The subseries documents Black life, culture and contributions in Canada, the United States, Africa, and the Caribbean by the means of community newspapers and magazines published mostly by Black organizations.
The collection includes, among others, issues of the following newspapers:
• A pleine voix (1992-1993, 3 issues)
• The African (1 issue, 1947)
• African Affairs (2005-2006, 7 issues)
• African Times (2004) (5 issues)
• Afrikan Awakener (1974, 4 issues)
• AFRO-CAN (1981-1987)
• The Afro News 92003-2005, 9 issues)
• Black Enterprise (1972-1976, 5 issues)
• The Black I (1972-1973, 2 issues)
• Black Liberation News (1969) (2 issues)
• Black News (1970-1973, 10 issues)
• The Black Panther (1969-1972),
• Black Reflections (1969),
• The Black Scholar (1973, 1 issue)
• Black Thoughts (1975), (2 issues)
• The Black Voice (1972-1974, 20 issues)
• Black World (1970-1976, 18 issues)
• Caribbean Camera (2001-2005, 5 issues)
• Caribbean Dialogue (1975-1978, 8 issues)
• Caribbean Quarterly (1952, 1 issue)
• Cible Carrières et Professions (1978) (5 issues)
• Co-Action Montreal (1982) (3 issues)
• Contrast (1969-1981, 1989-1990)
• Cotopaxi (Vol. 1, no. 1 (Fall 1968))
• Dialogue (1973-1978, 15 issues),
• Direction One ([1969?]) (1 issue)
• Montreal Downtowner (1983-1984), 4 issues
• Ebony (1974, 1 issue)
• Ebony Jr. (1976-1977) (10 issues)
• Expression (1966-1969, 7 issues),
• Flambeau (September 1967)
• Festival (1975-1976) (5 issues)
• Focus (1982-1983) (4 issues)
• Focus Umoja (1974-1978) (23 issues)
• Georgian (1969-1975) (6 issues)
• Golden Legacy (1967-1972) (10 issues)
• Grasp (1971-1974, 13 issues)
• Il Ponte (1978) (6 issues)
• The Internationalist (1971-1972, 5 issues)
• The Islander (1974-1977), (43 issues)
• Jamaica News (1981-1983)(5 issues)
• JET (1971, 1974, 1995-1997) (29 issues)
• Kola (2004-2010, 7 issues)
• Link (1981-1993) (4 issues)
• Le Militant (1970) (9 issues)
• Montreal Camera (2005, 9 issues)
• Montreal Community Contact (1998-2012)
• Montreal Oracle (1976-1978) (8 issues)
• Muhammad Speaks (1969-1973) (37 issues)
• NBESEE (April 1979)
• New World Quarterly (1963-1968, 6 issues)
• The Paper (1969) (6 issues)
• People's Canada Daily News (1974-1975, 21 issues)
• Sechaba (1970-1971, 8 issues)
• Share (1979-1986, 2007-2009),
• Spark (1973-1974) (4 issues)
• Speak Out (April 1968)
• Spear (1971-1976, 17 issues)
• Spektrum (1981) (4 issues)
• Statement (1969) (5 issues)
• Tapia (1970-1973) (7 issues)
• Uhuru (1969-1970) (27 issues)
• Umoja (1969-1971) (4 issues)
• The Vanguard (February – April 1970) (3 issues)
• West Africa (1982-1983, 11 issues)
• Women's Collective Press (1975) (2 issues)
• The Zimbabwe Review (1973-1979)