- 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.




