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The Afro-American

The Afro-American, also known as Afro, is a long running African American newspaper founded in Baltimore. (There is a Wikipedia article about this serial.)

Publication History

The Afro-American began in 1892. It merged with the Ledger in 1899, publishing as the Afro-American Ledger for some time afterwards, but reverting to its original name in 1915. No issue copyright renewals were found for this serial. The first copyright-renewed contribution is from © March 16, 1940. (More details) It has over time published editions in various cities, and currently publishes Baltimore and Washington city editions as well as a national edition.

Persistent Archives of Complete Issues

• 1902-2003: The Afro Archives links to selected historic issues of this newspaper in national and local editions at Google News. Note that issues between 1906 and 1917 may be randomly allocated to "The Afro American - National Edition" or to "Afro American - Ledger", so check both if you do not find an issue in that time period where you expect it.

Official Site / Current Material

• The Afro website has more information on the newspaper, current news, and selected issue content.

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