# List of African American newspapers in Connecticut

This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in Connecticut. It includes both current and historical newspapers.
Connecticut's first newspaper by and for African Americans was The Clarksonian, published from 1843 to 1844 in Hartford. The first known paper after that came much later, however, with the Hartford Herald in 1918. Connecticut's African American community has also historically been served by papers from neighboring states such as Massachusetts.
African-American newspapers in Connecticut today include the Inner-City News of New Haven and the Inquiring News of Hartford (successor to the Inquirer family of newspapers in Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, and Waterbury).

## Newspapers

| City | Title | Beginning | End | Frequency | Call numbers | Remarks |
| Bridgeport | Afri-Voice Review (1991–) / Afro-Voice Review (1988–1991) | 1988 | 1992? | Unknown | LCCN sn94053124, sn94053125 OCLC 30675511, 30675663 | |
| Bridgeport | Harambee Union / Harambee | 1969 | 1976 | Monthly newspaper | LCCN sn94053122, sn94053123 OCLC 30675183, 30675295 | Partially in Spanish. |
| Bridgeport / Hartford | The Bridgeport Inquirer | 1977? | 2006 | Weekly | | Merged into Inquiring News. |
| Hamden | The Elm City Trader | 1991 | 1990s | Weekly | LCCN sn95063169 OCLC 33419197 | |
| Hartford | The Clarksonian | 1843 | 1844 | Monthly newspaper | | Founded and edited by James W.C. Pennington. |
| Hartford | Connecticut Chronicle / Hartford Chronicle / Hartford-Springfield Chronicle | 1915 | 1949? | Weekly | ISSN 2642-7117, 2642-7109 LCCN sn95063011, sn92051342, sn92051345 OCLC 31813207, 26273304, 26273329 | Free online archives: Connecticut Chronicle Hartford Chronicle Published by George W. Goodman. |
| Hartford | Hartford Herald | 1918 | | | | No issues survive. |
| Hartford | The Informer | 1977 | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn92051470 OCLC 26787735 | Published by Robert Hales |
| Hartford | The Hartford Inquirer | 1975 | 2006 | Weekly | LCCN sn89080095, sn94092715 OCLC 23588659, 32784796 | Merged with other Inquirer papers to form Inquiring News. Edited and published by William R. Hales. |
| Hartford | The New Haven Inquirer | 1976 | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn94093004, sn92060556 OCLC 33390392, 26502871 | |
| Hartford | Inquiring News | 2006 | current | | | Official site |
| Hartford | New England Bulletin | 1949 | ? | Weekly | ISSN 2643-5012, 2643-5004 LCCN 2019271081, sn92051343 OCLC 1099565978, 26273342 | Free online archive |
| Hartford | North Hartford Truth | 1971 | 1974? | Monthly | OCLC 26787570 | Published by Horace Bushnell Church. |
| Hartford | Northend Agent's | 1974 or 1975 | current | Weekly | LCCN sn92051380 OCLC 26498043 | Official site Edited until 2015 by John Robert Allen. |
| Hartford | Springfield Inquirer | 1981? | ? | Weekly | | |
| Hartford / Springfield | Hartford Star | 1969 | 1974 | Weekly | LCCN sn92051308 OCLC 26205865 | Edited by Henry Morris. |
| Hartford / Springfield | The Hartford Voice | 1974 | 1975 | Weekly | LCCN sn92051331 OCLC 26205881 | Successor to the Hartford Star. |
| New Haven | The Crow / The Heritage Hall Crow | 1968 | ? | Twice monthly or biweekly | The Crow: LCCN sn94053269 OCLC 31177268 Heritage Hall Crow: LCCN sn95063093 OCLC 32334099 | |
| New Haven | Black Coalition Weekly / The Greater New Haven Black Coalition Weekly (1972) | 1972 | 1900s | Weekly | ISSN 2638-3756 LCCN sn95063100 OCLC 32981870 | |
| New Haven | The Inner-City News / The Inner-City | 1980s | current | Monthly newspaper | LCCN sn95063181 OCLC 33438306 | Free online archive Only member of the National Newspaper Publishers Association in Connecticut. Estimated readership of 50,000 in 2003. Subject of a controversy over a sponsored content deal with Yale University in 2003. |
| New Haven | New Haven Local News | 1987 | 1990 | Twice monthly | LCCN sn95063170 OCLC 33419288 | Published by Willie Williams, Jr. |
| New Haven | The Open Gate News | 1961 | ? | Twice-monthly or bimonthly | LCCN sn94053277 OCLC 31183560 | Edited by Jeff Dyous. Extant through at least 1962. |
| Waterbury | Black Voice | 1970 | 1970s | | LCCN sn94053381 OCLC 31747273 | |
| Waterbury | People's Weekly | 1972 | 1900s | Monthly newspaper | LCCN sn94053426 OCLC 31508193 | Published by the Center for Black Development. |