List of African American newspapers in Indiana

The Evansville weekly Our Age, which was in circulation by 1878, is the first known African American newspaper in Indiana.

[1] Alternatively, some sources assign the title of first to the Indianapolis Leader[2] or the Logansport Colored Visitor,[3] both of which were first published in August 1879.

[2] Despite the high rate of attrition, African American newspapers continued to be established in Indiana throughout the 20th century[2] and into the 21st.

More than half the African American newspapers in Indiana have been published in Indianapolis and Evansville.

Many of these shorter-lived newspapers, particularly in the 19th century, were political broadsheets produced only in connection with a specific election.