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Negro Digest vol. 1 no. 1

November 1942

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

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.

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Catalog reference: 2015.122.1

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