<I>Negro Digest vol. 1 no. 4</I>
date: label: Date
content: February 1943
name: label: Published by
content: Johnson Publishing Company, American, 1942 - 2019
label: Edited by
content: John Harold Johnson, American, 1918 - 2005
label: Written by
content: Walter F. White, American, 1893 - 1955
label: Written by
content: Eleanor Roosevelt, American, 1884 - 1962
label: Written by
content: W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963
label: Written by
content: Bernard James Sheil D.D., American, 1888 - 1910
notes: label: Description
content: Negro Digest, volume 1, number 4, featuring a round table discussion entitled, [The Case Against the Negro Press] with pros and cons provided by Eleanor Roosevelt and Walter White, as well as an article entitled [Black Voices In The Peace] by W. E. B. Du Bois. The front cover has a green banner with the mast head at top that reads [NEGRO DIGEST] in centered, white block lettering. An orange, vertical banner runs down the binding edge, with a white circle with [25¢] printed in the center in green type. The main body of front cover is an off-white field filled with mostly green type, with the subtitle of the magazine, [A Magazine Of Negro Comment], centered at the top, between two green lines in orange type. The rest of the off-white field features the table of contents of the magazine, including a roundtable discussion, eighteen (18) articles, a book section and features section with corresponding authors and page numbers listed. There is a green banner at the bottom with [FEBRUARY 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 orange banner running along the top, and a thin green banner running along the bottom. Centered below the orange banner, an off-white background is an outlined box with three wavy lines on the left and right sides with text printed inside that reads [IF I WERE A NEGRO…]. The text below reads [¶ Fruits of victory must come / to all peoples, regardless of race] followed by the titles of the back cover article printed in script [Eyes On The Future] by Rt. Rev. Bernard J. Sheil, and four paragraphs of text below. Text at the bottom reads [(Continued Inside Back Cover)]. There is a notation on the back cover, top center, handwritten in pencil that reads [[---?] 7/16].
place: label: Place printed
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Resistance
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
label: Exhibition
content: Making a Way Out of No Way
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Courtesy of Johnson Publishing Company, LLC
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.122.2
objectType: label: Type
content: magazines (periodicals)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Johnson Publishing Company Archive, Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Closed): 7 7/8 × 5 1/4 × 3/16 in. (20 × 13.4 × 0.5 cm)