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Location Closure The Hamilton Branch will be closed beginning Monday, June 16 for facility improvements. 

Announcement The Pennsylvania Avenue Branch will be closed beginning at 4 pm on Monday, June 9 due to a facilities maintenance issue. The branch will operate on a reduced schedule with limited services 10 am–4 pm through Friday, June 13.

Location Closure The Govans, Forest Park, Washington Village, Reisterstown Road, Brooklyn, Northwood, & Herring Run branches are closed for facility improvements. Learn more here.

Holiday Closing All Pratt Library locations will be closed Thursday, June 19 in observance of Juneteenth.

Black Newspaper Archives

Search a range of current and historical Black newspaper archives. Powered by ProQuest.

Historical Black Newspapers

Search a range of historical Black newspapers, including:

  • Atlanta Daily World [1931–2010]
  • Baltimore Afro-American [1893–2010]
  • Chicago Defender [1909–2010]
  • Cleveland Call and Post [1934–2010]
  • Kansas City Call [1919–2010]
  • Los Angeles Sentinel [1934–2010]
  • Louisville Defender [1933–2010]
  • Michigan Chronicle [1939–2010]
  • New York Amsterdam News [1922–2010]
  • Norfolk Journal and Guide [1916–2010]
  • Philadelphia Tribune [1912–2010]
  • Pittsburgh Courier [1911–2010]
  • St. Louis American [1949–2010]
     

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Black Newspapers

Search recent content across current Black newspapers, including:

  • Afro-American (Baltimore, Md.) [2003–present]
  • Afro-American Red Star (Washington, D.C.) [2006–2022]
  • Call & Post (Columbus, Ohio) [2009–present]
  • Chicago Defender [2006–2019]
  • Los Angeles Sentinel [2003–present]
  • Michigan Chronicle [2006–present]
  • Milwaukee Courier [2010–present]
  • Muslim Journal (Chicago, IL) [2016–present]
  • New York Amsterdam News [1993–present]
  • Washington Informer [1979–1988, 1992–present]

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