This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of Montana.
Montana's first such newspaper was The Colored Citizen, published in Helena in the fall of 1894.[1] During this period of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the African American population of Montana fluctuated between 1000 and 1500 people.[2]
Montana has the unique position of being entirely surrounded by states (Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota) that have never had an African American newspaper.[3] The state's early Black press accordingly covered a particularly wide geographic sweep, and many of Montana's early African American papers carried news from communities in other Western states.[4] Some other states' newspapers returned the favor: the Seattle Northwest Enterprise ran a column of Montana news from the 1920s to 1960s.[5]
Newspapers
edit| City | Title | Beginning | End | Frequency | Call numbers | Remarks
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| Butte | The New Age or Montana New Age[7] | 1902[6] | 1903?[6] | Weekly[6] |
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| Fort Harrison | Knocker | 1902[9] | ? |
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| Helena | The Colored Citizen | 1894[11] | 1894[10] | Weekly[11] |
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| Helena | The Montana Plaindealer | 1906[15] | 1911[15] | Variable: weekly, monthly, or irregular[16] |
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| Helena | Reporter | 1899?[18] | 1901[18] | Twice monthly[18] | ||
| Missoula | Everybody | 1959[5] | 1987[5] |
See also
editWorks cited
edit- Abajian, James De Tarr (1974). Blacks and Their Contributions to the American West: A Bibliography and Union List of Library Holdings Through 1970. G. K. Hall. ISBN 9780816111398.
- Berardi, Gayle K.; Segady, Thomas W. (1990). "The Development of African-American Newspapers in the American West: A Sociohistorical Perspective". The Journal of Negro History. 75 (3/4): 96–111. doi:10.2307/3031501. JSTOR 3031501. S2CID 142393523.
- Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E., eds. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674007888.
- Junne, George H. (2000). Blacks in the American West and Beyond--America, Canada, and Mexico: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313312083.
- Pride, Armistead Scott; Wilson, Clint C. (1997). A History of the Black Press. Howard University Press. ISBN 9780882581927.
- Smith, Jessie Carney (2012). Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 9781578593699.
References
edit- ^ Smith 2012, p. 409.
- ^ Berardi & Segady 1990, p. 110.
- ^ Pride & Wilson 1997, p. 105.
- ^ Abajian 1974, p. 391.
- ^ a b c Junne 2000, p. 406.
- ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 406, ¶ 4229.
- ^ Berardi & Segady 1990, p. 111.
- ^ Abajian 1974, p. 391, ¶ 4243.
- ^ a b Abajian 1974, p. 391, ¶ 4244.
- ^ "About The Colored citizen. [online resource] (Helena, Montana) 1894-1894". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 162, ¶ 1685.
- ^ "Newspapers". Montana Historical Society. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- ^ Abajian 1974, p. 391, ¶ 4245.
- ^ Pride & Wilson 1997, p. 109.
- ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 373, ¶ 3892.
- ^ Abajian 1974, p. 391, ¶ 4246.
- ^ Lang, William (2007-01-21). "Joseph Blackburn Bass (1863-1934)". Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- ^ a b c Abajian 1974, p. 392, ¶ 4247.