Negro Digest
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The Negro Digest, later renamed Black World, was a magazine for the African-American market. Founded in November 1942 by publisher John H. Johnson of Johnson Publishing Company, Negro Digest was first
April 1947 Negro Digest cover featuring Chicago Veterans Administration worker Carolyn Pegues.
Black Arts Movement
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The Black Arts Movement was an African-American-led art movement that was active during the 1960s and 1970s. Through activism and art, BAM created new cultural institutions and conveyed a message of b
Negro Digest
…community. Although Negro Digest/Black World gave way to other African-American magazines such as Ebony, Jet and Essence, it significantly impacted the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and early '70s, and as well as literary work showcased reproductions of artworks. In the words of Chris Brancaccio: "Negro Digest/Black…
Nikki Giovanni, a participant in the Black Arts Movement
Novelist James Baldwin on the Albert Memorial, Kensington Gardens, London
Ntozake Shange (1978), author of for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf