- Published by
- Johnson Publishing Company, American, 1942 - 2019
- Edited by
- Johnson, John Harold, American, 1918 - 2005
- Date
- November 1942
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 7 5/8 × 5 3/8 × 3/16 in. (19.4 × 13.7 × 0.5 cm)
- H x W x D (Open): 7 5/8 × 10 11/16 × 1 1/2 in. (19.4 × 27.1 × 3.8 cm)
- Description
- Negro Digest, volume 1, number 1 (first issue). The front cover has a blue banner with the mast head at top that reads [NEGRO DIGEST] in centered, white block lettering. A red, vertical banner runs down the binding edge, with a white circle with [25¢] printed in the center in blue type. The main body of front cover is an off-white field with blue type, with the subtitle of the magazine, [A Magazine of Negro Comment], centered at the top, between two red lines. The remainder of the off-white field features the magazine's table of contents of the magazine, including a roundtable discussion, twenty (20) articles, a book section and special features section with corresponding authors and page numbers listed. There is a blue banner at the bottom with [NOVEMBER 1942] centered in white type. This magazine issue has sixty-six (66) pages, are off-white with black type throughout, and has some graphics included. The back cover has a thin red banner running along the top, and a thin blue banner running along the bottom. Centered below the red banner, on an off-white background is blue text that reads [ARMS / FOR THE / ARMY] with a graphic to the left of the title, and three paragraphs of text below advertising Negro Digest as a gift for men in military service. Text at the bottom reads [(Continued Inside Back Cover).].
- Place printed
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Books and Published Materials
- Topic
- Black Press
- Business
- Identity
- Mass media
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Courtesy of Johnson Publishing Company, LLC
- Object number
- 2015.122.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Johnson Publishing Company Archive
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




