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.
The Colored American, February 1901
Park Square office, 1902
Pauline Hopkins. c. 1901
2nd Lt. William H. Dupree (April 1, 1865)
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Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins was an American novelist, journalist, playwright, historian, and editor. A noted contributor to the racial, political, and feminist discourse of the time, Hopkins was among t
The Colored American Magazine
…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. In a 1904 hostile takeover involving Booker T. Washington, Fred Randolph Moore purchased the magazine and replaced Hopkins…
Original cover of Contending Forces (1900)
Original cover of the magazine in which Of One Blood was first published (November 1902).
Cover of New Era Magazine, issue 1 vol. 1 (February 1916)