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Colored American Magazine

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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. 

 

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