The_Circuit_(newspaper)

<i>The Circuit</i> (newspaper)

The Circuit (newspaper)

African American newspaper published in Virginia

The Circuit was an African American newspaper published in Catlett, Virginia, from 1937[1] until 1954.[2] It was described as "Virginia's only colored paper north of Richmond."[1] The Circuit was important to the African American communities in northern Virginia during the Jim Crow era.[3]

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As of November 2013, 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]

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References

  1. [1]
    "About The Circuit. (Catlett, Va.) 1937-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  2. [2]
    Moon, Vicky (2019-02-22). "Making 'The Circuit': Fauquier's African-American newspaper hailed from Catlett By Vicky Moon Contributing Writer". Fauquier Times. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  3. [3]
    Hollie, Donna Tyler; Tyler, Brett M.; White, Karen Hughes (2009). African Americans of Fauquier County. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia. p. 105. ISBN 0-7385-6757-4.
  4. [4]
    "Libraries that Have It: The Circuit. (Catlett, Va.) 1937-19??". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. US Library of Congress. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  5. [5]
    "Library and Archives". Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  6. [6]
    "NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM- Ashville Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
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