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''The Michigan Citizen'' (sometimes called just ''Michigan Citizen'') was a weekly newspaper distributed in
Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at t ...
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Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
. ''The Michigan Citizen'' has been published on Sundays since November 1978. Charles D. Kelly (1932-2006) was the newspaper's founding publisher. ''The Michigan Citizen'' was a publication for Michigan's African-American and progressive-minded community. Charles and his wife, Teresa, founded ''The Michigan Citizen'' newspaper on their dining-room table in
Benton Harbor, Michigan Benton Harbor is a city in Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is 46 miles southwest of Kalamazoo and 71 miles southwest of Grand Rapids. According to the 2020 census, its population was 9,103. It is the smaller, by population, o ...
, in November 1978. He grew the paper from a 12-page tabloid with an original circulation of 3000 distributed in the Benton Harbor area to a 16-page broadsheet with a statewide circulation of 56,000. He opened a Detroit-area office of the paper in 1985. ''The Michigan Citizen'' was the official newspaper for the city of
Highland Park, Michigan Highland Park is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,977 at the 2020 census. Along with its neighbor of Hamtramck, Highland Park is an enclave city surrounded by the city of Detroit. History The area tha ...
. Since its beginning, the paper has maintained a strong pro-community, progressive editorial stance. ''The Michigan Citizen'' ceased operations in 2014, publishing its last weekly edition on December 28, 2014.


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