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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. 

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. 

Here are some of the poems published in "Colored American Magazine" (1900-1909): 

William Stanley Braithwaite
A Group of Lyrics, February 1904
Holly Berry and Mistletoe: Lyrics, December 1901
In My Lady’s Praise, August 1903
Keepers of the Temple, September 1909
A Leave Taking, September 1901
A Little Song, September 1901
Love Lyrics (“A Little World,” “Two on the Cliffs”), September 1901
Love’s Wayfaring, August 1902
The Quality of Color, May 1902
Lyrics for June, June 1902
Near the End of April, May 1904
The Returning Road of Dreams, May 1904, July 1904
A Song of Living, January 1909
Thanksgiving, November 1901
To Beatrice, September 1901


James D. Corrothers
An Awful Problem Solved, November 1903
A Dixie Thanksgivin’ (in “Three Negro Poets”), April 1901
The Gift of the Greatest God, December 1901
Greatness, March 1902
Juny at the Gate, May 1902
The Lost Pearl, March 1904
Me ‘N’ Dunbar, July 1901
Ministerial Courtesy, August 1904
The Psalm of a Race, March 1903
The River in the Dells, July 1904
The Snapping of the Bow, May 1901
A Thanksgivin’ Turkey (in “Three Negro Poets”), April 1901
To ——– (A Sonnet), November 1901
Years That Are to Come, January 1905


Paul Laurence Dunbar
Accountability (in “Three Negro Poets”), April 1901 (rpt. January 1907)
Beyond the Years, January 1908
By the Stream, June 1908
The Colored Soldiers, December 1906 (rpt. August 1909)
Compensation, January 1905
Disappointed, June 1908
Foolin’ Wif de Seasons (in “Three Negro Poets”), April 1901
Frederick Douglass, February-March 1908 (rpt. February 1909)
If, July 1908
John Greenleaf Whittier, December 1907
Life (in “Three Negro Poets”), April 1901
A Plea (in “Three Negro Poets”), April 1901
Preparation, March 1909
Religion, March 1907
Retrospection, May 1907
Soliloquy of a Turkey, January 1907
Spring Song, April 1907 (rpt. April 1908)
Time to Tinker Roun’ (in “Three Negro Poets”), April 1901
Unexpressed, January 1907
With the Lark (in “Three Negro Poets”), April 1901


