# List of African American newspapers in Missouri

This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of Missouri. It includes both current and historical newspapers.
The first known African American newspaper in Missouri was the Welcome Friend of St. Louis, which was in circulation by 1870. Yet the first surviving issue of any such newspaper dates from 20 years later in 1890, when the sole surviving issue of The American Negro of Springfield was published.
At least 64 African American newspapers have been published in Missouri over the years, although the actual number is likely to be much higher. Of that 64, 55 were established between 1875 and 1920. Most of the publishing activity has been concentrated in the St. Louis and Kansas City metropolitan areas, but many smaller cities and towns have had such newspapers as well.
Notable current African American newspapers in Missouri include the St. Louis Sentinel, St. Louis American, and Kansas City Globe.

## Newspapers

| City | Title | Beginning | End | Frequency | Call numbers | Remarks |
| Caruthersville | The Anchor | 1911 or 1912 | 1900s | Weekly | LCCN sn89066390 OCLC 19856062 | Extant through at least 1921. Published by J.W.D. Mayes. |
| Charleston | The Charleston Spokesman | 1934 | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn89066839 OCLC 20109821 | |
| Columbia / Jefferson City | The Professional World | 1901 | 1920s or 1903? | Weekly | ISSN 2326-8549, 2326-8530 LCCN 2013218578, sn89066321 OCLC 828205812, 19566406 | Available online Edited by Rufus L. Logan. |
| Hannibal | Home Protective Record | 1909 | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn89067609 OCLC 20842247 | Published by Home Protective Association. Extant through at least 1914. |
| Hannibal | Hannibal Register / Missouri State Register | 1919 | 1941 | Weekly | LCCN sn95063130 OCLC 33059789 | Published by George H. Wright. |
| Joplin | The Joplin Advance | 1895 | 1800s | Weekly | LCCN sn86063334 OCLC 13380812 | Published by W.L. Yancey. |
| Joplin | Joplin-Springfield Uplift (1920s–1933) / Joplin Uplift | 1926? | ? | Weekly | Joplin-Springfield Uplift OCLC 20280676 Joplin Uplift LCCN sn89067253 OCLC 20280670 | Published by Augustus Garvin Tutt. |
| Kansas City | Kansas City American | 1928 | 1936 | Weekly | LCCN sn90061553 OCLC 21244439 | A Kansas edition was published as the Kansas American in Topeka. |
| Kansas City | The Call / Kansas City Call | 1919 | current | Weekly | The Call (1919–1922): LCCN sn90061476 OCLC 22351173 Kansas City Call (1922–1933): LCCN sn86063343 OCLC 2258887 The Call (1933-): LCCN 2001225008, sn87065699, sn90061475 OCLC 45795128, 16736831, 22351213 | Official site |
| Kansas City | Greater Kansas City Community Challenger | 1970s | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn94055159 OCLC 30054652 | Extant through at least 1976. |
| Kansas City | The Kansas City Globe | 1972 | current | Weekly | LCCN sn85067493 OCLC 13049347 | Official site |
| Kansas City | The Inter-State Herald | 1903 | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn89067286 OCLC 20398666 | Published by H.R. Pinckney. |
| Kansas City | The Liberator | 1901 | 1910 | Weekly | LCCN sn89066765 OCLC 20257849 | Published by H.R. Pinckney. |
| Kansas City | Missouri State Post | 1986 | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn89067327 OCLC 20521647 | Edited by Samuel Jordan. Extant through at least 1996. Published at times in Kansas City, Kansas. |
| Kansas City | Kansas City Observer | 1896 | 1901 | Weekly | LCCN sn83025495 OCLC 9529378, 2773822 | Edited and published by L.C. Williams. |
| Kansas City | The Rising Son | 1896 | 1918 | Weekly | ISSN 2165-929X LCCN 2014254302, sn83025494 OCLC 9529310, 2809495, 778033244 | |
| Kansas City | The Kansas City Searchlight | 1908 | ? | Weekly | | Official newspaper of the Missouri United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters of the Mysterious Ten. |
