The Colored American (Washington, D.C.)

This article is about the Washington, D.C. newspaper. For the New York newspaper that started publication in 1836, see The Colored American (New York City).

This article is about the newspaper. For the magazine that started publication in 1900, see The Colored American Magazine.

The Colored American

Front page of the November 25, 1899 edition
Type	Weekly newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Publisher	Edward Elder Cooper
Founded	1893
Language	English
Ceased publication	1904
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.

The Colored American was a weekly newspaper published in Washington, D.C., from 1893 to 1904 by Edward Elder Cooper. It frequently featured the works of journalists John Edward Bruce and Richard W. Thompson.^[1]

The weekly publication promoted itself as "A National Negro Newspaper."^[2] It had stories on the achievements of African Americans across the United States, often with more original reporting than other newspapers, which frequently copied one another. Prominent black journalists contributed to the Colored American. An annual subscription cost $2.00.^[1]

The paper took editorial positions in favor of expanded rights and better conditions for blacks, and generally supported Republicans. It tended to ally with the positions of Booker T. Washington, who may have offered financial support. Civil rights advocate and lecturer Mary Church Terrell gave financial support and wrote a column for the paper.^[1]

Partly because of debts, the publication ceased in November 1904.^[1]

See also

• The Rights of All
• Freedom's Journal
• Newspapers founded in Washington, D.C. during the 18th- and 19th-centuries

The Colored American newspaper nameplate in 1899

References

1. "About The colored American. (Washington, D.C.) 1893-19??". Library of Congress.
2. American, The Colored (1904-10-29), English: The Colored American - Vol. XI, No. 22 - October 29, 1904 (PDF), retrieved 2020-09-01