Some early AA Newspapers from Ohio are available at the URL below.
Ohio Historical Society Portal
http://www.ohiohistory.org/portal/archiveslibrary-p.html

Scroll to and click "African-American Experience in Ohio: 1850-1920", then click Newspapers for a listing of those newspapers in the collection. By clicking the Long Description there will be a listing of issues that are available for online viewing for each newspaper. Microfilm copies for some of these newspapers may be obtained thru Inter-Library Loan.

I was made aware of an article in the Cleveland Journal by my AfriGeneas Newspaper Angel . The article described the 100th birthday celebration for a 4th great-grandmother and was dated 27 May 1905. The article contained genealogical/historical information of which I had no previous knowledge.

Cleveland Journal Article (4 screen pages)
http://tinyurl.com/5wqwnq2

Newspapers .... early AA newspapers in particular are a GREAT source of family history and genealogical information.

Art's Families & Other Folks
http://tinyurl.com/382ytzp