Afro-American Press and Its Editors is a book published in 1891 written by Irvine Garland Penn.

[1] The book covers many aspects of journalism, and devotes a chapter to black female journalists.

[3] The book is frequently referenced as an important early work on African-American journalism.

John Ernest called Penn's book comprehensive and detailed and the foundation of many later studies.

[4] Charles A. Simmons writes that Penn's book along with Armistead S. Prides, A Register and History of Negro Newspapers in the United States: 1827–1950 and Warren Henry Brown's Check List of Negro Newspapers in the United States (1827-1946) are essential starting points for understanding the early history of African American newspapers.