List of African American newspapers in Florida explained
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.
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Works cited
- Book: Danky . James Philip . Hady . Maureen E. . 1998 . African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography . Harvard University Press . 9780674007888 .
- 2019 . Shedden . David . Florida Newspaper Chronology, 1783-2001 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200211143548/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3658/15708fff90924bd2e14aab5a87612b201aed.pdf . dead . 2020-02-11 . 2020-02-20 . Digital USFSP . University of South Florida St. Petersburg . 165459724 .
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