# List of African American newspapers in Minnesota

This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of Minnesota. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first such newspaper published in Minnesota was the Western Appeal, established in 1885. African American newspapers currently published in Minnesota include Insight News and the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.

## Newspapers

| City | Title | Beginning | End | Frequency | Call numbers | Remarks |
| Minneapolis and Saint Paul | Afro-American Advance / The Afro-American Advance | 1899 | 1905 | Weekly | LCCN 2011254021, sn86058061 OCLC 707541811, 13353098 | Available online Formed by merger of Colored Citizen and Twin-City American. |
| Saint Paul | Afro-Independent | 1888 | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn86058058 OCLC 13351837 | Available online Edited by Charles S. Sweed. |
| Minneapolis | The Twin-City American | 1899 | 1899 | Weekly | LCCN sn86058062 OCLC 13353065 | Available online Published by Jay Moses Griffin. Merged with the Colored Citizen to form the Afro-American Advance. |
| Saint Paul | Western Appeal / Appeal (1889–1924) | 1885 | 1924 | Weekly | ISSN 2163-7083 LCCN sn83016811, 2013254362 OCLC 10153837, 732734928 | Available online (Western Appeal) Available online (Appeal) |
| Minneapolis | The Banner | 1962 | 1963? | Weekly | LCCN sn90059706 OCLC 21569346 | Published by Edwin A. Hayden. |
| Minneapolis | The Colored Citizen | 1899 | 1899 | Weekly | | No issues survive. Merged with the Twin City American to form the Afro-American Advance in 1899. |
| Minneapolis | Twin Cities Courier | 1966 | 1986 | Weekly | ISSN 0300-6603 LCCN sn7804217 OCLC 1343402 | Published by Mary J. Kyle. |
| Saint Paul | The St. Paul Echo | 1925 | 1927 | Weekly | LCCN sn90059272, sn94081608 OCLC 1645574, 32229718 | Available online |
| Saint Paul | Globe News | 1939 | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn90059293 OCLC 21465595 | |
| Saint Paul | The Grand Selby Digest | 1971 | ? | Monthly newspaper | LCCN sn90059298 OCLC 23612957 | "Serving the Summit-University, Crocus Hill, Lexington-Hamline Communities." Published by Eloise Adams. |
| Saint Paul | The Twin City Guardian | 1895 | 1923 | Weekly | LCCN sn83045427 OCLC 1767883 | Available online Published by Jacob R. Steiner. |
| Saint Paul | Insight / Insight News | 1964? | current | Weekly | ISSN 1535-4679 LCCN 2001215064 OCLC 26238177, 29579855, 26238267 | Official site Issues available online Multiple local editions published. |
| Minneapolis | Twin City Leader or Twin-City Leader | 1940 | 1941 | Weekly | LCCN sn90060425 OCLC 1767884 | |
| Minneapolis | Twin-City Herald | 1927 | 1940 | Weekly | LCCN sn90060227 OCLC 1623725 | Edited by J.E. Perry. |
| Minneapolis | The Minnesota Messenger / The Minneapolis Messenger (1921–1922) | 1922 | 1924 | Weekly | LCCN sn90060138, sn90060139 OCLC 1758214, 22601503 | Published by Charles Sumner Smith and Hamlet B. Rowe. |
| Minneapolis | The National Advocate | 1916 | 1924? | Weekly | LCCN sn90060154 OCLC 1759021 | Available online Published by R.B. Montgomery. |
| Saint Paul | The Negro World | 1892 | 1900s | Weekly | LCCN 2013254337, sn86058057 OCLC 846507878, 13351538 | Available online |
| Minneapolis and Saint Paul | The Negro World | 1892 | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn86058057 OCLC 13351538 | Published by Joseph Houser. |
| Minneapolis and Saint Paul | Northwest Monitor | 1930 | 1931 | Weekly | LCCN sn90060180 OCLC 22283057 | Published by William F. Helm. |
| Saint Paul | The Northwestern Bulletin | 1922 | 1924 | Weekly | LCCN sn90060931 OCLC 1764889 | Available online |
| Saint Paul | The Northwestern Bulletin-Appeal | 1924 | 1925 | Weekly | LCCN sn90060932 OCLC 1716490 | Available online |
| Minneapolis | Northwestern-Vine | 1901 | 1905 | Weekly | LCCN sn90060184 OCLC 1757651 | Available online |
| Minneapolis | The Minneapolis Observer | 1890 | 1891 | Weekly | LCCN sn86058064 OCLC 13353485 | Available online Published by A.G. Plummer. |
| Minneapolis | Twin City Observer | 1943 | 1976 | Weekly | LCCN sn83016844 OCLC 1716569 | Published by Milton Williams. |
| Minneapolis | The Protest | 1892 | 1892 | Weekly | LCCN sn90060335 OCLC 22368814 | Available online |
| Saint Paul | St. Paul Recorder | 1934 | 2000 | Weekly | LCCN sn83016804 OCLC 1715473 | Merged with Minneapolis Spokesman to become Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. |
| Minneapolis | Minneapolis Spokesman | 1934 | 2000 | Weekly | LCCN sn83025247 OCLC 1715036 | Followed by Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. |
| Minneapolis | Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder | 2000 | current | Weekly | LCCN sn00058014 OCLC 43310423 | Official site Formed by the merger of Minneapolis Spokesman and St. Paul Recorder. |
| Minneapolis | The Twin City Star | 1910 | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn90060427 OCLC 1767887 | Available online Published by Charles Sumner Smith. |
| Saint Paul | Summit University Free Press | 1974 | ? | Monthly newspaper | LCCN sn90059631 OCLC 21893618, 3267065 | Edited by Mazi Johnson. |
| Saint Paul | Saint Paul Sun | 1941 | 1976 | Weekly | LCCN sn84025909 OCLC 1714837 | |
| Minneapolis | The Timely Digest | 1931 | 1932 | Monthly newspaper | OCLC 32479513 | Edited by Cecil E. Newman. |
| Minneapolis | The World | 1896 | 1897 | Weekly | LCCN sn90059173 OCLC 1567082 | Available online Edited by A.G. Plummer. Published by P.O. Gray. Also published in Duluth. |