page_title: List of African-American newspapers in California
section_title: Southern California
hierarchical_section_title: List of African-American newspapers in California / Southern California
caption_attribution_description: English: Front page of ' from April 8, 1916. Headline reads "Watts Citizens Will March To Victory; Election Monday April 10th".
context_page_description: This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in the state of California, including both historical and contemporary publications. California's first such newspaper was the Mirror of the Times, which began publishing in the mid-1850s.
  Although the number of African Americans in California did not exceed 1,100 until the 20th century, seven African-American newspapers were established in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 19th century.
context_section_description: The Southern California region takes up the southern third of the state, and includes the Los Angeles metropolitan area, San Diego, and the Inland Empire region.
caption: An early African-American newspaper in Southern California, The California Eagle, from 1916.
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