"The Black Press" refers to newspapers and journalism historically published by and for African Americans since The Freedman's Journal newspaper in 1827. This selective guide is designed to assist you in finding information on aspects of the Black Press available in Bluford Library, our institutional repository, and the very best digital collections & Open Educational Resources.
North Carolina A&T State University is the nation's largest public Historically Black College and University. We are uniquely located in Greensboro, NC, a city with no less than 6 historically black newspapers since 1900. The A&T Register, our university's long running student publication was established by our first president Rev. John Oliver Crosby Ph.D in 1894. The earliest surviving copies today are from 1913, confirming it as the nation's oldest currently running HBCU newspaper.
A&T also has a unique place in the history of the Black Press with over 140 years of faculty and alumni writers, publishers, cartoonists, and broadcasters.
Dr. John O. Crosby - The Gold Dust newspaper, Salisbury, NC. 1886
Dr. James B. Dudley - Wilmington Messenger
Dr. John Kilimanjaro - Carolina Peacemaker, Greensboro, NC 1968 - present.
Sandra Hughes - WFMY News 2, Greensboro, NC
Richard Williams - Black Business Ink
