The Milwaukee Courier is a weekly African-American newspaper based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

It was founded in 1964[1] and is the state's oldest black-owned newspaper.

[2] The newspaper is owned by Courier Communications, which also owns and operates the radio station WNOV, and The Madison Times which they acquired in 2014.

[2][3][4] The paper's owner Jerrel Jones, who sits on the board of the Potawatomi Foundation, launched and funded a successful recall petition against then-Senator Gary George in 2003, over his opposition to a bill supporting the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino.

[5][6] The newspaper was also known for having a 102-year-old writer, Mattiebelle Woods, who wrote a social column for the newspaper.