Howard University Black Press Archives

he Tuskegee Student was the student newspaper of Tuskegee Institute, one of America’s most influential HBCUs. Published biweekly and affiliated with the National Negro Press Association, it chronicled campus life, student achievements, alumni activities, literature, and Black educational progress during the Jim Crow era. Today, its pages provide a rich record of Black student voices and the history of Tuskegee Institute.

https://dh.howard.edu/tuskegee_student1909/

From some out our Black and international press sources that documented the conditions leading up to the Soweto Uprising, the events of June 16, 1976, and its aftermath. Publications including the Black Panther newspaper, Daily Nation, Cameroon Tribune, Miami Times, and Negro Workers’ Review provided coverage of South Africa’s apartheid policies, the student-led protests in Soweto, the violent government crackdown, and the growing international response. Together, these publications offer a contemporary record of the struggle against apartheid before, during, and after June 1976, tracing the movement’s evolution through the years leading to Nelson Mandela’s release in 1990.

The Colored Alabamian was a Black-owned weekly newspaper published in Montgomery, Alabama, from 1907 to 1916. Serving African American readers during the Jim Crow era, it reported on politics, education, religion, business, and community life while providing a platform for voices largely excluded from white-owned newspapers. As part of Alabama’s vibrant Black press tradition, the publication documented both the challenges and achievements of African Americans in the early twentieth century.

https://dh.howard.edu/the_colored_alabamian1907/

Call for Papers: Black Journalism in Global Perspective: Intellectual Exchange Across the Diaspora

The Black Press Research Collective and the African American Intellectual History Society invite early-career scholars and ABD graduate students to submit abstracts for a workshop at Brown University (October 15–16, 2026) commemorating the bicentennial of the Black Press (1827–2027).

The workshop seeks scholarship exploring Black journalism, intellectual exchange, media traditions, and cultural production across the African diaspora. Selected participants will workshop essays for publication in a special Black Perspectives roundtable, with opportunities for further development in a special issue of Global Black Thought.

Travel and lodging are fully covered.

Submit: 300-word abstract + short bio by July 1, 2026 to [email protected]. Notifications will be sent by August 1, 2026.

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American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Reporter was the official newspaper of the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, published during the 1840s and early 1850s. Founded after a split within the American abolitionist movement, the paper reported on anti-slavery activism, legislation, conventions, and international efforts to end slavery. Led by abolitionist Arthur Tappan’s organization, it served as a key voice for abolition during the years leading up to the Civil War

https://dh.howard.edu/af_anti_slavery_reporter1840/

The Black Press Archives was honored to welcome Dr. Ashla Roseboro, recipient of the 2025 Black Press Archives Fellowship, to Howard University this April.
A Howard University alumna and professor at Alabama State University, Dr. Roseboro spent the week conducting research in the Black Press Archives and exploring the collections of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. Her visit reflects the fellowship’s commitment to supporting scholars whose work advances our understanding of Black history, culture, and media.
We were delighted to host Dr. Roseboro and look forward to seeing the scholarship that emerges from her research.

The Birmingham Reporter was an African American weekly newspaper founded in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1906 by journalist and publisher Oscar W. Adams Sr.. Published through the Jim Crow era until 1934, the paper championed civil rights, documented racial injustice, covered Black community life, and reported on notable institutions such as the Birmingham Black Barons. Through its fearless reporting on lynchings, politics, World War I service, and Black achievement, the Birmingham Reporter became one of Alabama’s most influential early Black newspapers.

https://dh.howard.edu/birmingham_reporter1916/

Submissions are now being accepted for The Black Press at 200, a two-day symposium commemorating the bicentennial of Black journalism, taking place March 17–18, 2027 at Howard University. We invite abstracts of up to 300 words for individual papers and panels exploring the history, contemporary practice, and future of the Black Press. Co-sponsored by the Black Press Research Collective at Johns Hopkins University and the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University, the symposium will bring together scholars, journalists, archivists, artists, students, and community researchers to examine 200 years of Black media, advocacy, and cultural influence since the founding of Freedom’s Journal in 1827. Abstract submissions are due September 18, 2026, with notifications of acceptance scheduled for October 30, 2026.

The Waycross Tribune was an African American newspaper published in Waycross, Georgia during the early twentieth century.

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