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Poems in "Colored American Magazine" (1900-1909)

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Colored American Magazine was published from 1900-1909, and included a long list of influential contributors, including W.E.B. Du Bois, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Pauline Hopkins, and T. Thomas Fortune. The magazine was originally published in Boston, under the editorship of Walter Wallace. Starting in the spring of 1904, the magazine moved from Boston to New York City, under new ownership and the editorship of Fred Randolph Moore (Fred R. Moore).  

In terms of literary contributions, the magazine is perhaps best known as the venue where Pauline Hopkins published many important short stories. Starting in 1901, Hopkins was the editor of the "Women's Section" in the magazine, and starting in May 1903, she became the literary editor of the magazine. Pauline Hopkins followed the magazine after its move, but was pushed out by financial supporters of the magazine, and resigned as editor after November 1904. 

There is a very informative and well-designed site dedicated to The Colored American Magazine here. Unfortunately, it is not at present complete, and many of the high quality PDF scans of the magazine are not searchable. There is also a collection of page images of the magazine at HathiTrust. 

 

Contents of this tag:

  1. T. Thomas Fortune, "Lincoln" (1902)
  2. Olivia Ward Bush-Banks, "A Picture" (1900)
  3. "Afro-American" by Charles Frederick White (1900)
  4. Josephine Heard, "The Black Samson" (1890)
  5. James D. Corrothers, "Me 'n' Dunbar" (1901)
  6. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Frederick Douglass" (1895)
  7. Frederick Douglass by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1896)
  8. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Dawn" (1896)
  9. A.R. Abbott, "'Neath the Crown and Maple Leaf" (1901)
  10. Colonel Charles Young, "A Latter-Day Eden" (1902)
  11. Frances E.W. Harper, "Truth" (1896)
  12. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "A Plea" (1901)
  13. Mrs. J.M. Powell, "Praise the Living" (1908)
  14. Charles Bertram Johnson, "A Shell" (1905)
  15. T. Grant Gilmore, "The Twenty-Fifth Infantry" (1907)
  16. T. Thomas Fortune, "I Make My Bed of Roses" (1905)
  17. Daniel Webster Davis, "I Can Trust" (1895)
  18. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Spring Song" (1896)
  19. William Stanley Braithwaite, "Thanksgiving" (1904)
  20. James D. Corrothers, "An Awful Problem Solved" (1903)
  21. Matthew D. Bennett, "Caanian" (1906)
  22. Charles Bertram Johnson, "The Past" (1905)
  23. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Foolin Wid De Seasons" (1901)
  24. William Stanley Braithwaite, "June" (1901)
  25. George B. Thornton, "In Days of Yore" (1909)
  26. Ralph Hodgson, "The Hammers" (1907)
  27. James Edward McCall, “The Tell-Tale Face” (1906)
  28. Ralph W. Tyler, "The Negro Editor" (1908)
  29. Dwight Fairfield, "A Modern Othello" (1902)
  30. Effie D. Threet, "Childhood's Days" (1903)
  31. William Stanley Braithwaite, "Holly Berry and Mistletoe: Lyrics" (1901)
  32. Silas X. Floyd, "Not By Bread Alone" (1909)
  33. Louise Alston Burleigh, "Sandy Andy Lindo Mo'" (1907)
  34. Jas. A. Browne, "The Voice of Wisdom" (1902)
  35. Charles Bertram Johnson, "The Cup of Knowledge" (1905)
  36. Gude Deekun, "Suspense" (1903)
  37. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "The Path" (1896)
  38. Charles Bertram Johnson, "In March" (1906)
  39. C. Henry Holmes, "A Memorial of Frederick Douglass" (1900)
  40. Will H. Hendrickson, "Fame" (1905)
  41. Daniel Webster Davis, "A Rose" (1895)
  42. Augustus M. Hodges, "The Mother's Question" (1901)
