List of African American newspapers in Montana

First page of the first issue of The Colored Citizen from September 1894.

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

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks


Butte The New Age or Montana New Age[7] 1902[6] 1903?[6] Weekly[6]
  • ISSN 2326-9669, 2326-9650
  • LCCN 2013218599, sn84036148
  • OCLC 828631031, 11076647
  • Available online
  • Carried local news from California, Utah, Washington, and Idaho in addition to various Montana cities.[8]
Fort Harrison Knocker 1902[9] ?
  • Known only through mentions in other papers.[9]
Helena The Colored Citizen 1894[11] 1894[10] Weekly[11]
  • ISSN 2326-9693, 2326-9685
  • LCCN 2013218600, sn84036198
  • OCLC 828631189, 11254796
  • Available online
  • Edited by J.P. Ball Jr., son of James Presley Ball.[12]
  • Carried local news from Billings and Seattle as well as Helena.[13]
  • Published from September 3 to November 6, 1894, shutting down after the 1894 Montana elections.[14]
Helena The Montana Plaindealer 1906[15] 1911[15] Variable: weekly, monthly, or irregular[16]
  • LCCN sn84036199
  • OCLC 11254801
  • Available online
  • Edited and published by Joseph Blackburn Bass, who earlier published the Topeka Call and later edited the California Eagle.[17]
Helena Reporter 1899?[18] 1901[18] Twice monthly[18]
Missoula Everybody 1959[5] 1987[5]

See also

Works cited

  • 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

  1. ^ Smith 2012, p. 409.
  2. ^ Berardi & Segady 1990, p. 110.
  3. ^ Pride & Wilson 1997, p. 105.
  4. ^ Abajian 1974, p. 391.
  5. ^ a b c Junne 2000, p. 406.
  6. ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 406, ¶ 4229.
  7. ^ Berardi & Segady 1990, p. 111.
  8. ^ Abajian 1974, p. 391, ¶ 4243.
  9. ^ a b Abajian 1974, p. 391, ¶ 4244.
  10. ^ "About The Colored citizen. [online resource] (Helena, Montana) 1894-1894". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  11. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 162, ¶ 1685.
  12. ^ "Newspapers". Montana Historical Society. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  13. ^ Abajian 1974, p. 391, ¶ 4245.
  14. ^ Pride & Wilson 1997, p. 109.
  15. ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 373, ¶ 3892.
  16. ^ Abajian 1974, p. 391, ¶ 4246.
  17. ^ Lang, William (2007-01-21). "Joseph Blackburn Bass (1863-1934)". Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  18. ^ a b c Abajian 1974, p. 392, ¶ 4247.

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