# List of African American newspapers in Oregon

This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of Oregon. It includes both current and historical newspapers.
Portland is the only city where such newspapers are known to have been published. The first was the Portland New Age, founded as The New Age in 1896. Notable contemporary newspapers include The Observer and The Skanner.

## Newspapers

| City | Title | Beginning | End | Frequency | Call numbers | Remarks |
| Portland | The Oregon Advance Times | 1968 | 1968 | Weekly | LCCN sn00063638 OCLC 9822566, 30723634 | Available online Suspended publication November 7, 1968. |
| Portland | The Advocate | 1903 | 1937 | Weekly | LCCN sn98062568 OCLC 40119041 | Available online Founded by McCants Stewart and Edward Cannady. Edited by Edward Cannady from 1923 to June 14, 1930, and by Beatrice Morrow Cannady from June 21, 1930 to 1933. |
| Portland | The Portland Advocate | 1981 | 1981 | Monthly newspaper | | Organ of the Black Urban Front Available online Published by the National Black United Front. |
| Portland | Advocate Register | 1943 | 1951 | Weekly | | Available online Published by Oliver E. Smith, who upon taking a job with the Bonneville Power Administration in 1951 was required to abandon the paper by the Hatch Act. |
| Portland | Portland Challenger | 1952 | 1954 | Weekly or biweekly | LCCN 2015260134 OCLC 915150593 | Available online Founded by William Hilliard, who also worked for The Oregonian while publishing the Challenger. |
| Portland | Clarion Defender | 1953 or 1965 or 1966 | 1973? | Weekly | LCCN sn00063577 OCLC 44631946 | Available online |
| Portland | Portland Inquirer | 1944 | 1946 | Weekly | LCCN sn00063637 OCLC 45176054 | Issues from 1944 available online Edited by Ralph H. Faulk. |
| Portland | Oregon Mirror | 1959 | 1962? | Weekly | LCCN 2015260135 OCLC 41109937 | Issues from 1962 available online Published by J. Marcus Wellington, III. Extant through at least 1962. |
| Portland | The New Age / Portland New Age (1905–1907) | 1896 or 1899 | 1907 | Weekly | LCCN 2009257329, 2014254028, sn83025107, sn83025137 OCLC 9272181, 2806304, 54439332, 876200983, 9272279, 36645096, 876200473 | Available online (New Age) Available online (Portland New Age) Published by Adolphus D. Griffin. Carried local news columns from cities across Washington and Montana, including Walla Walla and Great Falls. |
| Portland | The Newspaper / Albina Newspaper | 1969 | ? | Biweekly | | One issue from 1970 available online. Served the Albina District. |
| Portland | Northwest Clarion | 1943 or 1944 | 1961 | Weekly | LCCN sn00063575 OCLC 44631939 | Available online Published by Arthur and Etoile Cox. |
| Portland | Northwest Defender | 1962 | 1965 | Weekly | LCCN sn00063576 OCLC 44631941 | Available online Founded by Jimmy "Bang-Bang" Walker. Published by J.W. Zell II. Later merged with the Northwest Clarion to become the Clarion Defender. |
| Portland | Observer | 1901? | 1903 | Weekly | | |
| Portland | The Observer / Portland Observer / People's Observer | 1938 | 1950? | Weekly, later twice-monthly, monthly after 1946 | The Observer (1938-1939): LCCN sn00058013, 2009257308 OCLC 43533879, 466878513 The Observer (1945-1950): LCCN sn00062130, 2009257306 OCLC 43515323, 466891144 The People's Observer: LCCN sn00062131, 2009257307 OCLC 43533948, 466893829 | Issues from 1938–1939, 1944, and 1945 available online. Published by William H. McClendon from 1938 to 1939, and revived by him as The People's Observer in 1943. |
| Portland | The Portland Observer / New Portland Observer | 1970 | current | Weekly | LCCN sn83025151 OCLC 9360817, 9286929 | Official site Some issues available online |
| Portland | The Pacific Dispatch | 1946 | 1947 | | LCCN sn87093419 OCLC 17285562 | Published jointly in Seattle and Portland starting September 20, 1946, at which point it was identified as the "Portland edition" of the Pacific Dispatch, which continued until June 27, 1947. Succeeded by The Seattle Dispatch. |
| Portland | The Skanner | 1975 | current | Weekly | ISSN 1543-6357 LCCN sn85042482 OCLC 12566075, 936078 | Official site Some issues available online Became online-only in 2014. |
| Portland | The Portland Times | 1909 or 1918 | 1924 or 1923 | Weekly | | Two issues available online Founded by William J. McLemore. Edited by J.A. Merriman, a founder of the Advocate. |