  43. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Preparation" (1895)
  44. Langston Aray, "A Punished Pun" (1907)
  45. T. Thomas Fortune, “Love’s Divinest Power” (1905)
  46. Effie D. Threet, "Father Time" (1903)
  47. Clifford E. Jones, "Lead By Thy Life" (1903)
  48. Violette Neatly Blackwell, "Childhood's Memory" (1901)
  49. William Stanley Braithwaite, "Keepers of the Temple" (1909)
  50. H. Harrison Wayman, "Chicamauga" (1905)
  51. Benjamin Griffith Brawley, "The Path of Life" (1902)
  52. James D. Corrothers, "Years That Are To Come" (1905)
  53. Azalia E. Martin, "A Song to Afric's Great" (1903)
  54. T. Thomas Fortune, "The Elsmeres" (1906)
  55. Benjamin Griffith Brawley, "New Wars" (1900)
  56. Will H. Hendrickson, "A Hot Summer's Day" (1905)
  57. Benjamin Griffith Brawley, "Prayer-Bells" (1901)
  58. George Reginald Margetson, "Booker T. Washington" (1909)
  59. T. Thomas Fortune, “The Aspirations of the Soul” (1905)
  60. T. Thomas Fortune, "We Know No More" (1905)
  61. Benjamin Griffith Brawley, "The Battleground" (1903)
  62. William Stanley Braithwaite, "In My Lady's Praise" (1903)
  63. James D. Corrothers, "The Gift of the Greatest God" (1901)
  64. Stanford E. Davis, "Hights Uv Ambishun" (1909)
  65. George B. Thornton, "The Trial on Mount Olympus" (1905)
  66. Rev. P.A. Scott, "Aim High" (1902)
  67. Daniel Webster Davis, "Stickin' To De Hoe" (1895)
  68. Ollie E. Ward, "The Old Church Bell" (1903)
  69. Joseph G. Bryant, "The Tenth Cavalry, U.S.A." (1907)
  70. Matthew D. Bennett, "The Knocker" (1906)
  71. Augustus M. Hodges, "The Christmas Reunion" (1900)
  72. Will H. Hendrickson, "Lazy" (1905)
  73. William Stanley Braithwaite, "A Little World" (1901)
  74. Lady Emma Louise Phillips, "You" (1909)
  75. Josephine Turpin Washington, "To Elizabeth" (1907)
  76. Rev. Joseph G. Bryant, “Wounded Liberty” (1906)
  77. Omah Neal, "The Colored Girl" (1908)
  78. Anonymous, “Lincoln” (1903)
  79. Townsend Allen, "Columbia's Disgrace" (1903)
  80. Robert Hamilton, "Home" (1902)
  81. Henry Kent, "We Can Wait Still Longer" (1909)
  82. Charles Bertram Johnson, "Herbstgefuhl" (1905)
  83. W. H. Goode, "A Truce to Peace" (1902)
  84. Daniel Webster Davis, "Skeetin' On De Ice" (1895)
  85. Ollie E. Ward, "The Old Church Bell" (1903)
  86. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Religion" (1896)
  87. Joseph Samuel Reed, "Paul Laurence Dunbar (In Memoriam)" (1906)
  88. Alonzo Milton Skrine, "The Negro's Worth" (1900)
  89. Louise Alston Burleigh, "Hope" 1905)
  90. William Stanley Braithwaite, "Two on the Cliffs" (1901)
  91. Roy Reginald, "Rastus' Soliloquy" (1909)
  92. Gertrude H. Dorsey Brown, "The Untold" (1907)
  93. James D. Corrothers, "Juny at the Gate" (1902)
  94. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Disappointed" (1896)
  95. James D. Corrothers, "The Psalm of a Race" (1903)
  96. James R. Tines, "Love's Messages" (1903)
  97. T. Thomas Fortune, "The Tree of Tears" (1909)
  98. Charles Bertram Johnson, "The Dreamer" (1905)
  99. David C. Lee, "Dem Tales Wot Gran-pa Tells" (1902)
  100. William Stanley Braithwaite, "Easter Day" (1901)
  101. James D. Corrothers, "A Thanksgivin' Turkey" (1901)
  102. Augustus M. Hodges, "'Glen' Barney" (1903)
  103. Charles Bertram Johnson, "To an Oak" (1906)
  104. Hattie E. Wallace, "Winter's Shrouds" (1901)
  105. Will H. Hendrickson, "At Christmas Time" (1905)
  106. William Stanley Braithwaite, "To Beatrice" (1901)
  107. George Compton, "The Black Man" (1909)
  108. Carrie Williams Clifford, "The Way of Life" (1907)
  109. William Stanley Braithwaite, "Lyrics for June" (1902)
  110. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "By the Stream" (1896)
  111. James D. Corrothers, "The Psalm of a Race" (1903)
  112. Townsend Allen, "The New Battle Hymn" (1903)
