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 North Carolina and the oldest continuously published.

History

For many years Star of Zion was published as a newspaper. The site of its publication changed several times in its early years, but since 1894 it has been published in Charlotte.[1] The paper had a Republican affiliation prior to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency in the 1930s.[1]

A publication called The Zion Church Advocate was planned initially but never printed.[2]

John Campbell Dancy and George W. Clinton served as business managers for the paper.

Editors and contributors

Editors have included Bishop William J. Walls (1920s), Walter R. Lovell (1960s), and Reverend M.B. Robinson (1970s).

Sarah Dudley Pettey wrote articles for the paper.[3]

Archived issues

The University of North Carolina Libraries have many editions of the newspaper digitized and available online.[4] The American Theological Library Association has a collection of the newspaper’s editions on microfilm.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church | NCpedia". www.ncpedia.org.
  2. ↑ Bradley, David Henry (March 9, 2020). A History of the A. M. E. Zion Church, Part 2: 1872-1968. Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN 9781532688270 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Gilmore, Glenda Elizabeth (January 9, 2019). Gender and Jim Crow, Second Edition: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896-1920. UNC Press Books. ISBN 9781469652030 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "The Star of Zion newspaper now on DigitalNC".
  5. ↑ "The Star of Zion". The Star of Zion. May 30, 1876. OCLC 7782712 – via Open WorldCat.

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