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Popular African American newspapers easily searchable in our exclusive online archives include: Afro-American, Black Republican, Broad Ax, Colored American, Crusader, Freedom's Journal, Freeman, Negro World, and Washington Bee. Plus, over 260 more!
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Spanning over 170 years of African American history in the United States, our exclusive African American newspapers archive provides detailed coverage of the Black American experience.
Research your Black ancestry in early anti-slavery United States newspapers like Frederick Douglass' Paper to recent 21st century African American newspaper titles.
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