List of African-American newspapers in Arizona

This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in the state of Arizona. It includes both current and historical newspapers.

Front page of a 1918 issue of the Phoenix Tribune, filled with news of World War I.

The first African-American newspaper in Arizona was the Phoenix Tribune, which was published from 1918 to the 1940s.[1] Notable such newspapers in Arizona today include the Arizona Informant.

Newspapers
City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Fort Huachuca 93rd Blue Helmet 1942[2] ?[2] Weekly[2]
  • LCCN sn95060757
  • OCLC 35142260, 24621529
  • Published by the 93rd Infantry Division.[2] Billed as "the first newspaper in the history of the army that has been published for a complete Negro division."[2]
Fort Huachuca The Buffalo 1940s[3] 1940s[3] Weekly[3]
Nogales The Bullet 1921 (uncertain)[4] or 1922[5] ?[5] Weekly[5]
Phoenix The Arizona Gleam 1929[6] 1930s[6] or 1946[7] Weekly[6]
Phoenix Arizona Informant 1957[9] current Weekly[10]
  • Official site
  • The Informant was purchased by brothers Cloves C. Campbell Sr. and Charles R. Campbell in 1969[11] and restarted in 1971.[12]
Phoenix Arizona Now Newspaper 1972 (uncertain)[13] or 1974[14] ?[13] Monthly newspaper[14]
  • Published by Major Davis.[13]
Phoenix Arizona Sun 1942[15] 1960[16] Weekly[15]
Phoenix Arizona Tribune 1958[17] 1973[18] Weekly[17]
Phoenix The Phoenix Index 1936[19] 1939[19] Weekly[19]
  • Available online
  • Founded by Rev. W. Gray and taken over in 1937 by Alberta Gibson, who aligned it with the Scott Newspaper Syndicate.[20]
Phoenix Phoenix Press Weekly 1970s[21] 1980s[21] Weekly[21]
Phoenix Phoenix Sunday State 1920s[22] ?[22] Weekly[22]
Phoenix Phoenix Tribune 1918[23] 1930s[23] or 1941[1] or 1946[24] Monthly newspaper[23]
Phoenix The Western Dispatch 1924[25] 1929[25] Weekly[25]
Tucson The Arizona Register 1946[26] ?[26] Weekly[26]
Tucson The Arizona Times 1925[27] or 1926[28] or 1930[29] 1934[27] Weekly[28]
  • Edited by Louis J. Washington.[27]
Tucson Arizona's Negro Journal 1941[29] or 1942[30] 1943[31] Weekly[30]
Tucson Inter-State Review 1920[29] or 1921[32] 1933[33] Weekly[33]
  • Tucson's first African-American newspaper.[29]
  • Edited by E.J. Richardson.[33]
Tucson Spokesman 1920s[34] ?[34] Weekly[34]
  • Edited by George B. Cruikshank.[34]
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See also

Works cited

References
  1. Smith 2012, p. 409.
  2. "About 93rd blue helmet. (Fort Huachuca, Ariz) 1942-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  3. "About The Buffalo. (Fort Huachuca, Ariz.) 194?-194?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  4. Abajian 1974, p. 375, ¶ 4050.
  5. "About The bullet. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1922-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  6. "About The Arizona gleam. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1929-193?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  7. Abajian 1974, p. 375, ¶ 4051.
  8. "The Arizona Gleam". Arizona Memory Project. Arizona State Library. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  9. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 47, ¶ 484.
  10. "About Arizona informant. [microfilm reel] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 19??-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  11. Whitaker, Matthew C. (2007-02-12). "Cloves Campbell Sr. (1931-2004)". Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  12. "About Us". Arizona Informant. 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  13. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 47, ¶ 485.
  14. "About Arizona now newspaper. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1974-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  15. "About Arizona sun. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1942-196?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  16. Abajian 1974, p. 375, ¶ 4053.
  17. "About Arizona tribune. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1958-197?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  18. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 48, ¶ 488.
  19. Abajian 1974, p. 375, ¶ 4055.
  20. Aiello, Thomas (2018). The Grapevine of the Black South: The Scott Newspaper Syndicate in the Generation before the Civil Rights Movement. University of Georgia Press. p. 107. ISBN 9780820354477.
  21. "About Phoenix press weekly. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 197?-198?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  22. "About Phoenix Sunday State. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 192?-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  23. "About Phoenix tribune. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1918-193?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  24. Abajian 1974, p. 375, ¶ 4056.
  25. Abajian 1974, p. 376, ¶ 4057.
  26. "About The Arizona register. (Tucson, Ariz.) 1946-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  27. Abajian 1974, p. 376, ¶ 4058.
  28. "About The Arizona times. (Tucson, Ariz.) 1926-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  29. Pride & Wilson 1997, p. 106.
  30. "About Arizona's Negro journal. (Tucson, Ariz.) 1942-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  31. Abajian 1974, p. 376, ¶ 4059.
  32. "Tucson". Phoenix Tribune. 1921-01-22. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-01-07. The "Interstate Review," headed by Rev. J. H. Clark as chief editor, and Mr. E. J. Richardson, manager, is the name of the Colored paper of Tucson, of which the first issue will be published on Saturday, January 22nd.
  33. Abajian 1974, p. 376, ¶ 4060.
  34. Abajian 1974, p. 376, ¶ 4061.
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