 The Christian Recorder, August 2020 | |
| Type | Monthly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | African Methodist Episcopal Church |
| Publisher | Roderick D. Belin |
| Editor | John Thomas III |
| Founded | July 1, 1852 |
| Headquarters | 1722 Scovel Street Nashville, TN 37208 |
| ISSN | 1050-6039 |
| OCLC number | 14096028 |
| Website | www |
The Christian Recorder is the official newspaper of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and is the oldest continuously published African-American newspaper in the United States.[1] It has been called "arguably the most powerful black periodical of the nineteenth century," a time when there were few sources for news and information about Black communities.[2][3]
The Recorder covered secular as well as religious news, and reported news of the black regiments serving in the Civil War. It advocated support for Union troops.[3][4] It was also known for having an Information Wanted section, where Black families who had been forcibly separated in the slave trade could seek news about their missing loved ones.[5][6] The paper's coverage included birth, marriage, and death notices.
It also featured music, poetry, and reader stories, and was "a major source of literature by and for African-Americans" during this time period.[7] The paper published Julia C. Collins' novel as 31 serialized chapters in 1865, as well as many of her essays.[3] It also printed works by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and James W. C. Pennington.[8][2]
- ^ "History". The Christian Recorder. September 15, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
- ^ a b Cohen, Lara Langer (Fall 2016). "Review: Eric Gardner. 'Black Print Unbound: The Christian Recorder, African American Literature, and Periodical Culture.'". African American Review. 49 (3): 286–289. doi:10.1353/afa.2016.0042. S2CID 163416901. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
- ^ a b c Kachun, Mitch (Winter 2006). "Interrogating the Silences: Julia C. Collins, 19th-Century Black Readers and Writers, and the 'Christian Recorder.'". African American Review. 40 (4): 649–659. JSTOR 40033744. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
- ^ "The Christian Recorder". Accessible Archives Inc. December 19, 2020. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
- ^ "The Christian Recorder". Internet Archive. June 10, 2020. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
- ^ "'Last Seen': Digitizing Ads from Former Slaves in Search of Loved Ones | Villanova University". www1.villanova.edu. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
- ^ "Julia C. Collins". Recovering 19th-Century American Women Writers. April 21, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
- ^ Collins, Julia (June 10, 2020). "The curse of caste, or, The slave bride". Internet Archive. Retrieved December 25, 2020.