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Intro to Media Studies

African-American and Ethnic Press

African-American Newspapers Rutgers-restricted Access
Full-text database of 19th century newspapers published by and for African-Americans.
African American Newspapers, Series 1 (Readex)
280 digitized newspaers from some 35 U.S. states published between 1827 and 1998. Rutgers-restricted Access
Black Panther
The official newspaper of the Black Panther Party. 1967-1980. Rutgers-restricted Access
Chicago Defender
The Chicago Defender was the most influential African-American newspaper of the 20th century. With the majority of its readership outside the Chicago region, it served as the de facto national black newspaper in the U.S. Search and display the full text of articles published between 1910 and 1975.Rutgers-restricted Access.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Full text collection of articles from newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press back to 1960. Rutgers-restricted Access.
American Indian Newspapers
Digitized American Indian newspapers dating from 1828 to 2016. Rutgers-restricted Access
Chicago Foreign Language Press Survey
Search a collection of translations of nearly 50,000 newspaper articles originally published in Chicago's ethnic press between 1855 and 1938. 22 ethnic groups are represented.
Historic Mexican & Mexican American Press
Search or browse Mexican and Mexican American publications, primarily daily and weekly newspapers, published in Tucson, El Paso, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sonora, Mexico from the mid-1800s to the 1970s. A project of the University of Arizona.
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