BLK Vol. 2 No. 6

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This is the 19th issue of BLK Magazine published June 1990. The front covers features an black and white image of Barbara Smith from the waist up in a sweater as her face leans into her left hand, which is rested on a table. She is wearing a pair of small hoops on her ears and a ring on her right hand. In the upper left corner [BLK] is printed in large, bold, white uppercase letters within a blue rectangular box, with the “K” partially obscured by the image of Smith. The date and issue [Vol. 2, No. 6, Whole No. 19, June 1990] are printed [below] the BLK box in white text. Below, [Barbara Smith] is printed in white text, with [HER WEAPON IS / THE WRITTEN WORD] in blue text. In the right, upper corner, a blue rectangular box is position diagonally, covering Smith’s head.

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