026314 OCLC 664615924, 10388917 | "Trenton’s first – and one of the state’s earliest – Black newspapers." Founded, edited and published by R. Henri Herbert. Merged into Trenton Herald. |