The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) is pleased to announce that it has completed the digitization of several historically significant Black-owned Georgia newspapers with partial funding assistance from the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) grant. The newspapers are now available on both the DLG’s Georgia Historic Newspapers (GHN) website and the Library of Congress’ Chronicling America website.
The newspapers include:
- Atlanta Inquirer, 1960-1963 – Founded during the Atlanta Student Movement in 1960 to cover the news of civil rights activities in the city.
- Atlanta World/Atlanta Daily World, 1931-1963 – The oldest African American newspaper published in Georgia’s capital and one of the nation’s first Black-owned daily newspapers.
- Colored Tribune/Savannah Tribune, 1886-1888 – Founded in 1875, the Tribune, except for two hiatuses, is one of the longest-running African American newspapers in the South.
- Savannah Herald, 1946-1963 – The paper became of the voice of Black life in Coastal Georgia in the decades that followed the end of World War II.
These publications are invaluable resources for understanding the history and daily lives of Georgia’s Black residents during the Jim Crow and Civil Rights eras of American History. They are now freely available online and can be keyword searched or browsed by date.
The project is part of the University of Georgia Libraries’ participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program. NDNP is a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress. The Atlanta Daily World microfilm was lent to the Libraries by the Auburn Avenue Research Library.
The Georgia Historic Newspapers website is the result of a funding partnership between the University of Georgia Libraries and GALILEO, Georgia’s virtual library.
