# List of African American newspapers in Washington (state)

This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of Washington. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first such newspaper in Washington was the Seattle Standard, established in 1890. Notable current newspapers in Washington include The Facts and the Seattle Medium.

## Newspapers

* The Facts (Seattle)
* Seattle Medium
* Seattle Metro Homemaker
* Seattle Republican (defunct)
* The Tacoma True Citizen Front page of Cayton's Weekly from July 26, 1919.
| City | Title | Beginning | End | Frequency | Call numbers | Remarks |
| Tacoma | Kitsap County Dispatch | 1989? | 1998 | Weekly | | Published by Virginia Taylor. |
| Everett | Rising Sun | 1910s | ? | Weekly | [OCLC 18267600] [LOCCN Sn88085811] | Published by Thomas L. Cate. |
| Seattle | The Advertiser’s Weekly Messenger | 1964 | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn88085824 OCLC 18272432 | |
| Seattle | Afro-American Journal / The Afro-American Journal | 1967 | 1972 | Weekly | LCCN sn87093328 OCLC 17242998 | |
| Seattle | Bee | 1890s | 1900 | Weekly | | Edited by Daniel Webster Griffin. |
| Seattle | Bee | 1906 | ? | Weekly | | Edited by Walter Griffin. |
| Seattle | Builder | ? | 1954 | Weekly | | |
| Seattle | Cayton's Weekly (1916-1921) / Cayton's Monthly (1921) | 1916 | 1921 | Weekly, then monthly | Cayton's Weekly: ISSN 2158-4699 LCCN sn87093353, sn91025171 OCLC 17248379, 23074613 Cayton's Monthly: ISSN 2159-5569 LCCN sn87093354, sn91025172 OCLC 17248383, 23074624 | Available online (Cayton's Weekly) Available online (Cayton's Monthly) Published by Horace R. Cayton Sr. |
| Seattle | Seattle Dispatch / The Seattle Dispatch | 1946 or 1947 | 1948 | Weekly | LCCN sn87093419, sn87093420 OCLC 9744722, 17285562, 17285563 | Formerly The Pacific Dispatch of Portland, Oregon. Absorbed the Northwest Clarion of Portland. |
| Seattle | Northwest Enterprise / The Northwest Enterprise / The Seattle Enterprise (1920–) / The Enterprise (–1930) | 1920 or 1921 | 1952 or 1962 | Weekly | The Northwest Enterprise: LCCN sn87093377 OCLC 17273999 The Seattle Enterprise: LCCN sn87093376 OCLC 17273985 The Enterprise: LCCN sn87093375, 2007252514 OCLC 17273968, 144552980 | Available online |
| Seattle | The Facts / The NW Facts | 1961 or 1962 | current | Weekly | ISSN 0427-8879 LCCN sn94092734, sn83025152 OCLC 32785451, 9287142 | Official site |
| Seattle | K-Zam Kazette | 1962 | 1975 | Weekly | LCCN sn88085972 OCLC 18454106, 10353400 | |
| Seattle | Seattle Medium / The Medium (1970–1983) | 1970 | current | Weekly | The Medium: LCCN sn87093389 OCLC 17279382 Seattle Medium: LCCN sn8303216 OCLC 10124671 | Official site |
| Seattle | Messenger | 1964 | 1960s | Weekly | LCCN 2008253303, sn88085824 OCLC 264057973, 18272432 | |
| Seattle | News Forum | 1960s | ? | Biweekly | LCCN 2018252404 OCLC 1022284159 | Extant as of 1967. |
| Seattle | The Northwest Bulletin | 1937 | 1940 | Twice-monthly newspaper | LCCN sn87093423 OCLC 17285567 | |
| Seattle | The Northwest Herald | 1943 | 1946 | Weekly | LCCN sn94081619, 2003252191, sn88085785 OCLC 32229787, 51754613, 18236862 | |
| Seattle | Northwest Illuminator | 1897 or 1898 | 1898 | Weekly or monthly | | Edited by George E. Watkins. Regarded by competitor Horace R. Cayton Sr. as a front for the Populists. |
| Seattle | Seattle Observer | 1964 | 1964? | Weekly | LCCN sn88087136 OCLC 1863451 | |
| Seattle | Pacific Leader | 1952 | 1956 | Weekly or twice monthly | LCCN 2007252511, sn88085826 OCLC 144531109, 18276864 | |
| Seattle | Pacific Northwest Bulletin / Pacific Northwest Review / Pacific Northwest Review Bulletin / Bulletin | 1936? | 1949 | Twice-monthly newspaper | LCCN sn87093418 OCLC 17285402 | Published by George M. Francis. |
| Seattle | Progressive Herald / The Progressive Herald | 1933 | 1930s | Weekly and monthly | LCCN 2007252512, sn88085790 OCLC 144528900, 18237024 | |
| Seattle | Puget Sound Observer (1957–1959, 1960–) / Puget Sound and Inland Empire Observer (1959–1960) | 1954? or 1957 | 1961 | Variable: weekly, twice-monthly and bimonthly | Puget Sound Observer (1957–): LCCN sn88087139 OCLC 18653640 Puget Sound and Inland Empire Observer: LCCN sn88087198 OCLC 18784577 Puget Sound Observer (1959–): LCCN 2007252161 OCLC 129926608 | Published by Robert Albert. |
