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Front page of The Florida Sentinel from 1919.

This is a list of Black American newspapers that have been published in Florida. It includes both current and historical newspapers.

The earliest known Black American journalists in Florida were John T. Shuften and John Wallace, who both worked for newspapers that were otherwise white. The first newspaper by and for Black Americans in Florida was The New Era, which Josiah T. Walls purchased in 1873.

Newspapers

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks


Coral Springs / Pompano Beach The Broward Times 1983? ? Weekly
  • Published by Keith A. Clayborne.
Daytona Beach Daytona Times 1976 or 1978 current Weekly
Eatonville Eatonville Ledger 1886 1889
  • Edited by Reverend Speight.
Eatonville Eatonville Speaker 1889 ? Weekly
  • Managed by J.E. Clark.
  • "Published for a black audience, it was edited by Arthur C. Everett, the only white man living in Eatonville."
Fort Lauderdale Florida Spur 1947 1950s?
Fort Lauderdale The Westside Gazette 1971 current Twice weekly
Fort Myers The Community Voice 1988? ? Weekly
  • Published by Charles P. Weaver.
  • Attested through at least 1993.
Fort Myers
  • People's Press (1978–)
  • Community Voice (1988–)
  • Community Press
 1978 current Monthly newspaper
Fort Pierce The Chronicle 1957 1992 Weekly
  • Founded by C.E. Bolen.
  • Featured a column and reporting by Zora Neale Hurston from 1957 to 1959.
Fort Pierce Florida Courier 1990s current Weekly
Gainesville Farmers' Journal 1884 1884
Gainesville The Gainesville Journal 1986? 1900s Weekly
  • Managing editor Sylvia Watson.
Gainesville The New Era 1873 1874? Weekly
  • Purchased from white former owners in 1873 by Josiah T. Walls. Newspaper originally established in 1865.
Gainesville / Pensacola (1900–1902) / Jacksonville (1919–)
  • The Florida Sentinel
  • The Standard-Sentinel (1917–1919)
 1887 1900s Weekly
Gainesville Gainesville Voice 1986? ? Weekly
  • Published by Michael Lewis.
Jacksonville The Jacksonville Advocate 1930s 1987 Weekly
  • Revived after going out of business by Isaiah Williams in mid-1970s.
  • Edited by Rita Luffborough Perry.
Jacksonville The Jacksonville Advocate-Free Press 1987 1990 Weekly
Jacksonville Afro-American Gazette 1900s 1900s
  • Attested from at least 1911–1912.
Jacksonville Daily American 1894 1894 Daily
  • " success in every way but financially."
Jacksonville Florida Baptist 1887 1888
  • Edited by John Henry Ballou, who previously founded the first African American newspaper in Rhode Island, the Eastern Review.
Jacksonville Florida Cyclone 1888 1888
  • Dedicated to the Republican presidential campaign.
Jacksonville The Florida Evangelist 1896 1902 Weekly
  • Managing editor J. Martin Waldron.
Jacksonville
  • The Jacksonville Advocate
  • The Jacksonville Advocate-Free Press
  • The Jacksonville Free Press
 1979 or 1986 current Weekly
Jacksonville Edward Waters Globe 1892 ?
Jacksonville Florida Labor Templar 1901 ?
  • Edited by D.S.D. Billings, who previously edited the Florida Templar.
  • Continued through at least 1925.
Jacksonville The Northwest Florida Advocate 1986? ? Weekly
  • Published and edited by Isaiah J. Williams III.
  • Attested through 1993.
Jacksonville
  • People's Journal
  • The People's Journal
 1883 1893 Weekly