T. Thomas Fortune 
Abraham Lincoln (January-February 1902)
 

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. James D. Corrothers, "Me 'n' Dunbar" (1901)
  5. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Spring Song" (1896)
  6. A.R. Abbott, "'Neath the Crown and Maple Leaf" (1901)
  7. Mrs. J.M. Powell, "Praise the Living" (1908)
  8. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "A Plea" (1901)
  9. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Dawn" (1896)
  10. Colonel Charles Young, "A Latter-Day Eden" (1902)
  11. Frederick Douglass by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1896)
  12. William Stanley Braithwaite, "Thanksgiving" (1904)
  13. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Frederick Douglass" (1895)
  14. Daniel Webster Davis, "A Rose" (1895)
  15. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Unexpressed" (1896)
  16. D. Webster Davis, "Jes' Gib Him One Ub Mine" (1901)
  17. Augustus M. Hodges, "The Mother's Question" (1901)
  18. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Disappointed" (1896)
  19. Benjamin Griffith Brawley, "The Bells of Notre Dame" (1901)
  20. Daniel B. Thompson, "Autumn" (1907)
  21. Charles Bertram Johnson, "A Shell" (1905)
  22. Daniel Webster Davis, "I Can Trust" (1895)
  23. T. Grant Gilmore, "The Twenty-Fifth Infantry" (1907)
  24. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Retrospection" (1896)
  25. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "By the Stream" (1896)
  26. William Stanley Braithwaite, "Holly Berry and Mistletoe: Lyrics" (1901)
  27. Ralph W. Tyler, "The Simple Rule" (1907)
  28. Daniel Webster Davis, "Stickin' To De Hoe" (1895)
  29. Augustus M. Hodges, "In Dreamland" (1901)
  30. Thomas H. Peterson, "Oh! Happy Youth" (1907)
  31. Violette Neatly Blackwell, "Childhood's Memory" (1901)
  32. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "John Greenleaf Whittier" (1896)
  33. William Stanley Braithwaite, "Easter Day" (1901)
  34. Daniel Webster Davis, "Skeetin' On De Ice" (1895)
  35. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "The Path" (1896)
  36. Benjamin Griffith Brawley, "Prayer-Bells" (1901)
  37. Ralph Hodgson, "The Hammers" (1907)
  38. James D. Corrothers, "The Gift of the Greatest God" (1901)
  39. C. Henry Holmes, "A Memorial of Frederick Douglass" (1900)
  40. Louise Alston Burleigh, "Sandy Andy Lindo Mo'" (1907)
  41. James D. Corrothers, "A Thanksgivin' Turkey" (1901)
  42. Louise Cass Evans, "Booker Washington" (1908)
  43. William Stanley Braithwaite, "A Little World" (1901)
  44. Langston Aray, "A Punished Pun" (1907)
  45. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "If" (1896)
  46. Robert Hamilton, "Home" (1902)
  47. H. Harrison Wayman, "Chicamauga" (1905)
  48. James D. Corrothers, "A Dixie Thanksgivin'" (1901)
  49. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Beyond the Years" (1908)
  50. William Stanley Braithwaite, "Two on the Cliffs" (1901)
  51. T. Thomas Fortune, "I Make My Bed of Roses" (1905)
  52. Robert Baylor West, "Prologue" (1908)
  53. Benjamin Griffith Brawley, "New Wars" (1900)
  54. George B. Thornton, "The Trial on Mount Olympus" (1905)
  55. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Time to Tinker Roun'" (1901)
  56. John Riley Dungee, "Unwritten History" (1901)
  57. Joseph G. Bryant, "The Tenth Cavalry, U.S.A." (1907)
  58. Ralph W. Tyler, "The Negro Editor" (1908)
  59. William Stanley Braithwaite, "To Beatrice" (1901)
  60. Josephine Turpin Washington, "To Elizabeth" (1907)
  61. George Reginald Margetson, "The Power of the Ballot" (1908)
  62. Augustus M. Hodges, "The Christmas Reunion" (1900)
  63. Paul Laurence dunbar, "With the Lark" (1896)
  64. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Religion" (1896)
  65. William Stanley Braithwaite, "A Leave Taking" (1901)
  66. Gertrude H. Dorsey Brown, "The Untold" (1907)
  67. Theodore Henry Shackelford, "Paul Laurence Dunbar" (1908)
  68. Alonzo Milton Skrine, "The Negro's Worth" (1900)
  69. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "with the Lark" (1896)
  70. James D. Corrothers, "The Snapping of the Bow" (1901)
  71. Josephine Heard, "The Black Samson" (1890)
  72. Cleveland Suarez, "William McKinley" (1901)
  73. Carrie Williams Clifford, "The Way of Life" (1907)
  74. Hattie E. Wallace, "Winter's Shrouds" (1901)
  75. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Life" (1896)
  76. William Stanley Braithwaite, "In My Garden" (1901)
  77. Will H. Hendrickson, "Selfishness" (1907)
  78. T. Thomas Fortune, "We Know No More" (1905)
  79. Olivia Seivis, "Rural Night Scenes" (1907)
  80. Charles Bertram Johnson, "The Cup of Knowledge" (1905)
  81. Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Foolin Wid De Seasons" (1901)
  82. Ada M. Wright, "The Friend I Love" (1901)
  83. William Stanley Braithwaite, "June" (1901)
  84. I. Dwight Fairfield, "The Ideal" (1907)
  85. Omah Neal, "The Colored Girl" (1908)
  86. James D. Corrothers, "To -------- (A Sonnet)" (1901)
  87. Ralph W. Tyler, "A Prayer" (1907)
  88. James D. Corrothers, "Years That Are To Come" (1905)