Colored Citizen and The Colored Citizen were newspapers published for African Americans in the United States. Newspapers using the title were published in many cities including in 1867 in
Vicksburg, Mississippi during the
Reconstruction era, the state's first newspaper for African Americans.[1] Many of the papers seem to have existed only briefly.
Colored Citizen (Cincinnati) published in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1863.[2] It was one of two African-American newspapers started during the Civil War and it covered interests of African-Americans fighting in the war. The paper was also commonly called the "Soldier's Organ". It was published by John P. Sampson and stopped production in 1865.[3]
Colored Citizen (Jackson) established in 1870 in Jackson, Mississippi by James D. Lynch of Hinds County. It was the third Black newspaper to be created in Mississippi.[1]
Colored Citizen (Fort Scott) published by the Eagleson Brothers in Fort Scott and Topeka, Kansas from 1878 to 1880[4]
Colored Citizen (Montgormery) published in Montgomery, Alabama in 1884[5]