List of African-American newspapers in Ohio
# List of African-American newspapers in Ohio

This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in the state of Ohio.

The history of African-American publishing in Ohio is longer than in many Midwestern states, beginning well before the Civil War. In 1843, the Palladium of Liberty became Ohio's first African-American newspaper. It was followed by The Aliened American in Cleveland in the 1850s, and by the Cincinnati Colored Citizen in 1863, which was one of the few African-American newspapers published during the Civil War.

Notable African-American newspapers currently published in Ohio include the Akron Reporter, The Cincinnati Herald, the Cleveland Call and Post, The Toledo Journal, and the Youngstown Buckeye Review.

## Newspapers

| City | Title | Beginning | End | Frequency | Call numbers | Remarks |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Akron | The Reporter | 1969 | current | Weekly | LCCN sn84024228 OCLC 11304626 | Official site Issues online |
| Cincinnati | The Afro-American | 1882 | ? | Weekly | | One issue available online Extant through at least 1885. |
| Cincinnati | American Catholic Tribune | 1884 or 1885 | 1890s | Irregular | LCCN sn90057162, sn97016092 OCLC 10874710, 37188414 | "[T]he only newspaper in the country for black Catholics". Published in Detroit for portions of 1893 and 1894. |
| Cincinnati | Colored Patriot | 1883? | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn84028752 OCLC 11416184 | Billed as "the only Colored Republican paper published or printed in Cincinnati." |
| Cincinnati | The Cincinnati Crusader | 1981 | ? | Monthly newspaper | OCLC 16752125 | Extant through at least 1987. |
| Cincinnati | The Cincinnati Herald | 1955 | current | Weekly | LCCN sn84024231 OCLC 11309100 | Official site |
| Cincinnati | Colored Citizen | 1863 | 1869 or 1873 | Weekly | LCCN sn83027095 OCLC 10005063 | One issue available online Staff included Peter H. Clark. |
| Cincinnati | The Ohio Enterprise | 1902 | 1906 | Weekly | OCLC 31314138 | Founded by Wendell Dabney. |
| Cincinnati | Cincinnati Union | 1907 | 1952 | Weekly | LCCN sn84024489 OCLC 10206796 | Founded by Wendell Dabney. |
| Cincinnati | News Recorder | 1893 | | | | |
| Cincinnati | Voice of the People | 1896 | | | | |
| Cleveland | Cleveland Advocate / Advocate (1915–1918) | 1914 | 1924 | Weekly | LCCN sn83035391 OCLC 9755074, 2611292 | Published by Ormond Forte, known as the "dean of Cleveland Negro newspapermen". |
| Cleveland | Aliened American | 1853 | 1854 or 1856 | Weekly | LCCN sn83035397 OCLC 9777824, 2622997 | |
| Cleveland | Call and Post | 1919 | current | Weekly | Main (Cleveland) edition: ISSN 0045-4036 LCCN sn85042478 OCLC 9793218 Columbus edition: LCCN sn84024225 OCLC 11283002 Cincinnati edition: LCCN sn88077398 OCLC 17937562 | Official site Columbus edition published from 1962. Cincinnati edition published from 1967. |
| Cleveland | Cleveland Community News / The Greater Cleveland Community News | 1968 | | Weekly | | Official site |
| Cleveland | The Cleveland Gazette | 1883 | 1945 | Weekly | LCCN sn83035388 OCLC 9754948, 9754970, 9754999 | Founded by Harry Clay Smith. Became the longest-publishing African American weekly in the country. |
| Cleveland | The Cleveland Globe | 1884 | 1887 | | | Founded by Richard A. Jones. |
| Cleveland | The Cleveland Guide | 1929 | ? | Weekly | | Extant through at least 1937. |
| Cleveland | Cleveland Herald | 1919? | ? | Weekly | | Extant through at least 1936. |
| Cleveland | Inner-City Voice | 1970 | ? | Monthly | LCCN sn93023822 OCLC 28695123 | |
| Cleveland | The Cleveland Journal | 1903 | 1913 or 1912 | Weekly | LCCN sn83035389 OCLC 9755018 | Circulation of 2500. |
| Cleveland | The Cleveland Metro | 1959? | ? | Weekly | | Extant through at least 1986. |
| Cleveland | Eastside Daily News | 1980 | current | Three times a week | | Official site |
| Cleveland | The Real Deal | 1991 | current | Monthly newspaper | | Official site |
| Cleveland | Voice of the People | 1895 | | | | |
| Columbus | Columbus Advocate | 1933 | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn88077643 OCLC 18385228 | Extant through at least 1940. |
| Columbus | The Challenge | 1942 | ? | Unknown | | |
