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Negro Digest/Black World

Negro Digest/Black World

Launched in 1942 as an African American answer to Reader’s Digest, the Chicago-based Negro Digest was the first of several popular black periodicals founded by John H. Johnson, later the publisher of Ebony and Jet.  Revived in the 1960s, the Digest exchanged its original good-news policy for a more combative Pan-Africanist stance under the editorship of Hoyt Fuller.  Its revised title, Black World, reflected Fuller’s embrace of the vision and terminology of the Black Power movement.  The FBI kept a file on the magazine during both of its incarnations, scrutinizing its contents from 1942 to 1975.

Negro Digest/Black World Part 1

Negro Digest/Black World Part 2

Negro Digest/Black World Part 3

Negro Digest/Black World Part 4

Title
Negro Digest/Black World

Description
FBI documents studying Negro Digest/Black World.

Creator
FBI

Publisher
FBI

Date
1942-1975

Rights
Material is in the public domain.

Format
text, 163 PDFs, 400 ppi

Language
English

Type
text

Coverage
1942-1975