Picking up where coverage in Early American Newspapers ends, 20th-Century American Newspapers offers searchable digital editions of historically significant U.S. newspapers from 1923 forward. Each of these regionally diverse publications provides researchers with much needed opportunities to more fully explore our recent past. Series 2 includes:

Press-Register (Mobile, Alabama; 1923-1992)
Alabama's oldest daily newspaper, the Press-Register has chronicled the cultural and political changes in the South over 170 years. Aspects of 20th-century Alabama history covered include the role of the second Ku Klux Klan; growth of army training bases and air fields during World War II; and political leaders, such as Hugo Black, James "Big Jim" Folsom and George Wallace. Also here are crucial events in the Civil Rights Movement: the Montgomery Bus Boycott, emergence of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the 1965 Voting Rights March.

The Seattle Times (Seattle, Washington; 1923-1984)
The largest daily in Washington State, The Seattle Times has long been well respected for its local coverage and award-winning reporting. The history of 20th-century Seattle and its region is detailed in these pages. Hit hard by the Depression, this strong labor town surged in the 1940s as orders arrived for Boeing bombers and naval warships. Covered here are such events as construction of the Grand Coulee Dam, internment of Japanese residents during World War II, migration of African American defense workers, postwar prosperity reflected in the 1962 World's Fair, eruption of Mount St. Helens and much more.

The Times (Trenton, New Jersey; 1923-1993)
For more than 100 years, The Times has been a major source of news and community information for the capital region of Trenton. With a strong focus on the New Jersey government, this daily has documented the Garden State's rapid growth in the 20th century. Events covered include massive unemployment in the 1930s, emergence in the 1940s of electronics and chemical industries, opening of the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway in the 1950s and the area's suburban boom—a result of its central Northeast Corridor location.

A common interface for all newspapers
20th-Century American Newspapers is part of America’s Historical Newspapers, which also includes Early American Newspapers and American Ethnic Newspapers. Every title in 20th-Century American Newspapers is also available individually as part of American Newspaper Archives.