''Star of Zion'' is the official publication of the A.M.E. Zion church. First published in 1876 it is among the oldest African American publications in

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and the oldest continuously published.

History

For many years ''Star of Zion'' was published as a

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. The site of its publication changed several times in its early years, but since 1894 it has been published in Charlotte. The paper had a Republican affiliation prior to

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’s presidency in the 1930s. A publication called ''The Zion Church Advocate'' was planned initially but never printed. John Campbell Dancy and George W. Clinton served as business managers for the paper.

Editors and contributors

Editors have included Bishop

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(1920s),

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(1960s), and Reverend

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(1970s). Sarah Dudley Pettey wrote articles for the paper.

Archived issues

The

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Libraries have many editions of the newspaper digitized and available online. The

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has a collection of the newspaper’s editions on

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References

Website

Star of Zion website
1876 establishments in North Carolina African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church African-American newspapers Christian newspapers published in the United States {{NorthCarolina-newspaper-stub