John H. Johnson

Black World [19 Issues]

Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, December 1971 - July 1974. Signature-bound octavo (5-3/8 x 7-5/8 inches) in photo-illustrated wraps, 98 pp.
Grouping of 19 Issues of John H. Johnson's Black World magazine.
Issues included:
February 1971: Vol. XX, No. 4
December 1971: Vol. XXI, No. 2. A conversation with Dudley Randall; Frantz Fanon: His 'Understanding'; Criticism and the Neo-African Author; "Marcus Garvey and Pan-Africanism" by Amy Jacques Garvey; "Home to Black Power" by Orde Coombs.
August 1971: Vol. XX, No. 10. "In Defense of Negritude" by Leopold Sedar Senghor; "The Black Experience: What is it?"; Poetry by Stanley Crouch, Alicia L. Johnson and others.
October 1971: Vol. XX, No. 20. Contributions by Chike Onwuachi, Lindsay Barrett, Carolyn Gerald. "Mama Hazel Takes to Her Bed" by Toni Cade Bambara.
November 1971: Vol. XXI, No. 1. Interview with C.L.R. James by Patrick Griffith; George Jackson; Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks, Sarah Webster Fabio, Keorapestse Kgositsile, Eugenia Collier.
February 1972: Vol. XXI, No. 4. "Black on Black" by Julian Mayfield. "Afro-American Militants in Africa" by Graham Du Bois; "What Toussaint L'Ouverture Can Teach Us" by Gwendolyn Midlo Hall.
June 1972: Vol. XXI, No. 8. "The Politics of Revolution: Afro-American Literature" by Addison Gayle Jr.; "Thematic Patterns in Baldwin's Essays" by Eugenia Collier; "The Relevancy of Don L. Lee As A Contemporary Black Poet" by Annette Oliver Shands.
November 1972: Vol. XXII, No. 1. "The Black Social Worker's Role in the Black Community" by Shirley Better; "Negritude: A Sense of Reality" by Roland E. Bush; "Perspectives on Adoption: Black Into White" by Maye H. Grant.
December 1972: Vol. XXII, No. 2. "Ellison, Gordone and Tolson: Some Notes on the Blues, Style and Space" by Ronald Walcott; "The Works of Frances E.W. Harper" by Linda N. Riggins; "Reflections on 'Language, Vision and the Black Writer' by P. Mego Ogbang.
February 1973: Vol. XXII, No. 4. "Black Nationalism: An Integral Tradition" by Rodney Carlisle; "Slave Revolt in the Caribbean" by John Henrik Clarke; "A Current History of Black Colleges" by Carlos H. Vernon.
March 1973: Vol. XXII, No. 5. Contemporary Afro-American Poetry as Folk Art; The Colonial Legacy : Uganda and the Asian Expulsion; George Lamming interviewed by George Kent.
April 1973: Vol. XXII, No. 6. The Annual Theater Issue with reports on New York City by Peter Bailey, Cleveland by Leatrice Emeruwa, Chicago by Eugene Perkins, Washington D.C. by Jeanne-Marie A. Miller, Atlanta by Barbara Molette, The South by Tom Dent, Seattle by Douglas Q. Barnett.
June 1973: Vol. XXII, No. 8. "Wit and Irony in Militant Black Poetry" by Ruthe Sheffey; "Gwendolyn Brooks as Novelist" by Annette Shands; "Nigeria, Alienation and The Novels of Chinua Achebe" by Omolara Leslie.
July 1973: Vol. XXII, No. 9. The Annual Cartoon Feature issue.
October 1973: Vol. XXII, No. 12. Interview with Julius Nyerere by Courtland Cox and Geri Stark; "The Death Walk Against Afrika" by Don L. Lee.
December 1973: Vol. XXIII, No. 2. "On Black Images and Blackness" by Kathryn L. Morgan; "Black Politics and Cable TV" by Oliver Gray.
April 1974: Vol. XXIII, No. 6. The Annual Theater Issue with reports on New York City by Peter Bailey, Cleveland by Leatrice Emeruwa, Chicago by Eugene Perkins, Detroit by Claudette Smith, Washington D.C. by Jeanne-Marie A. Miller, Atlanta by Barbara Molette, San Francisco Bay Area by Sandra L. Richards, Los Angeles by Arthur Trammell and Mattie Kennedy.
May 1974: Vol. XXIII, No. 7. "Perspective on Black Acting" by Ernie McClintock; "Do Clothes Unmake the Man?" by Judith Rollins.
July 1974:Vol. XXIII, No. 9. Thomas A. Dorsey interviewed by Alfred Duckett; "The Novels of Hal Bennett, Part II" by Ronald Walcott.
Each issue has additional articles, poetry, essays, and contributions and those listed in this description are only a partial inventory of contents---additional contents/issue can be made available upon request. Most issues are in good to very good condition; although, there are a couple in fair condition only because the text block has begun to separate from wraps. Most issues are strong and good with some wear and creasing, bruising/chipping to wraps. Some are subscription issues. All clean and unmarked. Item #2890

Price: $350.00