List of African American newspapers in South Carolina

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Inaugural issue of the South Carolina Leader from October 1865.

This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in South Carolina. It includes both current and historical newspapers. More than 130 such newspapers were published in the state between 1865 and 1970.[1] The first was the South Carolina Leader, established at Charleston in 1865.[2] In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the growth of the African American press in South Carolina was hampered by the fact that a large proportion of South Carolina African Americans lived in poverty in the countryside.[1]

Newspapers[edit]

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks


1800s
  • Founded by S.H. Jefferson.[3]
  • Only African American newspaper published in upper South Carolina during the 1880s.[4]
Anderson The Herald 1957[5] 1970s[5] Weekly[5]
  • LCCN sn93067907
  • OCLC 28616245
Beaufort The New South 1879[4] or 1880s[6] 1890s[6] Weekly[6]
  • Attested through at least 1898.[4]
Beaufort The Sea Island News 1879[7] 1888[7] Weekly[7]
Beaufort
  • Standard
  • Beaufort Southern Standard
 1870s[8] 1870s[8]
  • Edited by Robert Smalls.[8]
  • Designated as the official newspaper of the Beaufort County government.[8]
Beaufort / Blackville
  • Beaufort County Times
  • Barnwell County Times
 1871[9] 1870s[8] Weekly[9]
  • Edited by D. Thomas.[9]
  • Published by William S. Whipple, who moved the paper to Barnwell County after becoming the county treasurer there.[8]
  • Attested through at least 1874.[8]
Bennettsville The Carolina Messenger 1974[10] 1978[10] Weekly[10]
Bennettsville Community Observer 1978[11] 1981[11] Weekly[11]
Bennettsville Pee Dee Educator 1879[4] or 1890[12] 1900[12] or 1906[4] Twice monthly[12]
Charleston The Charleston Advocate 1867[13] 1868[13] Weekly[13]
Charleston The Afro-American Citizen 1899[14] 1900[14] or 1902[15] Weekly[14]
Charleston
1971[19] 2021[16] Weekly[19]
Charleston The Coastal Times 1983[20] ? Weekly[20]
Charleston Charleston Free Press 1871[21] 1871[21] Daily[21]
Charleston The Free Press 1868[22] 1868[22] Weekly[22]
Charleston The Charleston Herald 1952[23] 1955[23] Weekly[23]
Charleston The Charleston Inquirer 1963[24] 1964[24] Weekly[24]
Charleston The Charleston Journal 1866[25] 1860s[25] Weekly[25]
Charleston / Columbia
1941[26] 1954[26] Weekly[26]
Charleston The Charleston Lighthouse 1939[28] 1941[28] Weekly[28]
Charleston The Charleston Messenger 1894[29] 1946[29] Bimonthly newspaper[29]
  • Published by Daniel Jenkins and affiliated with an orphanage he operated.[30]
Charleston Missionary Record 1868[31] 1879[31] Weekly[31]
Charleston The New Citizen 1948[32] 1952[32] Weekly[32]
Charleston The Palmetto Press 1882[33] 1885[33] Weekly[33]
  • Edited by R.L. Smith.[3]
Charleston South Carolina Leader 1865[34] 1868[2] or 1867[34] Weekly[34]
Charleston Southern Reporter 1900[27] 1920[27]
Columbia
  • Black News
  • Black Star
  • Black Sun
  • Black Times
  • Black Views
  • Black Voice
 1970[35] or 1977[36] current Weekly[37]
  • Official site
  • Published by Isaac Washington.[35]
  • Numerous local editions published with different titles.[36]
Columbia Black On News 1972[38] 1977[38] Weekly[38]
Columbia Black On To The Bone 1973[39] 1973[39] Monthly newspaper[39]
Columbia Carolina Afro-weekly 1969[40] 1974[40] Weekly[40]
