Est. 1892 · Baltimore
Afro-American Newspapers
One of the oldest continuously-published Black newspapers in the country. 130+ years of unbroken political and cultural reporting that mainstream papers refused to print.
The Newsstand
The Newsstand
10 Black publications that have been keeping the record — and the ones that cover Black business. If you are building something worth writing about, this is the press that will take the call.
The Black Press, 1865–1951 →
29 real front pagesThe Colored American announcing the National Negro Business League. The Richmond Planet. The Washington Bee. Scanned by the Library of Congress, public domain.
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Pitch guideWhat each outlet actually covers, whether your business fits, and a verified way to reach them. Coverage is the cheapest distribution there is.
Est. 1909 · Harlem
New York Amsterdam News
Harlem’s paper. James Henry Anderson started it with $10 and six sheets of paper. From the Harlem Renaissance through Adam Clayton Powell, Malcolm X, and Baldwin — readers and subjects, both.
Est. 1945 · Chicago
Ebony
John H. Johnson took out a $500 loan against his mother’s furniture and reframed Black life for a postwar generation — in full color, on the cover, every month. The flagship.
Est. 1940 · NNPA
Black Press USA
The National Newspaper Publishers Association — 200+ Black-owned community papers syndicating the reporting local mainstream press leaves on the floor.
Est. 1970 · New York
Essence
The premier voice of Black women in America. Essence Festival started as the magazine’s 25th anniversary celebration; today it’s the largest annual gathering of Black women anywhere.
Est. 1970 · New York
Black Enterprise
Earl Graves Sr. started it to chronicle and teach the rise of Black business in America. The annual BE 100s list is the closest thing to an official record of Black corporate power.
Est. 1990 · New Jersey
Hype Hair
The visual record of Black hair culture. Three decades of styles, stylists, and artists turning hair into identity, craft, and quiet protest.
Est. 1980 · Washington, D.C.
BET Digital
The digital arm of Black Entertainment Television. News, music, and culture aimed at the audience that built BET into the most-watched Black cable network in history.
The Root
Est. 2008 · Online
The Root
Co-founded by Henry Louis Gates Jr. — a scholar’s eye for the news cycle and a comedian’s pen for the thinkpiece. The Root reads the country its own diary back.
Est. 2014 · Los Angeles
Blavity
The millennial Black voice — viral, sharp, internet-native. Morgan DeBaun and team grew it into a media network spanning AfroTech, Travel Noire, and 21Ninety.
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