| Columbus | The Columbus Challenger | 1963 | 1975 | Monthly (irregular) newspaper | LCCN sn84024220, sn84024980 OCLC 11271910, 11441015 | |
| Columbus | The Free American | 1887 | 1888 | Weekly | LCCN sn85042465 OCLC 2611051, 12497479 | Columbus' first African-American newspaper since the Palladium of Liberty. |
| Columbus | The Lamp | 1994 | | Monthly newspaper | OCLC 31873854 | |
| Columbus | The Columbus Minority Communicator | 1996? | | Weekly | OCLC 35719248 | Official site |
| Columbus | Onyx / Columbus Onyx News | 1971 | 1978? | Weekly | LCCN sn88077700, sn88077701, sn88077699 OCLC 18385720, 18385976, 18385710 | |
| Columbus | Palladium of Liberty | 1843 | 1844 | Weekly | LCCN sn84024997 OCLC 11424731 | First known African-American newspaper in Ohio. |
| Columbus | The Columbus Post | 1995 | current | Weekly | | Founded in 1995 by Amos Lynch after leaving the Call and Post. |
| Columbus | The Columbus Recorder | 1923 | ? | Monthly newspaper | LCCN sn88077650 OCLC 18385332 | |
| Columbus | The Ohio Sentinel | 1949 | 1963 | Weekly | LCCN sn84024219 OCLC 11262867 | |
| Columbus | Columbus Standard | 1889 or 1901 | 1901 | Weekly | LCCN sn84025831, 2011254355 OCLC 10372298, 2639468, 747721376 | Published by P.W. Chavers. |
| Columbus | Ohio State Monitor | 1918 | 1922 | Weekly | LCCN sn88077669 OCLC 18385530 | |
| Columbus | The Ohio State News | 1935 | 1952 | Weekly | LCCN sn84024236 OCLC 11323208, 2714273 | |
| Columbus | The Columbus Voice | 1928 | 1933? | Weekly | LCCN sn88077652 OCLC 18385356 | Published by Florence W. Oakfield. |
| Columbus | Whip-Poor-Will | 1866 | 1866 | Monthly | LCCN sn88077684 OCLC 18385623 | |
| Dayton | Dayton / Black Press | 1972? | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn89080115 OCLC 25568374 | Extant through at least 1980. |
| Dayton | Dayton Tattler | 1890 | 1891 | Weekly | LCCN sn88077203 OCLC 17538409 | Founded by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Printed initially in the Wright Brothers print shop. |
| Dayton | The Daily Bulletin: Combined with The Ohio Express | 1941 | ? | Daily (except Sunday) | OCLC 2696651 | Extant through at least 1946. |
| Dayton | Dayton Communicator | 1994? | | Weekly | OCLC 32480684 | |
| Dayton | The Dayton Defender / New Dayton Defender | 1986? | current | Biweekly | LCCN sn90068203 OCLC 21191588 | Now part of Sesh Communications, which also publishes the Cincinnati Herald. |
| Dayton | The Dayton Forum | 1913 | 1949 | Biweekly | LCCN sn84024234 OCLC 11323316 | |
| Dayton | New Dayton Express | 1964 | 1971 | Weekly | LCCN sn84024237, sn84024238 OCLC 11321996, 2696826, 11322054 | |
| Dayton | The Ohio Daily Express | 1943? | 1955 | Daily (except Sunday) | LCCN sn88077225 OCLC 17538515 | |
| Dayton | The Soul/phisticator | 1986? | ? | Unknown | | Associated with the WDAO AM radio station. |
| East Cleveland | East Cleveland Citizen | 1970 | ? | Unknown | LCCN sn83035685 OCLC 10249181 | |
| Hamilton | Butler County American | 1940 | 1969 | Weekly | LCCN sn89075005 OCLC 19000390 | Succeeded by the Fort Hamilton American. |
| Lima | Lima Post | 1953 | 1956 | Weekly | LCCN sn90068005 OCLC 10126338 | Billed as “Lima’s Only Negro Newspaper.” |
| Toledo | The Observer | 1918? | ? | Weekly | | |
| Toledo | Toledo Bronze Raven | 1949 or 1953 | 1976 | Weekly | LCCN sn84024175 OCLC 2564711 | |
| Toledo | The Toledo Journal | 1975 | current | Weekly | LCCN sn90068216 OCLC 19061805 | Official site |
| Toledo | The Toledo Script | 1943 | 1949 | Weekly | LCCN sn84024222 OCLC 11276680 | |
| Toledo | The Toledo Sepia City Press | 1948 | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn24224 OCLC 11276587 | Extant through at least 1950. |
| Urbana | The Informer | 1897 | 1900s | Monthly newspaper | LCCN sn87076946 OCLC 17246766 | Founded by Elmer W.B. Curry of the Curry Institute. Extant through at least 1925. |
| Xenia | Ohio Standard and Observer | 1897 | 1903 | Weekly | LCCN sn84025822 OCLC 2577080 | |
| Xenia | Xenia Sentinel | 1911 | ? | Weekly | LCCN sn91069721 OCLC 23978734 | |
| Youngstown | The Buckeye Review | 1937 | current | Weekly | ISSN 0045-3285 LCCN sn78001573 OCLC 3989242 | Official site |
| Youngstown | Mahoning Valley Challenger | 1967 | 1974 | Weekly | LCCN sn88078359 OCLC 1769494 | |
