During the first half century of Negro Journalism, it is doubtful if any of the papers were financial successes; in truth, most of them were published as purely partisan or propagandists organs, and were supported through the contributions of sympathizers. Today Negro newspapers are conducted on business principles and pay reasonable returns to their investors.
Papers in the large cities have built up enormous subscription lists of bona fide, paid-up subscribers. Likewise, they carry a large amount of well-paying advertisements, and as a result of these sources of income they are able to give attractive remuneration to their publishers, editorial staff and business staff. No longer must the Negro journalist necessarily be an unpaid worker. Trained journalists can obtain respectable salaries and find as many openings as their fellow workers on metropolitan dailies and national weeklies and monthlies.
That the calibre of the work done on Negro publications will continue to improve is highly probable in view of the fact that every year an increasing number of trained young men and women are entering the field, and bringing with them burning enthusiasm and high professional ideals. The Courses in Journalism in the Negro colleges, also, will soon be having a telling effect on the future Negro journalist. Already a few of the twentieth century Negro youths are being attracted to the professional study of Journalism, preferring the possibilities of its virgin field to the overcrowded professions of law, teaching, medicine and theology.
The future of Negro Journalism is limited only by the zeal and conscientious effort which its workers bestir themselves to exert. A marvelous growth and success has been recorded within the past 95 years, but greater achievement is yet to be accomplished. Negro semi-weeklies, and eventually dailies in the larger cities, will undoubtedly be developed within the next decade. The size of many of the present weeklies will be increased of necessity. Better news stories and more real news will be the result of the successful functioning of such news syndicates as the Associated Negro Press.
The decreasing of illiteracy among the Negroes will continue to be carried forward by the Negro press, with a mutual benefit to the race and its publications. Higher standards of literacy will bring greater appreciation for reading and thereby create a stronger support for the Negro publisher.
In the immediate future, perhaps, the great field for development in Negro Journalism is in the South where the great mass of Negro population, despite the Northern immigration, resides. There Negro Journalism needs and will continue to need its best trained editors and managers. There it will need men of sound judgment and common sense; men of purpose and high professional ideals; men of broad sympathy and great patience.
PARTIAL LIST OF NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES
| ALABAMA |
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| The Birmingham Reporter | Birmingham |
| The Emancipator | Montgomery |
| The Mobile Forum | Mobile |
| The Mobile Advocate | Mobile |
| The Mobile Weekly Press | Mobile |
| The Negro Leader | Uniontown |
| The Times Plaindealer | Birmingham |
| The Voice of the People | Birmingham |
| The Voice of the Negro | Dothan |
| ARKANSAS |
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| Hot Springs Echo | Hot Springs |
| Arkansas Banner | Little Rock |
| The Appreciator-Union | Fort Smith |
| The Negro Advocate | Fordyce |
| The Interstate Reporter | Helena |
| The Opinion-Enterprise | Marianna |
| Western Review | Little Rock |
| White River Advocate | Newport |
| The School Herald | Warren |
| ARIZONA |
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| The Phoenix Tribune | Phoenix |
| CALIFORNIA |
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| The Eagle | Los Angeles |
| The Liberator | Los Angeles |
| The Citizens Advocate | Los Angeles |
| Oakland Sunshine | Oakland |
| The Western Outlook | Oakland |
| The New Age | Los Angeles |
| The Western Review | Sacramento |
| COLORADO |
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| Colorado Statesman | Denver |