| Kansas City | The Kansas City Sun | 1908 | 1924 | Weekly | ISSN 2166-8329 LCCN sn90061556 OCLC 21244408 | Available online Purchased by Nelson C. Crews in 1911. |
| Kansas City | The Kansas City Sun | 1908 | 1924? | Weekly | LCCN sn90061556 OCLC 21244408 | |
| Macon | Missouri Messenger | 1894 | 1900 | Weekly | LCCN sn83025493 OCLC 9529249, 2753702 | Published by the Missouri Baptist State Convention. |
| Sedalia | The Sedalia Sun | 1882 | 1880s | Weekly | LCCN sn93059993 OCLC 28201997 | Published by A.H. Lee |
| Sedalia | The Sedalia Times | 1893 or 1894 | 1905 | Weekly | LCCN 2014254314, sn84020293 OCLC 2789539, 879304734, 10561127 | Earliest Missouri African American newspaper of which an extended run of issues survives. |
| Sedalia | Sedalia Weekly Conservator | 1903 | 1909 | Weekly | ISSN 2166-8264 LCCN sn89067598 OCLC 20842253 | Available online Published at George R. Smith College "by William H. Huston and C. M. English until 1905 at which time Huston became the sole proprietor and publisher." |
| Sikeston | The Southeast Missouri World | 1939 | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn89066838 OCLC 20109816 | |
| Sikeston | Southern Sun | 1954 | 1954 | Twice monthly | LCCN sn90073067 OCLC 22287013 | Edited by C. Coolidge Brown. |
| Springfield | The American Negro | 1890 | 1890 | Weekly | LCCN 2017225062, sn83025434 OCLC 995174447, 9467380, 2642092 | Earliest Missouri African American newspaper of which any issues survive. |
| St. Louis | St. Louis Advance | 1881 or 1887? | 1908 | Weekly | LCCN sn89067358 OCLC 20614966 | Published by P.H. Murray |
| St. Louis | The African-American News World | 1991? | ? | Quarterly | OCLC 32329855 | |
| St. Louis | The American Eagle | 1894 | 1907 | Weekly | LCCN sn83025433, sn84020143 OCLC 3853820, 10408010 | Official newspaper of the Missouri Knights of Pythias. |
| St. Louis | The St. Louis American | 1927 | current | Weekly | LCCN sn89067344 OCLC 16015274 | Official site |
| St. Louis | The St. Louis Argus | 1912 | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn94081607, sn84025916 OCLC 32229724, 3860143, 8483538, 2934741 | Available online (1915–1926) |
| St. Louis | St. Louis Call | 1936? | ? | Weekly | | |
| St. Louis | St. Louis Clarion | 1900s | 1900s | Weekly | LCCN 2014254325 OCLC 664611404 ISSN 2578-7063 LCCN 2017234793 OCLC 46998429 | Extant from 1920–1921. |
| St. Louis | Cooperative Citizen | 1937? | ? | Weekly | | Edited by George L. Vaughn. |
| St. Louis | The Crusader | 1963? | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn99063220 OCLC 41609493 | Extant from 1975–1977. |
| St. Louis | The Evening Whirl | 1938 | current | Weekly | LCCN sn89080096, sn86090538 OCLC 23714457, 15045378 | Official Twitter feed |
| St. Louis | Limelight Magazine | 1986 | current | Monthly newspaper | OCLC 29391391 | Official site |
| St. Louis | Negro World | 1875 | ? | | | Frequently credited as the first African American newspaper in Missouri. Published by J.W. Wilson. In existence through at least 1887. |
| St. Louis | New National Baptist Voice | 1915 | current | Has varied from twice monthly to semiannual. Currently quarterly. | OCLC 1590292, 9661120, 32816821, 32816939, 35661885 | Official site Official organ of the National Baptist Convention. |
| St. Louis | The St. Louis Palladium / The Palladium (–1903) | 1884 | 1911 | Weekly | LCCN 2014254044, sn84020234, sn84020235 OCLC 879304840, 2775874, 10494741, 10494666 | |
| St. Louis | People's Guide | 1966? | ? | Weekly | OCLC 32083677 | |
| St. Louis | St. Louis Sentinel / St. Louis Metro Sentinel | 1968 | | Weekly | ISSN 1546-4539 LCCN sn84025915, sn84025914 OCLC 10679783, 10679788 | Founder and original editor and publisher: Howard B. Woods. |
| St. Louis | Welcome Friend | 1870? | ? | | | Published by local civic leader Charlton Tandy. |
| St. Louis | Western Messenger | ? | 1917 | Weekly | LCCN sn92059015 OCLC 27061650 | Official organ of the Missouri Negro Baptist Convention. |
| St. Louis | St. Louis Whirl-Examiner | 1938 | current | Weekly | LCCN sn89080096 OCLC 23714457 | Published by Kevin G. Thomas |