List of African American newspapers in Massachusetts explained

This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of Massachusetts. It includes both current and historical newspapers.

The roots of the African American press are particularly deep in Massachusetts, dating back well before the Civil War. The first such newspaper in Massachusetts was the Anti-Slavery Herald in 1838. Notable African American newspapers in Massachusetts today include the Bay State Banner.

See also

• List of African American newspapers and media outlets
• List of African American newspapers in Connecticut
• List of African American newspapers in New York
• List of African American newspapers in Rhode Island
• List of newspapers in Massachusetts

Works cited

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• Book: Streitmatter , Rodger . Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin: A Nineteenth-Century Journalist of Boston's Black Elite Class . Women of the Commonwealth: Work, Family, and Social Change in Nineteenth-century Massachusetts . Susan L. . Porter . University of Massachusetts Press . 1996 . 9781558490055 . https://books.google.com/books?id=Zsu-2uBsc9YC&pg=PA147 .