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hproduct"><caption class="infobox-title fn"><i>BLK</i></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Editor</th><td class="infobox-data">Alan Bell</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Categories</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Newsmagazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Newsmagazine">Newsmagazine</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Frequency</th><td class="infobox-data">Monthly</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_magazines_by_circulation" title="List of magazines by circulation">Circulation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">37,000 per month</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data">Alan Bell</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First issue</th><td class="infobox-data">December 1988</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Final issue</th><td class="infobox-data">1994</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company</th><td class="infobox-data">BLK Publishing Company, Inc.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">USA</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Based in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.blk.com">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:1043-0075">1043-0075</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>BLK</b></i> was a monthly <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> <a href="/wiki/Newsmagazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Newsmagazine">newsmagazine</a>, similar in format to <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Advocate_(LGBT_magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Advocate (LGBT magazine)">The Advocate</a></i>, which targeted its coverage of people, events and issues to African-American <a href="/wiki/LGBT" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT">LGBT</a> readers. </p><p>Published in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, the magazine was initially distributed free to local <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">black</a> establishments frequented by <a href="/wiki/LGBT" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT">lesbians and gay men</a>, but distribution rapidly expanded to nearly all LGBT venues in <a href="/wiki/Greater_Los_Angeles_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Greater Los Angeles Area">Greater Los Angeles</a>. Its early coverage of the local black LGBT scene soon enlarged to a nationwide and international focus, and eventually to national and <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canadian</a> distribution.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sub-titled "The National Black Lesbian and Gay Newsmagazine", with the <a href="/wiki/Motto" title="Motto">motto</a> "where the news is colored on purpose", <i>BLK</i> (always capitalized) took its name from the standard abbreviation used in U.S. <a href="/wiki/Personal_ad" class="mw-redirect" title="Personal ad">personal ads</a> for "black", i.e. a person of <a href="/wiki/Sub-Saharan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sub-Saharan">sub-Saharan</a> racial descent.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BLK_(magazine)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alan Bell, an African-American graphic designer who had published <i><a href="/wiki/Gaysweek" title="Gaysweek">Gaysweek</a></i> for three years in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> during the late 1970s, was urged to start a news periodical for black lesbians and gay men by black LGBT AIDS activists such as <a href="/wiki/Phill_Wilson" title="Phill Wilson">Phill Wilson</a>. But at first he resisted renewing a commitment to professional <a href="/wiki/Publishing" title="Publishing">publishing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cathy_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cathy-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bell had, however, founded Black Jack, a black gay men's <a href="/wiki/Safe_sex" title="Safe sex">safer sex</a> <a href="/wiki/Sex_club" title="Sex club">club</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>. It was not long before the dearth of reliable information in print about African-American LGBTs and about the <a href="/wiki/HIV" title="HIV">HIV</a> crisis among them evoked his efforts to fill an unmet need. Eventually he concluded that the natural next step from the eight-page newsletter he found himself producing monthly for members of Black Jack was expansion, and <i>BLK</i> was born.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bell set out to establish <i>BLK</i> as a regular, predominantly <a href="/wiki/Hard_news" class="mw-redirect" title="Hard news">hard news</a> alternative to the <a href="/wiki/Infotainment" title="Infotainment">infotainment</a>-oriented publications that intermittently appeared in America's black gay communities.<sup id="cite_ref-Alan_Bell:_BLK_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alan_Bell:_BLK-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bell chose the magazine's name to adhere to a tradition among national African-American publications of employing racially indicative titles (e.g., <i><a href="/wiki/Ebony_(magazine)" title="Ebony (magazine)">Ebony</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Jet_(magazine)" title="Jet (magazine)">Jet</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Onyx_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Onyx (comics)">Onyx</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Sepia_(magazine)" title="Sepia (magazine)">Sepia</a></i>). Initially pronounced as is the word "black", use of the initials in spoken English gradually became customary. </p><p>Beginning as a 16-page black-and-white newsprint throwaway in 1988, it had grown to 40 pages with glossy color covers, paid circulation, and national product advertising by the time it ceased publication in mid-1994.