The Circuit | |
Type: | Monthly |
Publisher: | Negro Journal Association of Northern Virginia |
Editor: | Joseph C. Hackett |
President: | W. H. Lewis |
Assoceditor: | J. H. Anderson |
Language: | English |
Ceased Publication: | 1954 |
Headquarters: | Catlett, Virginia |
Circulation: | 1,200 |
Oclc: | 40901521 |
The Circuit was an African American newspaper published in Catlett, Virginia, from 1937 until 1954.[1] It was described as "Virginia's only colored paper north of Richmond."[2] The Circuit was important to the African American communities in northern Virginia during the Jim Crow era.[3]
, only ten issues are known to still exist in archives, five at the Library of Virginia[4] and six at the archives of the Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County (AAHAFC) in The Plains, Virginia.[5] Information published in those available copies was important in documenting the historic nature of some African-American communities such as the Ashville Historic District.[6]
Surviving issues | ||
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Date | Held by | |
1940 Feb | Library of Virginia | |
1940 Mar | Library of Virginia | |
1942 Dec | Library of Virginia | |
1943 May | AAHAFC | |
1945 May | Library of Virginia | |
1945 Aug | AAHAFC | |
1946 Jun | Library of Virginia; AAHAFC | |
1952 Jun | AAHAFC | |
1952 Nov | AAHAFC | |
1953 Jan | AAHAFC |