Guides: Black Studies: News

Current Newspapers

ProQuest African Newstream
A subset of International Newstream, African Newsstream offers full text access to newspapers, news wires, websites and blogs from leading publishers throughout the region. The database includes backfiles as far back as 1988.

International Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text of the most recent news content outside of the US and Canada, including Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, and other parts of the world.
US Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Features full-text U.S. newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites. Includes the LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, and one of the largest collections of local and regional newspapers. Coverage: 1980 - current.

Chicago Defender
Historically black U.S. newspaper, 2008 - present. See ProQuest historic black newspapers for earlier years..
Atlanta Daily World
Historically black newspaper. 2008 - present (some gaps). See ProQuest historic black newspapers for earlier years..

African American newspapers (Series 1 and 2 - Readex) This link opens in a new window
Archives of 355 U.S. newspapers from 1827 - 1998. It includes papers from more than 35 states, and features many rare and historically significant 19th-century titles.
Black Life in America This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive coverage of the African American experience. Sourced from nearly 20,000 American and global newspapers from 1704 to 1975, including over 400 African American newspapers. Provides full-text searching as well as access to content by Topic, Event, and Eras in African American History.

ProQuest Historical Black Newspapers
Search the digital full-text editions of the Chicago Defender (1910-1975), the Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002), and the Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003).

African American Newspapers: The 19th Century This link opens in a new window
Full-text newspapers articles from: Canadian observer, Christian recorder, Colored American, Douglass monthly, Frederick Douglass paper, Freedom’s journal, Freedmen’s record and Freedmen’s journal, National era, Negro Business League Herald, North Star, Provincial Freeman, Weekly advocate

The Black Panther (online)
Full-text digital images of The Black Panther newsletter/newspaper can be found in the African American Periodicals database.
The Black Panther (print issues)
Select print issues of The Black Panther newsletter/newspaper can be found in Davis Family Library Special Collections.