- Published by
- Johnson Publishing Company, American, 1942 - 2019
- Edited by
- Johnson, John Harold, American, 1918 - 2005
- Written by
- Hughes, Langston, American, 1902 - 1967
- Johnson, John Harold, American, 1918 - 2005
- Date
- July 1943
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 7 3/4 × 5 3/8 × 1/4 in. (19.7 × 13.7 × 0.6 cm)
- Description
- Negro Digest, volume 1, number 9, featuring a round table discussion entitled, [The Case Against Segregation], with a con argument provided by Langston Hughes. The front cover has a dark pink banner with the mast head at top that reads [NEGRO DIGEST] in centered, white block lettering. A purple, vertical banner runs down the binding edge, with a white circle with [25¢] printed in the center in purple type. The main body of front cover is an off-white field with purple type, with the subtitle of the magazine, [A Magazine Of Negro Comment], centered at the top, between two purple lines in dark pink type. The rest of the off-white field features the table of contents of the magazine, including a roundtable discussion, twenty (20) articles and a book section with corresponding authors and page numbers listed. There is a dark pink banner at the bottom with [JULY 1943] centered in white type. This magazine issue is has eighty-two (82) pages, are off-white with black type throughout, and has some graphics and black and white images included. The back cover has a thin dark pink banner running along the top, and a thin purple banner running along the bottom. Centered below the dark pink banner is an off-white field with a title printed at the top that reads [From The Editor] by John H. Johnson followed by seven (7) paragraphs of text below.
- Place printed
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Topic
- Black Press
- Business
- Identity
- Mass media
- Resistance
- Segregation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Courtesy of Johnson Publishing Company, LLC
- Object number
- 2015.122.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Johnson Publishing Company, Inc
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.