Negro Digest / Black World

CTL-E-0271 · Publication · magazine · 1942–1976

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Magazine founded by John H. Johnson; renamed Black World in 1970, it became a leading Black Arts Movement journal under Hoyt W. Fuller.

The record

Also known as: Negro Digest, Black World

Relationships

John H. Johnson — founded by
Johnson founded Negro Digest in November 1942; renamed Black World in 1970 (Wikipedia — Negro Digest)

Sources

Wikipedia — Negro Digest
Encyclopedia.com — Black World/Negro Digest

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