| Seattle | Renaissance Courier | 1969 | ? | Weekly | LCCN 2008253304, sn88087006 OCLC 264079037, 18489300 | Edited by H. A. Monroe Jr. |
| Seattle | The Seattle Republican / The Republican (1894–) | 1894 | 1915 | Weekly | The Republican: ISSN 2158-4702 LCCN sn87093448 OCLC 17291866 The Seattle Republican: ISSN 2157-3271 LCCN 2014254300, sn84025811 OCLC 701514970, 10328970 | Available online (The Republican) Described by the Washington State Library as "Seattle's first truly successful African American newspaper." Published by Horace R. Cayton Sr. |
| Seattle | Searchlight | 1903 or 1905 | 1925 | | | Founded by Rev. S.S. Freeman. |
| Seattle | The Skanner | 1990 | current | Weekly | LCCN 2001252276 OCLC 45893245, 27858413 | Published in Seattle and in Portland, Oregon. |
| Seattle | Seattle Standard / Seattle Washington Standard | 1890 or 1891 | 1892? or 1902 | Weekly | | First African American newspaper in Seattle. Founded by former North Carolina legislator Brittain Oxendine. Taken over by Horace R. Cayton Sr. in 1892. Also edited by I. Israel Walker. |
| Seattle | Trumpet / The Trumpet | 1966 or 1967 | 1970? | Monthly newspaper | LCCN sn88087005 OCLC 18489253, 10367187 | Official publication of the Central Area Motivation Program. |
| Seattle | Western Sun | 1898 | 1900 | Weekly | | Edited by Daniel Webster Griffin. Regarded by competitor Horace R. Cayton Sr. as the successor to the Northwest Illuminator as a Populist/Fusion front. |
| Seattle | The World | 1898 | 1903 or 1914 | Weekly | LCCN 2013254380, sn84025812 OCLC 850980391, 10328976 | Edited by Daniel Webster Griffin. |
| Spokane | The Citizen | 1908 | 1913 | Weekly | LCCN sn88085265 OCLC 17360663 | Published by Charles Parker and Charles Barrow. Billed as “[t]he only weekly paper devoted to promoting Race interests in the Industrial and Agricultural development of the Pacific Southwest.” |
| Spokane | Washington Exponent | 1900 | 1900 | | | Founded by John and Ella Ryan. Supported the Democratic Party. |
| Spokane | Forum | 1908 or 1909 | 1912 | Monthly newspaper | | Founded by Rev. J. Gordon McPherson, who previously founded the Salt Lake City Democratic Headlight in 1899. |
| Spokane | Northwest Echo | 1896? | 1896? | Weekly | | Founded by Adolphus D. Griffin, who in 1896 moved to Oregon where he founded the Portland New Age. |
| Spokane | Northwest Review-Bulletin | 1936 | | Biweekly | | |
| Spokane | Star | 1946 | | Weekly | | |
| Spokane | Voice of the West | 1913? | 1915 | Weekly | | |
| Spokane | Black Lens | 2015 | Current | Monthly | | Founded by Sandra Williams |
| Tacoma | Sunday Morning Echo | 1907 | 1912 | Weekly | | Edited by attorney Gustave B. Aldrich. Focused on Roman Catholics and Catholicism. |
| Tacoma | The Tacoma Facts | 1971? | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn90099775 OCLC 22261904, 22293331 | Extant through at least 1980. |
| Tacoma | The Northwest Tacoma Facts | 1970 | 1970s | Weekly | LCCN sn88085964 OCLC 1845964, 18452750 | Published and edited by Fitzgerald Beaver. |
| Tacoma | The Forum | 1903 | 1918 or 1920 | Weekly | LCCN sn88085157, sn89044144 OCLC 17337015, 19714372 | Founded by John Ryan. Published by Ella Ryan after 1906. Known for its activism against racism in the Seattle area. |
| Tacoma | The Northwest Dispatch | 1982 or 1984 | | 5 days a week | ISSN 1058-9627 LCCN sn88085661 OCLC 18152568 | Published by Virginia Taylor (1938–2001). |
| Tacoma | Reporter (1966–1967) / Journal Reporter (1967) | 1966 | 1967 | Weekly | | |
| Tacoma | Northwest Journal Reporter | 1970 | 1970s | Weekly | LCCN sn88085909 OCLC 18338783 | |
| Tacoma | Progress Messenger | 1971 | 1970s | Weekly | LCCN sn88085908 OCLC 18338774 | |
| Tacoma | Tacoma True Citizen | 1972? | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn88087050 OCLC 18596316 | Published by W. Larry Williams Extant through at least 1976. |
| Tacoma | The Weekly | 1903 | 1903 | Weekly | | First African American-owned newspaper in Tacoma. Founded by John Ryan and Ella Ryan. |
| Vancouver | Portland Medium | 1979? | ? | Weekly | OCLC 37299386 | Successor to the Soul Town Review. Published by Christopher H. Bennett. |