The Circuit
TypeMonthly
Founder(s)
  • Thomas Chapman Tyler
  • William H. Lewis, Sr.
PublisherNegro Journal Association of Northern Virginia
PresidentW. H. Lewis
EditorJoseph C. Hackett
Associate editorJ. H. Anderson
Founded1937 (1937)
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publication1954
HeadquartersCatlett, Virginia
Circulation1,200
OCLC number40901521

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]

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "About The Circuit. (Catlett, Va.) 1937-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  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. ^ 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. ^ "Libraries that Have It: The Circuit. (Catlett, Va.) 1937-19??". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. US Library of Congress. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Library and Archives". Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  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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