<sup id="cite_ref-Alan_Bell:_BLK_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alan_Bell:_BLK-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Content_and_coverage">Content and coverage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BLK_(magazine)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Content and coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although the first issue had a <a href="/wiki/Beefcake" title="Beefcake">beefcake</a> cover (a muscular black man clad only in the traditional <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus" title="Santa Claus">Santa</a>'s hat and whiskers, shown with the magazine's coyly-placed <a href="/wiki/Logo" title="Logo">logo</a>), subsequent covers usually pictured a prominent African-American LGBT featured in the "BLK Interview" or photographically illustrated a theme of the month. </p><p>Among those interviewed were singer <a href="/wiki/Patti_LaBelle" title="Patti LaBelle">Patti LaBelle</a> (August 1990);<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pornography" title="Pornography">porn</a> star Randy Cochran (March 1989);<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> poet <a href="/wiki/Audre_Lorde" title="Audre Lorde">Audre Lorde</a> (April 1989);<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carl Bean, founder of the Minority AIDS Project and of the Unity Fellowship Church (July 1989),<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Black AIDS Institute founder <a href="/wiki/Phill_Wilson" title="Phill Wilson">Phill Wilson</a> (October 1990);<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amassi and BMX founder <a href="/wiki/Cleo_Manago" title="Cleo Manago">Cleo Manago</a> (March 1990);<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> documentary-maker <a href="/wiki/Marlon_Riggs" title="Marlon Riggs">Marlon Riggs</a> (April 1990);<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Marjorie Hill, CEO of <a href="/wiki/Gay_Men%27s_Health_Crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay Men's Health Crisis">Gay Men's Health Crisis</a> (August 1990).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Complete_list_of_cover_stories">Complete list of cover stories</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BLK_(magazine)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Complete list of cover stories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Whole </th> <th>Vol. </th> <th>No. </th> <th>Cover Story </th> <th>Cover Person </th></tr> <tr> <td>December 1988</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>"Santa Claus"</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 1989</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>"Remembering Sylvester"</td> <td>Sylvester </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 1989</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>"J'ai, The Lady Sings the Blues"</td> <td>J'ai </td></tr> <tr> <td>March 1989</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>"Randy Cochran"</td> <td>Randy Cochran </td></tr> <tr> <td>April 1989</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>"Oh, Lorde"</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Audre_Lorde" title="Audre Lorde">Audre Lorde</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 1989</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>"Talking about Ayofemi"</td> <td>Ayofemi Stowe Folayan </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 1989</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>7</td> <td>"It Happened to Me"</td> <td>Roger V Pamplin, Jr. </td></tr> <tr> <td>July 1989</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td>8</td> <td>"Rev. Carl Bean"</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carl_Bean" title="Carl Bean">Carl Bean</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>August 1989</td> <td>9</td> <td>1</td> <td>9</td> <td>"James Baldwin"</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Baldwin" title="James Baldwin">James Baldwin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>September 1989</td> <td>10</td> <td>1</td> <td>10</td> <td>"Working Inside"</td> <td>Keith C. St. John </td></tr> <tr> <td>October 1989</td> <td>11</td> <td>1</td> <td>11</td> <td>"Black and Not Gay"</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Augustus_Stallings,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="George Augustus Stallings, Jr.">Rev. George Stallings, Jr.</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>November 1989</td> <td>12</td> <td>1</td> <td>12</td> <td>"The Many Faces of Jewel"</td> <td>Jewel Williams </td></tr> <tr> <td>December 1989</td> <td>13</td> <td>1</td> <td>13</td> <td>"Sgt. Perry Watkins"</td> <td>Sgt. <a href="/wiki/Perry_Watkins" title="Perry Watkins">Perry Watkins</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 1990</td> <td>14</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>"Job Discrimination"</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 1990</td> <td>15</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>"Lavender Light"</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>March 1990</td> <td>16</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>"Cleo Manago"</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleo_Manago" title="Cleo Manago">Cleo Manago</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>April 1990</td> <td>17</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>"Marlon Riggs"</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marlon_Riggs" title="Marlon Riggs">Marlon Riggs</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 1990</td> <td>18</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>"Volunteerism"</td> <td>(Michael Jones) </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 1990</td> <td>19</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>"Barbara Smith"</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Smith" title="Barbara Smith">Barbara Smith</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>July 1990</td> <td>20</td> <td>2</td> <td>7</td> <td>"Pride at Home"</td> <td>(Nedra Johnson and Dionne Freeny) </td></tr> <tr> <td>August 1990</td> <td>21</td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>"Climbing the Hill"</td> <td>Dr. Marjorie Hill </td></tr> <tr> <td>September 1990</td> <td>22</td> <td>2</td> <td>9</td> <td>"Audre Lorde"</td> <td>Audre Lorde </td></tr> <tr> <td>October 1990</td> <td>23</td> <td>2</td> <td>10</td> <td>"Phill Wilson"</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phill_Wilson" title="Phill Wilson">Phill Wilson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>November 1990</td> <td>24</td> <td>2</td> <td>11</td> <td>"The Road to Michigan"</td> <td>(Lauren Metoyer and Yolanda Whittington) </td></tr> <tr> <td>December 1990</td> <td>25</td> <td>2</td> <td>12</td> <td>"All in the Family"</td> <td>Ivy Young </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 1991</td> <td>26</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>"Clauras and Wendies"</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 1991</td> <td>27</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>"Heading for Home"</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Cleveland" title="James Cleveland">James Cleveland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>March 1991</td> <td>28</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>"Tax Strategies"</td> <td>(Mitchell El-Mahdy) </td></tr> <tr> <td>April 1991</td> <td>29</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>"No Peace"</td> <td>(Willis Oliver, Jr.) </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 2009</td> <td>30</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>"Has Winnie Lost It?"