Columbia
  • Carolina Panorama
  • Piedmont Post (1993)[41]
 1978[41] current Weekly[41]
Columbia The Carolina Tribune 1900s[42] ?[42] Weekly[42]
  • Also published in numerous local editions.[42]
  • Attested through at least 1995.[42]
Columbia The Christian Soldier 1898[43] 1900[43] Monthly newspaper[43]
Columbia Columbia's Black News 1984[44] ? Weekly[44]
  • Attested through at least 2012.[44]
Columbia The Columbia Dispatch 1950s[45] ?[45] Weekly[45]
  • Attested from 1957.[45]
Columbia South Carolina Independent 1955[46] 1955[46] Weekly[46]
Columbia The Light 1916[47] 1928[47] Weekly[47]
Columbia The Lighthouse 1963[48] 1964[48] Weekly[48]
Columbia The South Carolina Observer 1960[49] 1960[49]
Columbia Palmetto Gleaner 1890[27] 1892[27]
  • First African American newspaper in Columbia.[27]
Columbia The Palmetto Leader 1925[50] 1960s[50] Weekly[50]
Columbia The Palmetto Post 1970[51] 1971[51] Weekly[51]
Columbia The Palmetto Post 1984[51] ? Weekly[51]
Columbia Palmetto Times 1962[52] 1964[52] Weekly[52]
Columbia / Orangeburg (1903–1921)[53] The People's Recorder 1893[53] 1925[53] or 1905[54] Weekly[53]
Columbia The Recorder-Indicator 1925[55] 1931[55] Weekly[55]
Columbia SouthCarolinian 1987[56] ? Monthly newspaper[56]
Columbia The Southern Indicator 1913[57] or 1903[58] 1924[57] or 1925[58] Weekly[57]
Columbia The Southern Sun 1902[59] 1909[59] Weekly[59]
Columbia The Standard 1919[60] 1927[60] Weekly[60]
Columbia Venture 1978[61] 1979[61] Monthly newspaper[61]
Florence
1997[62] or 1992[63] ? Weekly[62]
Florence Pee Dee Times 1987[64] 1992[64] Weekly[64]
Georgetown Georgetown Advocate 1902[65] 1905[65] Weekly[65]
Georgetown The Georgetown Planet 1873[66] 1875[66] Weekly[66]
Greenville The Carolina News And Guide 1963[68] 1964[68] Weekly[68]
Greenville Focus 1973[69] 1980?[69] Weekly[69]
Greenville Focus News 1976[70] 1981[70] Weekly[70]
Greenville Lancet 1890[27] 1890[27]
  • First African American newspaper in Greenville.[27]
Greenville The Palmetto Leader 1945[50] ? Weekly[50]
  • Published by Norman P. Pearson, Jr.[50]
Greenville Southern Crusader 1942[71] 1940s[71] Weekly[71]
Greenville The Southern Enterprise 1914[72] 1900s[72] Weekly[72]
  • Attested through at least 1926.[72]
Greenville The Times Upstate 1995[73] ?[73] Weekly[73]
  • Attested through at least 2009.[73]
Kingstree
  • The Williamsburg Republican[74]
  • Williamsburg Republican[75]
 1873[75] 1870s[74] Weekly[75]
Myrtle Beach The Weekly Journal 1975[76] 1976[76] Weekly[76]
Myrtle Beach The Weekly Observer 1974[77] 1977[77] Weekly[77]
Orangeburg The Free Citizen 1874[78] 1876[78] Weekly[78]
Orangeburg Herald 1960s 1970s[79]
Orangeburg View South News 1979[80] ? Weekly[80]
  • Attested through at least 1983.[80]
Rock Hill The Rock Hill Messenger 1896[81] 1919[81] or 1921[82] Weekly[81]
Society Hill The Society Hill News 1910[83] 1911[83] Weekly[83]
Spartanburg Advance 1894[27] 1897[27]
Spartanburg Negro Index 1916[27] 1922[27]
Sumter The Defender 1903[84] 1913[84] Weekly[84]
Sumter The Peoples Informer 1936[85] 1941[85] Weekly[85]
Sumter
  • The Samaritan Herald
  • The Samaritan Herald And The Voice Of Job (1942–1950)[86]
 1909[87] 1950[86] Weekly[87]
Sumter Vindicator 1882[3] 1880s[3]
  • Published by Samuel J. Lee.[3]
Timmonsville The Watchman And Defender 1920[88] 1931[88] Weekly[88]
Union The Union Standard 1906[89] 1900s[89] Twice monthly[89]
Williamsburg County Republican 1873[67] 1870s[67]

