Series of interactive maps detailing the prevalence of the black press nationwide, as well as the Scott Newspaper Syndicate and its influence in the South.
National Black Press Map
This interactive map showcases black newspapers across the nation. Currently, nearly 500 current or historic black newspapers are represented. By clicking on the newspaper, the map provides information on a the newspaper’s city of origin, whether it is still in operation, and who/when it was founded.
Note: This list will be continually updated as more newspapers are researched and more sources are consulted. Additionally, the metadata will be updated as the research continues.
Most of the newspapers in the national black press map were found through personal research. However, the Craig Newark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY produced a comprehensive list of African American publications that was also consulted and utilized during this research.
South Newspaper Syndicate Map
This map details the prevalence of the Scott Newspaper Syndicate across the South, as well as other states in the nation. The map will be updated to reflect when each paper joined, and in some cases left, the syndicate.
The Scott Newspaper Syndicate began in 1931 and was founded by William Alexander Scott, the editor and founder of the prominent southern black newspaper the Atlanta Daily World. The syndicate was formed to provide cheaper publishing costs for other black newspapers across the South and the United States as a whole. The Scott Newspaper Syndicate represents the comprehensiveness and interconnectedness of the southern black press, as over 240 newspapers participated in the syndicate at one point or another.
The list of Scott Syndicate Newspapers comes from: Thomas Aiello, The Grapevine of the Black South: The Scott Newspaper Syndicate in the Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement. Athens, University of Georgia Press (2018), 193-202