 The Colored American, February 1901 | |
| Editor | Fred R. Moore (1904–1909) |
|---|---|
| Former editors | Pauline Hopkins (1900–1904) |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Format | |
| Publisher | The Colored Co-Operative Publishing Company (1900–1903) The Colored American Publishing Company (1904–1903) |
| Founder | Harper S. Fortune Walter Alexander Johnson |
| Founded | 1900 |
| Final issue | 1909 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Boston (1900–1904) New York (1904–1909) |
| Language | en |
| OCLC | 1564200 |
The Colored American Magazine was the first monthly publication in the United States that covered African-American culture. It ran from May 1900 to November 1909 and had a peak circulation of 17,000.[1][2] The magazine was initially published out of Boston by the Colored Co-Operative Publishing Company, and from 1904 forward, by Moore Publishing and Printing Company in New York. The editorial staff included novelist Pauline Hopkins who was also the main writer.[1] In a 1904 hostile takeover involving Booker T. Washington, Fred Randolph Moore purchased the magazine and replaced Hopkins as editor.[3]
- ^ a b Dahn, Eurie; Sweeney, Brian (2015-10-17). "A Brief History of the Colored American Magazine". The Digital Colored American Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ Wallinger, Hanna (2004). "Pauline E. Hopkins as Editor and Journalist: An African American Story of Success and Failure". In Harris, Sharon M.; Garvey, Ellen Gruber (eds.). Blue Pencils & Hidden Hands: Women Editing Periodicals, 1830-1910. Northeastern University Press. pp. 146–148. ISBN 978-1-55553-613-8.
- ^ The Encyclopedia of the Harlem Literary Renaissance. Fred Randolph Moore, Henry Louis Gates, and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham (eds), Facts on File, 2006. ISBN 978-1-57958-389-7