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Works cited[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Hemmingway 1983, p. 289.
  2. ^ a b Pride & Wilson 1997, p. 77.
  3. ^ a b c d e Tindall 2003, p. 149.
  4. ^ a b c d e Hemmingway 1983, p. 290.
  5. ^ a b c "About The herald. (Anderson, S.C.) 1957-197?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  6. ^ a b c "About The new South. (Beaufort, S.C.) 188?-189?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  7. ^ a b c "About The Sea Island news. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1879-1888". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g Hemmingway 1983, p. 294.
  9. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 65, ¶ 664.
  10. ^ a b c "About The Carolina messenger. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1974-1978". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  11. ^ a b c "About Community observer. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1978-1981". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  12. ^ a b c "About Pee Dee educator. (Bennettsville, Marlborough Co., S.C.) 1890-1900". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  13. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 144, ¶ 1499.
  14. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 24, ¶ 239.
  15. ^ "About The Afro-American citizen. [online resource] (Charleston, S.C.) 1899-1902". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  16. ^ "Charleston Chronicle no longer publishing after 50-year run serving Black community".
  17. ^ "About The Charleston chronicle. (Charleston, S.C.) 1971-1993". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  18. ^ "About The chronicle. (Charleston, S.C.) 1993-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  19. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 152, ¶ 1575.
  20. ^ a b "About The coastal times. (Charleston, S.C.) 1983-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  21. ^ a b c "About Charleston free press. (Charleston [S.C.]) 1871-1871". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  22. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 237, ¶ 2484.
  23. ^ a b c "About The Charleston herald. (Charleston, S.C.) 1952-1955". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  24. ^ a b c "About The Charleston inquirer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1963-1964". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  25. ^ a b c "About The Charleston journal. (Charleston, S.C.) 1866-186?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  26. ^ a b c d e "About Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  27. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Hemmingway 1983, p. 291.
  28. ^ a b c "About The Charleston lighthouse. (Charleston [S.C.]) 1939-1941". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  29. ^ a b c "About The Charleston messenger. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1894-1946". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  30. ^ a b Hemmingway 1983, p. 293.
  31. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 370, ¶ 3857.
  32. ^ a b c "About The new citizen. (Charleston, S.C.) 1948-1952". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  33. ^ a b c "About The palmetto press. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1882-1885". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  34. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 523, ¶ 5471.
  35. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 95, ¶ 973.
  36. ^ a b "About Black post. (Columbia, S.C.) 1977-198?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  37. ^ "About Black news. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1977-1984". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  38. ^ a b c "About Black on news. (Columbia, S.C.) 1972-1977". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  39. ^ a b c "About Black on to the bone. (Columbia, S.C.) 1973-1973". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  40. ^ a b c "About Carolina Afro-weekly. (Columbia, S.C.) 1969-1974". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  41. ^ a b c "About Carolina panorama. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1978-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  42. ^ a b c d e "About The Carolina tribune. (Columbia, S.C.) 19??-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  43. ^ a b c "About The Christian soldier. (Columbia, S.C.) 1898-1900". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  44. ^ a b c "About Columbia's black news. (Columbia, S.C.) 1984-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  45. ^ a b c d "About The Columbia dispatch. [volume] (Columbia, South Carolina) 195?-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  46. ^ a b c "About South Carolina independent. (Columbia, S.C.) 1955-1955". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  47. ^ a b c "About The light. (Columbia, S.C.) 1916-1928". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  48. ^ a b c "About The lighthouse. (Columbia, S.C.) 1963-1964". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  49. ^ a b "About The South Carolina observer. (Columbia, S.C.) 1960-1960". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  50. ^ a b c d e f "About The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  51. ^ a b c d e "About The palmetto post. (Columbia, S.C.) 1970-1971". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  52. ^ a b c "About Palmetto times. (Columbia, S.C.) 1962-1964". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  53. ^ a b c d "About The people's recorder. [online resource] (Columbia, S.C.) 1893-1925". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  54. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 460, ¶ 4794.
  55. ^ a b c "About The recorder-indicator. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-1931". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  56. ^ a b "About SouthCarolinian. (Columbia, S.C.) 1987-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  57. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 528, ¶ 5508.
  58. ^ a b "About The Southern indicator. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1903-1925". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  59. ^ a b c "About The southern sun. (Columbia, S.C.) 1902-1909". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  60. ^ a b c "About The Standard. (Columbia, S.C.) 1919-1927". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  61. ^ a b c "About Venture. (Columbia, S.C.) 1978-1979". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  62. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 169, ¶ 1768.
  63. ^ a b "About The times. (Florence, S.C.) 1992-1997". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  64. ^ a b c "About Pee Dee times. (Florence, S.C.) 1987-1992". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  65. ^ a b c "About Georgetown advocate. (Georgetown, S.C.) 1902-1905". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  66. ^ a b c "About The Georgetown planet. [online resource] (Georgetown, S.C.) 1873-1875". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  67. ^ a b c d e Hemmingway 1983, p. 295.
  68. ^ a b c "About The Carolina news and guide. (Greenville, S.C.) 1963-1964". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  69. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 232, ¶ 2424.
  70. ^ a b c "About Focus news. (Greenville, S.C.) 1976-1981". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  71. ^ a b c "About Southern crusader. (Greenville, S.C.) 1942-194?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  72. ^ a b c d "About The southern enterprise. [microfilm reel] (Greenville, S.C.) 1914-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  73. ^ a b c d "About The times upstate. [volume] (Greenville, SC) 1995-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  74. ^ a b "About The Williamsburg Republican. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1873-187?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  75. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 616, ¶ 6440.
  76. ^ a b c "About The Weekly journal. (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) 1975-1976". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  77. ^ a b c "About The weekly observer. (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) 1974-1977". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  78. ^ a b c d "About The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  79. ^ a b c Hemmingway 1983, p. 303.
  80. ^ a b c "About View south news. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1979-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  81. ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 495, ¶ 5170.
  82. ^ "About The Rock Hill messenger. [volume] (Rock Hill, S.C.) 1896-1921". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  83. ^ a b c "About The Society Hill news. (Society Hill, S.C.) 1910-1911". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  84. ^ a b c "About The Defender. (Sumter, S.C.) 1903-1913". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  85. ^ a b c "About The peoples informer. (Sumter, S.C.) 1936-1941". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  86. ^ a b "About The Samaritan herald and the voice of Job. ([Sumter, S.C.]) 1942-1950". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  87. ^ a b "About The Samaritan herald. (Sumter, S.C.) 1909-1942". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  88. ^ a b c "About The watchman and defender. [volume] (Timmonsville, S.C.) 1920-1931". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  89. ^ a b c "About The Union standard. (Union, S.C.) 1906-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
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