BLK Vol. 3 No. 4

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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.

This is the 29th issue of BLK Magazine published April 1991. The front cover, printed with a red tint, features a black and white image of Willis Oliver, Jr, who is pictured sitting down, visible from the wait up with a nature-like background of a large rock and short foliage. Oliver’s hands are crossed at the center, with them looking off into the distance. They are dressed in what is presumably a white thawb (an ankle-length garment, usually with long sleeves) and is wearing presumably a keffiyeh and an igal (a black cord, worn doubled) on their head. At the top and centered off to the left, [BLK] is printed in bold, white, uppercase letters within a red rectangular box. Above the text box in small, white, uppercase letters it reads [THE NATIONAL BLACK LESBIAN AND GAY NEWSMAGAZINE], fitting across the length of the textbox.

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