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Negro Digest / Black World
CTL Thin Brief · CTL-TB-000081 · Published 2026-10-09
Thin Brief — a short evidence sketch, not a full research brief.
Where did the Black Arts Movement argue with itself in print?
Key facts
- John H. Johnson founded Negro Digest in 1942 as a magazine of Black thought and letters. SUPPORTED
- Renamed Black World in 1970, the magazine became a leading journal of the Black Arts Movement. VERIFIED
- Under editor Hoyt W. Fuller, Black World published the movement's writers, critics, and debates through the early 1970s. VERIFIED
- The magazine ceased publication in 1976, closing a 34-year run as Black America's journal of ideas. SUPPORTED
Sources
- CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph entity CTL-E-0271 (Negro Digest / Black World)
- BlackPast.org — Hoyt W. Fuller entry
Evidence grades: VERIFIED — strong primary or multiple corroborating sources. SUPPORTED — credible, partly corroborated. PROVISIONAL — single source or general knowledge, uncorroborated.
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