This Black History Month, learn how newspapers covered important people and events in African American history from our growing selection of Black History Topic Pages. Explore them here: https://www.newspapers.com/topics/black-history/ | Newspapers.com

In years past, African Americans relied on Black newspapers as a conventional way to communicate with each other due to the lack of coverage in other newspaper outlets. Public Historian Cicely Hunter tells us about some of these early St. Louis papers. "History Spotlight" is a collaboration between the Missouri Historical Society and Higher Education Channel TV (HEC-TV) to highlight the people, places, and events that have helped shape St. Louis's rich past. | Missouri History Museum