 In the 21st century, papers (like newspapers of all sorts) have shut down, merged, or shrunk in response to the dominance of the Internet in terms of providing free news and information, and providing cheap advertising.Most of the early African-American publications, such as "Freedom's Journal," were published in the North and then distributed, often covertly, to African Americans throughout the country.By the 20th century, daily papers appeared in Norfolk, Chicago, Baltimore and Washington, D.C..