  • Published by J.W. Thompson, who formerly published the Progressive Age at Columbus, Georgia.
  • Only African American paper in Jacksonville to survive the 1888 yellow fever epidemic.
Jacksonville Progressive News 1938 ?
  • Circulation of 7000 in 1940s, 3200 in 1950s.
  • Published and edited by Albert McKeever.
Jacksonville The Florida Searchlight 1937? ? Weekly
  • Edited by Harry Cherry.
Jacksonville The Florida Standard 1906 1917
  • Edited by A.C. Porter.
  • Circulation of 17,000 in 1910.
  • Absorbed into the Sentinel in 1917.
Jacksonville
  • Florida Star
  • The Florida Star
  • Florida Star and News (1950s–1961)
 1951 current Weekly
Jacksonville
  • The Tri-weekly Florida Sun (1876)
  • The Florida Sun (1876–1877)
  • The Daily Sun (1877)
 1876 ? Triweekly, then daily (except Monday)
Jacksonville Sunday School Lesson 1906? ?
  • Continued through at least 1917.
  • Published by H.G. Reed.
Jacksonville The Florida Tattler 1934 1962? Weekly
  • Published by Porcher L. Taylor.
  • Circulation of 10,000 in 1962.
Jacksonville Florida Templar 1886 1888
  • The only African American newspaper in Jacksonville supporting the temperance movement.
  • Edited by D.S.D. Billing.
Key West / Jacksonville (1885–)
  • News
  • Florida News (1883–)
  • Southern Leader (1886–)
 1882 1888 Weekly, then twice weekly
Lakeland The Weekly Bulletin 1969 1900s Weekly (published on Friday)
  • Edited by Otis Williams.
Marianna West Florida Bugle 1880s 1920s
  • Founded by I. Buggs. Edited in 1925 by A. Purdee.
Miami Haiti Vision 1994 ? Weekly
Miami Haïti en Marche 1987 current Weekly
Miami Haitian-American Business Journal 1991? ? Biweekly
  • Published by Thomas and Thomas.
  • Attested through at least 1995.
Miami Liberty News 1961 ? Biweekly
  • Published and edited by Rolle C. Gaylord.
Miami The Miami Times 1923 current Weekly
  • Official site
  • First African American newspaper in Miami.
  • Founded by H.E.S. Reeves.
Miami Miami Tropical Dispatch 1929 1965? Weekly
  • Published and edited by Daniel R. Frances.
Miami Miami Whip 1934 1950
Milton Colored Signal 1920s 1920s
  • Published by Erskin Williamson.
Ocala Ocala Ledger 1887 1890
  • Founded by R.B. Brooks.
Ocala Mahogany Revue 1988 current Biweekly
  • Carried Spanish-language section from 1993 to 2000.
  • Official site
Ocala The Florida Watchman 1924 ? Twice monthly
  • Attested through at least 1974.
  • Founded by Mattie J. Shaw, who edited it until her death at age 100.
Opa Locka Miami Courier 1979? 1983? Weekly
  • Edited by David Alexander.
Orlando
  • Central Florida Advocate
  • Orlando Advocate
 1990s current Weekly
Orlando Afro-Chronicle: A View from the Other Side 1972? 1975 Weekly
  • Published by Boss Enterprises. Edited by Harold Troy.
Orlando Central Florida Times 1945 1949
Orlando Record 1910? 1912?
  • First African American newspaper in Orlando.
Orlando 1922 current Weekly
  • Official site
  • Founded by H.M. Alexander as the Sun in 1922.
  • Published by Jo Lawrence Boden from 1931 to 1975.
  • Acquired Orlando Mirror around 1950, becoming the Sun and Mirror.
  • Purchased by James Macon in 1975, who also acquired Orlando Review from James Madison, the paper becoming the Sun-Review.
Orlando The Orlando Times 1976 current Weekly
  • Official site
  • Founded by Norris Woolfork.
  • Published by Calvin Collins.
  • Circulation of 35000 in 1980s.
Palatka The Palatka Advocate 1917 1927?