  113. Louise A Burleigh, “A Wounded Heart” (1906)
  114. T. H. Malone, "Constancy" (1905)
  115. James D. Corrothers, "A Dixie Thanksgivin'" (1901)
  116. Will H. Hendrickson, "Selfishness" (1907)
  117. Matthew D. Bennett, "Bell Boy in the Clock" (1906)
  118. Ada M. Wright, "The Friend I Love" (1901)
  119. William Stanley Braithwaite, "A Leave Taking" (1901)
  120. Effie D. Threet (Mrs. Effie-Threet-Battle), "June" (1909)
  121. Olivia Seivis, "Rural Night Scenes" (1907)
  122. Anna Elizabeth Cofer, "The Future of the Negro" (1902)
  123. Daniel Webster Davis, "I Can Trust" (1903)
  124. Townsend Allen, "The New Battle Hymn" (1903)
  125. T. Thomas Fortune, “The Pyramids” (1906)
  126. Will H. Hendrickson, "Two Poems" (1905)
  127. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Time to Tinker Roun'" (1901)
  128. John Riley Dungee, "Unwritten History" (1901)
  129. I. Dwight Fairfield, "The Ideal" (1907)
  130. Charles Bertram Johnson, "A Larger Life" (1906)
  131. D. Webster Davis, "Jes' Gib Him One Ub Mine" (1901)
  132. Cleveland Suarez, "William McKinley" (1901)
  133. W.E. Dancer, "De Negro Problem" (1909)
  134. Ralph W. Tyler, "A Prayer" (1907)
  135. T. Thomas Fortune, "Love's Dominating Power" (1902)
  136. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "If" (1896)
  137. Hezekiah Butterworth, "Inspiration" (1903)
  138. Will H. Hendrickson, "Cova Up Yo' Head, Honey" (1906)
  139. Charles Bertram Johnson, "The Higher Morn" (1905)
  140. Paul Laurence dunbar, "With the Lark" (1896)
  141. Dora Lawrence, "Round de Fireplace Wid Rindy" (1906)
  142. Augustus M. Hodges, "In Dreamland" (1901)
  143. Aubrey Bowser, "The Brown and the Blue" (1909)
  144. Daniel B. Thompson, "Autumn" (1907)
  145. Effie D. Threet, "The Radiant Summertime" (1902)
  146. Robert Baylor West, "Prologue" (1908)
  147. Daniel Webster Davis, "I Can Trust" (1903)
  148. Julia L. Moseby, "A Soul to a Flower" (1903)
  149. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Unexpressed" (1896)
  150. Alice H. Cunningham, “A Sigh For Rest” (1906)
  151. James R. Tinus, "A Wise and Foolish Maid" (1905)
  152. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "with the Lark" (1896)
  153. James D. Corrothers, "The Snapping of the Bow" (1901)
  154. T. Thomas Fortune, "Love's Divinest Power" (1909)
  155. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Retrospection" (1896)
  156. Will H. Hendrickson, "The Coming of the Night" (1906)
  157. Louise Cass Evans, "Booker Washington" (1908)
  158. T. Bolden Steward, "The Nativity" (1902)
  159. James D. Corrothers, "To -------- (A Sonnet)" (1901)
  160. R. L. Simpson, "A Forest Hymn" (1909)
  161. Ralph W. Tyler, "The Simple Rule" (1907)
  162. Carrie Singleton, "The Jolly Little Brownskin Boy" (1902)
  163. George Reginald Margetson, "The Power of the Ballot" (1908)
  164. Clifford E. Jones, "Just a Friend" (1903)
  165. Charles Bertram Johnson, "Christmas" (1906)
  166. T. H. Malone, "The Song of the Rain" (1905)
  167. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Life" (1896)
  168. William Stanley Braithwaite, "In My Garden" (1901)
  169. Peter E. Browne, "Content With My Own Calling" (1909)
  170. Thomas H. Peterson, "Oh! Happy Youth" (1907)
  171. James Edward McCall, "Autumn" (1906)
  172. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Beyond the Years" (1908)
  173. Mrs. H. M. Reid, "Christmas Thoughts" (1902)
  174. Hilary Teague, "Poem" (1903)
  175. Benjamin Griffith Brawley, "The Bells of Notre Dame" (1901)
  176. T. Timothy Fortune, "Dreams of Life"
  177. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "John Greenleaf Whittier" (1896)
  178. William Stanley Braithwaite, "Love's Wayfaring" (1902)
  179. Theodore Henry Shackelford, "Paul Laurence Dunbar" (1908)