Black World: African-American Magazine formerly known as "Negro Digest", Five Issue Bound in One Volume

Black World: "Negro Digest"

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[African American] Black World: A Johnson Publication. Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, 588 pages total. Five magazine issues in library binding, 1970. Contains individual magazine covers in book binding. A five issue set of Black World from the months of May to October of 1970. The magazine was initially called Negro Digest and was founded by John H. Johnson in order to provide an African-American alternative to the broadly white focused Reader's Digest. Founded in 1942 the magazine experienced a collapse in 1950s but was revived in the 1960s as Black World. Reflecting the influence of the Black Power movement of the time, the magazine shifted its focus towards political, economic, and social issues effecting the black community at the time. The five volumes contained within this book contain poetry, short stories, reflections on pan-Africanism, examinations of racism, Swahili language studies, and continental African politics. Much of the content of the issues reflects a wider change at the apex of the Black Power movement in which the magazine pivoted towards the politics of continental Africa and the Caribbean, broadening the scope of the movement itself. Overall very good condition, pages 57-62 of September volume missing. Ultimately, the issues demonstrate a new moment in African-American politics following the Civil Rights Movement.

Item #20924

Price: $285.00