<I>Negro Digest vol. 1 no. 1</I>
date: label: Date
content: November 1942
name: label: Published by
content: Johnson Publishing Company, American, 1942 - 2019
label: Edited by
content: John Harold Johnson, American, 1918 - 2005
notes: label: Description
content: Negro Digest, volume 1, number 1 (first issue). The front cover has a blue banner with the mast head at top that reads [NEGRO DIGEST] in centered, white block lettering. A red, vertical banner runs down the binding edge, with a white circle with [25¢] printed in the center in blue type. The main body of front cover is an off-white field with blue type, with the subtitle of the magazine, [A Magazine of Negro Comment], centered at the top, between two red lines. The remainder of the off-white field features the magazine's table of contents of the magazine, including a roundtable discussion, twenty (20) articles, a book section and special features section with corresponding authors and page numbers listed. There is a blue banner at the bottom with [NOVEMBER 1942] centered in white type. This magazine issue has sixty-six (66) pages, are off-white with black type throughout, and has some graphics included. The back cover has a thin red banner running along the top, and a thin blue banner running along the bottom. Centered below the red banner, on an off-white background is blue text that reads [ARMS / FOR THE / ARMY] with a graphic to the left of the title, and three paragraphs of text below advertising Negro Digest as a gift for men in military service. Text at the bottom reads [(Continued Inside Back Cover).].
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
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
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: 2015.122.1
objectType: label: Type
content: magazines (periodicals)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Johnson Publishing Company Archive
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 5/8 × 5 3/8 × 3/16 in. (19.4 × 13.7 × 0.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Open): 7 5/8 × 10 11/16 × 1 1/2 in. (19.4 × 27.1 × 3.8 cm)