| The Denver Advocate | Colorado Springs |
| The Rising Sun | Pueblo |
| CONNECTICUT |
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| Hartford Herald | Hartford |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
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| The Washington Eagle | Washington |
| The Washington Bee | Washington |
| FLORIDA |
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| Florida Sentinel | Jacksonville |
| Labor Templar | Jacksonville |
| West Florida Bugle | Marianna |
| The Tampa Bulletin | Tampa |
| Metropolitan | Tallahassee |
| The Palatka Advocate | Palatka |
| The Colored Citizen | Pensacola |
| GEORGIA |
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| The Savannah Journal | Savannah |
| The Savannah Tribune | Savannah |
| The Americus Chronicle | Americus |
| The Athens Clipper | Athens |
| The Atlanta Post | Atlanta |
| The Atlanta Independent | Atlanta |
| Rome Enterprise | Rome |
| The Advocate | Brunswick |
| The Augusta News | Augusta |
| Supreme Circle News | Albany |
| ILLINOIS |
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| Inter-State Echo | Danville |
| The Broad Axe | Chicago |
| The Chicago Defender | Chicago |
| The Chicago Idea | Chicago |
| The Peoples Advocate | Chicago |
| The Searchlight | Chicago |
| The Whip | Chicago |
| The Forum | Springfield |
| The Weekly Star | Mound City |
| The Illinois Conservator | Springfield |
| Advance Citizens | Springfield |
| INDIANA |
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| The Indianapolis Freeman | Indianapolis |
| The Indianapolis Recorder | Indianapolis |
| The Indianapolis Ledger | Indianapolis |
| The Indianapolis World | Indianapolis |
| The Terre Haute Citizen | Terre Haute |
| National Defender and Sun | Gary |
| The Gary Dispatch | Gary |
| IOWA |
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| Iowa State Bystander | Des Moines |
| Buxton Gazette | Buxton |
| KANSAS |
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| The Topeka Plaindealer | Topeka |
| The Negro Star | Wichita |
| Wichita Protest | Wichita |
| The Coffeyville Globe | Coffeyville |
| Hutchinson Blade | Hutchinson |
| KENTUCKY |
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| The Kentucky Reporter | Louisville |
| The Columbian Herald | Louisville |
| The Louisville News | Louisville |
| Kentucky Home Finder | Louisville |
| Lexington Weekly News | Lexington |
| The Torchlight | Danville |
| Saturday News | Hopkinsville |
| The New Age | Hopkinsville |
| LOUISIANA |
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| The Advance Messenger | Alexandria |
| The News-Enterprise | Shreveport |
| The Watchman | Shreveport |
| MARYLAND |
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| The Afro-American | Baltimore |
| The Crusader | Baltimore |
| The Herald-Commonwealth | Baltimore |
| MASSACHUSETTS |
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| The Guardian | Boston |
| The Boston Chronicle | Boston |
| MICHIGAN |
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| The Michigan Age | Ann Arbor |
| The Detroit Leader | Detroit |
| MINNESOTA |
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| The National Advocate | Minneapolis |
| The Appeal | St. Paul |
| MISSISSIPPI |
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| The Cotton Farmer | Scott |
| The Delta Lighthouse | Greenville |
| The Natchez Weekly Herald | Natchez |
| The National Star | Vicksburg |
| The Star | Columbus |
| The Morning Star | Columbus |
| The Mississippi Monitor | Meridan |
| The Light | Vicksburg |
| The New Era | Indianola |
| The Weekly Times | Hattiesburg |
| The Weekly Reporter | Natchez |
| Central Mississippi Signal | Kosciusko |
| The Progressive Torchlight | Greenwood |
| The Advance | Mound Bayou |
| The National Defender | Clarksdale |
| The Informer | Gulfport |
| The National News Digest | Mound Bayou |
| MISSOURI |
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| The St. Louis Independent-Clarion | St. Louis |
| The St. Louis Argus | St. Louis |
| The Anchor | Caruthersville |
| The Missouri State Register | Hannibal |
