Research Guides: Black Canadian Studies: Current and Historical Newspapers

Current and Historical Newspapers

To find out if UTL subscribes to a particular newspaper, look up the title in the library catalogue. For more information on newspapers see: Newspapers: Current and Historical

Historical Newspaper Collections

Black Life in America, Series 1: 1704 - 1877: Arrival in America through Reconstruction
The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today.
Black Life in America, Series 2: 1878-1975: Jim Crow through the Civil Rights Movement
Chronicling America
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1756-1963
The Crisis Archives
Freedomways
Freedomways was the central theoretical journal of the 20th century black arts and intellectual movement in the United States.
Black Abolitionist Papers, 1830–1865
The collection presents the massive, international impact of African American activism against slavery, in the writings and publications of the activists themselves.
The approximately 15,000 articles, documents, correspondence, proceedings, manuscripts, and literary works of almost 300 Black abolitionists show the full range of their activities in the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, France and Germany.
African American Newspapers, 1827-1998
A collection of newspapers from over thirty states, including rare papers and papers dating from the Antebellum South to the Civil Rights movement.
America's Historical Newspapers
Coverage: from 1690 to the recent past.
Contains 23 databases, such as African American Newspapers, Series 1, African American Newspapers, Series 2, Caribbean Newspapers, and Ethnic American Newspapers, 1799-1971.
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Black Studies Centre Newspapers
Newspaper Archive Canadian Collection
A collection of the archives of over 500 Canadian newspapers, including the Winnipeg Free Press, the Prairie post and other frequently requested titles. Of interest to students and scholars of history, Canadian studies.

Newspaper Databases

Canadian Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Full text access to English language Canadian Newspapers.
Factiva This link opens in a new window
Current and archived news, business and company information worldwide.
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to research providing a Canadian perspective on topics including agriculture, business and economics, education, government and politics, health sciences, history, literature, medical sciences, social sciences, and more.
CPI.Q: Canadian Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Canadian academic journals and business magazines, with select full-text articles from 1983. Includes some French magazine titles.

Toronto Newspapers

CBCA Reference & Current Events
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Dawn: The Multicultural Newspaper
Toronto. Bi-weekly. Click on Ethnic Media, and then Community and Ethnic Newspapers for more details.
Share News (Weekly community newspaper)
A weekly community newspaper serving the Black and Caribbean community in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) of Ontario, Canada since April 9, 1978.
The Ghanaian News
Toronto. Monthly. Click on Ethnic Media, and then Community and Ethnic Newspapers for more details.
Jamaica Gleaner Canada
Newspaper Web Site. Also publishes "Canada Extra" which is available in print at some stores.
TZTA
Newspaper Web site. Ethiopian.
Word: The Soul of Urban Culture
Ethnic and Community Newspapers list
Directory, to identify further papers.
Urbanology (Hip-Hop Magazine)
A magazine that appeals to those who grew up immersed in hip-hop culture. Provides in-depth, thought-provoking content by talented, diverse writers, photographers, and illustrators.

Digitized Underground Newspaper Collections

The resources you’re referring to were compiled by various universities and institutions. Please be aware that direct access through the provided links may sometimes be unavailable. If you have any trouble accessing these resources, please note the title and try searching for it in the library catalog for additional support.

JSU Underground Newspaper Collection: 1960s Counterculture
A guide from Jacksonville State University with links to alternative press publications starting in the 1960s
Independent Voices
Independent Voices represents the largest digital collection of alternative press titles, with complete runs of more than 1,000 titles and 750,000 pages. The collection is open access (free) and includes the complete runs of newspapers, magazines, and journals drawn from the special collections of source libraries.
UNM CSWR Underground Newspaper Collection, 1967-1993
University of New Mexico collection of underground newspapers: The Furies and Do It Now.
University of Memphis - Special Newspaper Categories
Historically black newspapers, anti slavery and Abolitionist, deaf American, women's suffragist, civil rights focused, WWII Japanese American concentration camp, Native American.

Additional Newspaper Sources

Canadian section of UTL Newspaper Guide
General Canadian newspaper databases
Specific Newspaper Titles
Other Canadian newspapers incl. by province
Canadian historical newspapers
University of Missouri Underground Newspaper Collections
The Black Press: Historical Black Magazines and Newspapers by the University of Iowa
Index to Historical Newspapers - by State
Historically Black Newspapers Guide by the University of Memphis
This research guide gathers historical U. S. newspapers that are available online and at no cost, including those available through newspaperarchives.com, the Google News Historical Archives, Chronicling America (Library of Congress), and state archives
Center for Research Libraries Newspapers
Searchable catalog of African American newspapers on microfilm held by the Center for Research Libraries and available via interlibrary loan. Some titles are drawn from the Library of Congress microfilm collection of Miscellaneous Negro Newspapers, and the Underground Newspaper Collection. Digital copies of eight key newspapers are available, including The New York Age (1887-1892), The Colored American (1837-1841), and The Christian Recorder (1899-1901).

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