Negro Digest, Volume 17, Number 3

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Publication of "Negro Digest" featuring two (2) black and white images, one of Richard Wright on the right side, middle, and one of Ron Karenga in the lower left corner. At the top in white text is the title, date, and price [Negro Digest/JANUARY 1968 A JOHNSON PUBLICATION 35¢]. On the left side in a red square is black and white text of a featured article [A Survey/BLACK WRITERS/SPEAK OUT ON/LITERARY LIONS/AND VALUES/Richard Wright/"The Leading Lion"]. On the left side, in the middle, is a white rectangle with black text with the publication subject [THE CRISIS OF/THE BLACK/INTELLECTUAL]. In the lower right quadrant is an additional red rectangle, also with white and black text [RON KARENGA/and BLACK/CULTURAL NATIONALISM]. Also found within the publication is a white business card with black text [OFFICE 201 - 648-5528 RES. 201 - 676-6846/Roy L. Hill/CHAIRMAN/DEPARTMENT OF BLACK STUDIES/RUTGERS UNIVERSITY/NEWARK, N. J. 07102].

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