Published by
Johnson Publishing Company, American, 1942 - 2019
Date
May 1975
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (19.1 x 13.3 cm)
Description
The May 1975 issue of Black World magazine. The title appears across the top of the cover in white text against a black background: [Black World / May 1975 A Johnson Publication 75cents]. The cover features a bright orange rendition of the continent of Africa over two black-and-white photographs. The top image depicts young men and women in a classroom seated at typewriters. The bottom image depicts a crowd of standing men. Within the outline of Africa are the headlines [United States / Ecology of Inequality: / An American Dilemma / Africa / Southern African Detente: / What Does It Mean? / Pan-Africanism: / The Tyranny of a / Purist Ideology / Israel / Original Hebrew / Israelite Nation: / An Interview. The interior contents include the cover feature articles along with features on the Senegalese sculptor Lamidi Fakeye, the Colombian artist Cogollo, poetry by Frank Marshall Davis, and a fiction work by Bari Barrow. There are 88 pages total. The back cover has an article on the Senegalese intellectual Alioune Diop accompanied by a full-length black-and-white photograph portrait of Diop standing in front of a framed painting of another man.
Place printed
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted
Senegal, West Africa, Africa
South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
Colombia, Latin America, North and Central America
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
Books and Published Materials
Movement
Pan Africanism
Type
pamphlets
Topic
Africa
Art
Black Press
International affairs
Judaism
Mass media
Poetry
Politics
Religion
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg
Object number
2010.55.128
Restrictions & Rights
© 1975 Johnson Publishing Company, Inc
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58d6547f3-c1af-47db-9b76-edaabd2c8f41

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