The Circuit (newspaper)

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

, only ten issues are known to still exist in archives, five at the Library of Virginia and six at the archives of the Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County (AAHAFC) in The Plains, Virginia. Information published in those available copies was important in documenting the historic nature of some African-American communities such as the Ashville Historic District.

Surviving issues Date Held by 1940 Feb Library of Virginia 1940 Mar Library of Virginia 1942 Dec Library of Virginia 1943 May AAHAFC 1945 May Library of Virginia 1945 Aug AAHAFC 1946 Jun Library of Virginia; AAHAFC 1952 Jun AAHAFC 1952 Nov AAHAFC 1953 Jan AAHAFC

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