  • Founded by Clarence C. Walker.
Pensacola
  • The Colored Citizen
  • Pensacola Brotherhood
 1910 or 1913 or 1914 1965 Weekly
  • Founded and edited until at least 1942 by F.E. Washington; subsequently edited by Alberta Hannon until the paper's closure in 1965.
Pensacola Pensacola Courier 1935 or 1937 1960s? Weekly
  • Founded by Nathaniel N. Baker.
Pensacola Pensacola Enterprise 1887 1888
  • Published by W.H. Mixon, formerly of the Selma, Alabama Dallas Post.
Pensacola The Pensacola Exposure 1971 ? Weekly
  • Attested through at least 1973.
Pensacola Pensacola Times 1888 1888
  • Briefly edited by W.H. Mixon between the closure of the Pensacola Enterprise and his return to Alabama.
Pensacola
  • The Pensacola Voice
  • The Gulf Coast Voice
 1965 or 1973? 2018 Weekly
  • Founded by Les Humphrey.
Progress Village Progress Village Pioneer 1961 1900s Monthly newspaper
  • Managed by A.D. Gaither.
  • Attested through 1962.
Sarasota The Bulletin 1959 ? Weekly
  • Published by Fred L. Bacon.
Sarasota Tempo News 1986 current
St. Augustine Saint Augustine Post 1933 1900s Weekly
  • Edited by James G. Reddick.
St. Petersburg / Louisville, Kentucky (1978–1980) / Gainesville (1980–1981) / Oakland, California (1981–1986) Burning Spear 1969 or 1970 ? Irregular
  • Published by the African People's Socialist Party from 1973 to 1986.
St. Petersburg
  • The Weekly Challenger
  • Tri-county Challenger
 1966 current Weekly
St. Petersburg The Pinellas Negro Weekly 1944 1900s Weekly
  • Edited by T.L.L. Sherman.
St. Petersburg Public Informer 1937 ?
St. Petersburg World 1930s? 1930s?
Tallahassee Capital Outlook 1975 current Weekly
Tallahassee The Front 1900s 1970s Bimonthly newspaper
  • Attested from 1971.
Tallahassee Haiti Espoir Magazine 1994 ? Monthly
  • Published by Mireille L. Denis. Edited by Jean Beaudouin.
Tallahassee Metropolitan 1920s? 1920s?
Tallahassee Record-Dispatch 1947 ?
  • Circulation of 2000 in 1940s.
Tampa Afro-American Monthly 1915 ? Monthly newspaper
Tampa The Black Journal 1988 ? Biweekly
  • Published by David Henderson, II.
Tampa
  • Tampa Bulletin
  • The Tampa Bulletin
 1914 1959 Weekly
  • Edited by Marcellus D. Potter.
  • Circulation of 6000 in 1920s.
Tampa Florida Sentinel-Bulletin 1945 ? Twice weekly
  • Published by Cyril Blythe Andrews Jr.
Tampa The Tampa Guardian 1873 1886 Weekly
  • Edited by J.T. Magbee and J.A. Magbee from 1874 to 1885.
  • Published by H.J. Cooper and C.H. Baxter from 1885 to 1886.
Tampa The News Reporter 1957? ? Weekly
  • Published by James A. Jackson.
Tampa Florida Sentinel Bulletin 1959 current Twice weekly
Tampa Florida Sentinel 1945 1950s Weekly
  • Edited by C. Blythe Andrews.
Tampa Southern Progress 1886 ?
  • Tampa's first African American newspaper.
West Palm Beach Florida Photo News 1956? ? Weekly
  • Edited by M.A. Hall Williams from 1987 to 1990, and then by Yasmin R. Cooper.
West Palm Beach Markethhouse Internationale 1992? ? Monthly newspaper
  • Haitian-American newspaper.
  • Edited by Ken Anderson and Vincent Lawson.
  • Attested from 1993.
West Palm Beach Palm Beach Gazette 1989 ? Weekly
  • Edited by Lee Ivory.
Winter Park Winter Park Advocate 1885 or 1889 1891?
Winter Park
  • The Recorder
  • The Florida Recorder
  • The Florida Christian Recorder
 1891 1915

See also

Works cited

References

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