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Negro Digest vol. 1 no. 5

March 1943

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

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Negro Digest, volume 1, number 5, featuring a round table discussion entitled, [Is Civil Disobedience Practical to Win Civil Rights] with pros and cons provided by A. Phillip Randolph and the Pittsburgh Courier. Other featured articles include, [King Of The Cow Country] by Zora Neale Hurston, [‘Thou, God, Seest me’] by Mary McLeod Bethune, and [Patterns of Segregation] by Charles S. Johnson in the book section. The front cover has a blue banner with the mast head at top that reads [NEGRO DIGEST] in centered, white block lettering. A magenta, 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 magenta lines.

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Catalog reference: 2015.122.3

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