Published by
Johnson Publishing Company, American, 1942 - 2019
Subject of
Negro Digest, American, 1942 - 1976
Date
1968
Medium
ink on paper with metal
Dimensions
H x W x D: 7 5/8 × 5 5/16 × 3/16 in. (19.4 × 13.5 × 0.5 cm)
H x W x D (Open): 7 5/8 × 10 5/8 × 3/16 in. (19.4 × 27 × 0.5 cm)
Description
An issue of Negro Digest magazine. The front cover is black and green with white type that reads: [Negro Digest / Sept./Oct. 1968 A Johnson Publication 50¢ / The Annual Poetry Issue / Black Poets and Their Publications].The content of the magazine runs from page three to ninety-eight. Publications include works by Gwendolyn Brooks, Dudley Randall, Sonia Sanchez, Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka), Mari Evans, Michael Harper, Jay Wright, Etheridge Knight and many others. There are also articles by Don L. Lee and Keorapetse Kgositsile.
Place made
1820 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement
BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
Type
magazines (periodicals)
Topic
Black Press
Literature
Mass media
Poetry
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2014.76.13
Restrictions & Rights
© Negro Digest
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd529c7e590-0829-4cb2-b7f0-9e4ddac5a2e6

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