The Alaska Spotlight was the first African American newspaper in theTerritory of Alaska. Publication began in 1952,^[1] when Alaska was not yet a state.^[2] It was a weekly newspaper published inAnchorage by George C. Anderson.^[1] It ran until the last 1960s.^[3]

According to Ed Wesley, "George C. Anderson arrived after World War II to work as alinotype operator for theAnchorage Daily News." In 1952, he establishedThe Alaska Spotlight.^[4] Anderson later started another newspaper,The Midnight Sun Reporter (1962–1966).^[5][3]

• Smith, Jessie Carney (2012).Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events. Visible Ink Press.ISBN 9781578593699.
• Wesley, Ed (2020).Black History in the Last Frontier. University of Alaska, Anchorage: National Park Service.

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