The Michigan Citizen

The Michigan Citizen
Type	Weekly newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Publisher	Catherine Kelly
Founded	1978
Language	English
Ceased publication	2014
Headquarters	1055 Trumbull Detroit, MI 48216 United States
Circulation	56,000
Website	michigancitizen.com

The Michigan Citizen (sometimes called just Michigan Citizen) was a weekly newspaper distributed in Detroit. 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.^[1]

Charles and his wife, Teresa, founded The Michigan Citizen newspaper on their dining-room table in Benton Harbor, Michigan, 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.^[1] 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.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "About Us". The Michigan Citizen. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
^ "Michigan Citizen ends publication". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
^ Jackman, Michael. "R.I.P. Michigan Citizen". Detroit Metro Times. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
^ "The Michigan Citizen Calls It Quits". www.deadlinedetroit.com. Retrieved 2018-08-29.

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