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The Circuit
Type	Monthly
Founder(s)	Thomas Chapman Tyler; William H. Lewis, Sr.;
Publisher	Negro Journal Association of Northern Virginia
President	W. H. Lewis
Editor	Joseph C. Hackett
Associate editor	J. H. Anderson
Founded	1937
Language	English
Ceased publication	1954
Headquarters	Catlett, Virginia
Circulation	1,200
OCLC number	40901521

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^[update], 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]

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

References

^ ^a ^b "About The Circuit. (Catlett, Va.) 1937-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "Libraries that Have It: The Circuit. (Catlett, Va.) 1937-19??". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. US Library of Congress. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
^ "Library and Archives". Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
^ "NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM- Ashville Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 21 October 2013.