| Kansas City Sun | Kansas City |
| The National Mirror | Kansas City |
| The Western Messenger | Jefferson City |
| The St. Louis Independent News | St. Louis |
| NEBRASKA |
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| The Monitor | Omaha |
| NEW JERSEY |
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| The Eastern Observer | Montclair |
| The Echo | Red Bank |
| The Atlantic Advocate | Atlantic City |
| The New Jersey Informer | Newark |
| NEW YORK |
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| The New York News | New York City |
| The Amsterdam News | New York City |
| The New York Age | New York City |
| The Negro World | New York City |
| The Commoner | New York City |
| NORTH CAROLINA |
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| The Gate City Argus | Greensboro |
| High Point Colored American | High Point |
| The Charlotte Advertiser | Charlotte |
| The Voice | Rocky Mount |
| The Raleigh Independent | Raleigh |
| The Home News | Wilmington |
| The Gazette | Charlotte |
| Signs of the Times | Elizabeth City |
| The Winston-Salem News | Winston-Salem |
| OHIO |
|---|
| The Dayton Forum | Dayton |
| The Cleveland Gazette | Cleveland |
| The Cleveland Advocate | Cleveland |
| The Union | Cincinnati |
| The Cincinnati Journal | Cincinnati |
| OKLAHOMA |
|---|
| The Boley Progress | Boley |
| The Oklahoma Guide | Guthrie |
| The Muskogee Scimetar | Muskogee |
| Rentiesville News | Rentiesville |
| Clearview Patriarch | Clearview |
| The Tulsa Star | Tulsa |
| The Oklahoma Sun | Tulsa |
| The Black Dispatch | Oklahoma City |
| OREGON |
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| The Advocate | Portland |
| PENNSYLVANIA |
|---|
| The Advocate Verdict | Harrisburgh |
| The Philadelphia Courant | Philadelphia |
| The Philadelphia Tribune | Philadelphia |
| The Philadelphia American | Philadelphia |
| The Public Journal | Philadelphia |
| The Pittsburgh Courier | Pittsburgh |
| The Pittsburgh American | Pittsburgh |
| The Advocate | Wilkes-Barre |
| RHODE ISLAND |
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| The Advance | Providence |
| SOUTH CAROLINA |
|---|
| The Charleston Messenger | Charleston |
| The New Era | Charleston |
| The Allendale Advocate | Allendale |
| The Southern Indicator | Columbia |
| The Informer | Columbia |
| The Light | Columbia |
| The Plowman | Columbia |
| The Negro Chronicle | Greenville |
| The People’s Recorder | Orangeburg |
| The Rockhill Messenger | Rockhill |
| TENNESSEE |
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| Bluff City News | Memphis |
| East Tennessee News | Knoxville |
| Chattanooga Defender | Chattanooga |
| Memphis Times | Memphis |
| The Western World Reporter | Memphis |
| The Nashville Globe | Nashville |
| The Nashville Clarion | Nashville |
| TEXAS |
|---|
| Texas Guide | Victoria |
| The Victoria Guard | Victoria |
| The Calvert Bugle | Calvert |
| The City Times | Galveston |
| The Galveston New Idea | Galveston |
| The Dallas Express | Dallas |
| The Industrial Era | Beaumont |
| The Herald | Austin |
| The Watchman | Austin |
| The Houston Informer | Houston |
| The Houston Observer | Houston |
| The Texas Freeman | Houston |
| The Western Star | Houston |
| The Houston Informer | Houston |
| Independence Heights Record | Houston |
| The San Antonio Inquirer | San Antonio |
| The Gem City Bulletin | Denison |
| The Conservative Counselor | Waco |
| Fort Worth Hornet | Fort Worth |
| VIRGINIA |
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| The Charlottesville Messenger | Charlottesville |
| The Colored Virginian | Petersburg |
| The Weekly Review | Petersburg |
| The Richmond Planet | Richmond |
| The Virginia Headlight | Charlottesville |
| The Virginia Advocate | Roanoke |
| The Star | Newport News |
| The Journal and Guide | Norfolk |
| WASHINGTON |
|---|
| The Seattle Searchlight | Seattle |
| WEST VIRGINIA |
|---|
| The Advocate | Charleston |
| The Mountain Leader | Charleston |
| The Charleston Observer | Charleston |
| The Pioneer Press | Martinsburg |
| WISCONSIN |
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| The Wisconsin Weekly Blade | Madison |