</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winnie_Madikizela-Mandela" title="Winnie Madikizela-Mandela">Winnie Mandela</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 1991</td> <td>31</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>"Joe Simmons"</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Simmons_(pornographic_actor)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joe Simmons (pornographic actor) (page does not exist)">Joe Simmons</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>July 1991</td> <td>32</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>"High Risk, Low Priority"</td> <td>(Emanuel Tapp) </td></tr> <tr> <td>August 1991</td> <td>33</td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td>"Young, Gifted and Fierce"</td> <td>Pomo Afro-Homos </td></tr> <tr> <td>October 1991</td> <td>34</td> <td>3</td> <td>9</td> <td>"La Belle Epoque"</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patti_LaBelle" title="Patti LaBelle">Patti LaBelle</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 1992</td> <td>35</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>"Steven Corbin"</td> <td>Steven Corbin </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 1992</td> <td>36</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>"Black Lesbian Women in the Wild"</td> <td>(Lisa Mitchell and Titia Ingram) </td></tr> <tr> <td>September 1992</td> <td>37</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>"Out of Fashanu"</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Justin_Fashanu" title="Justin Fashanu">Justin Fashanu</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>December 1993</td> <td>38</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>"Rupaul: Gag on the Calendar"</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RuPaul" title="RuPaul">RuPaul</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 1994</td> <td>39</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>"Do They Know that the Mayor of Cambridge is Gay?"</td> <td>Mayor <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Reeves" title="Kenneth Reeves">Kenneth Reeves</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 1994</td> <td>40</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>"Mandy Carter Anti-War Activist"</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mandy_Carter_(activist)" title="Mandy Carter (activist)">Mandy Carter</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>March 1994</td> <td>41</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>"Must Men Who Love Boys Be Guilty?"</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_publications">Sister publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BLK_(magazine)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sister publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The company that published <i>BLK</i> also published several other titles directed to the black LGBT community<sup id="cite_ref-Cathy_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cathy-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including <i>Blackfire</i>, an erotic magazine for men; <i>Black Lace</i>, an erotic magazine for women; <i>Kuumba</i>, a co-sexual poetry journal; <i>Black Dates</i>, a calendar of events for Southern California and <i>The BLK Guide to Southern California for Black People in the Life</i>. In 1999, the company acquired <i>Mentor</i>, a gay non-black publication focusing on (legal, adult) intergenerational relationships. <i>Blackfire</i> and <i>Kuumba</i> remain in publication. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BLK_(magazine)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African-American_culture_and_sexual_orientation" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American culture and sexual orientation">African-American culture and sexual orientation</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BLK_(magazine)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://digitalarchives.broward.org/digital/collection/p16146coll20">Alan Bell Collection, African American Research Library and Cultural Center, Broward County Library</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BLK_(magazine)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 33em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFWard1993" class="citation cs2">Ward, Eric K. 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href="/wiki/Baltimore_Times" title="Baltimore Times">Baltimore Times</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Baptist_Vanguard" title="The Baptist Vanguard">The Baptist Vanguard</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Times" title="Birmingham Times">Birmingham Times</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Chronicle" title="Black Chronicle">Black Chronicle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Burning_Spear_Newspaper" class="mw-redirect" title="The Burning Spear Newspaper">The Burning Spear Newspaper</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Peacemaker" title="Carolina Peacemaker">Carolina Peacemaker</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Carolinian_(newspaper)" title="The Carolinian (newspaper)">The Carolinian</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Charleston_Chronicle" title="The Charleston Chronicle">The Charleston Chronicle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Charlotte_Post" title="The Charlotte Post">The Charlotte Post</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Christian_Recorder" title="The Christian Recorder">The Christian Recorder</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dallas_Weekly" title="The Dallas Weekly">The Dallas Weekly</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Florida_Sentinel_Bulletin" title="Florida Sentinel Bulletin">Florida Sentinel Bulletin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Florida_Star" title="The Florida Star">The Florida Star</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Houston_Defender" title="Houston Defender">Houston Defender</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Houston_Forward_Times" title="Houston Forward Times">Houston Forward Times</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Advocate" title="Jackson Advocate">Jackson Advocate</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jacksonville_Advocate" title="The Jacksonville Advocate">The Jacksonville Advocate</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Free_Press" title="Jacksonville Free Press">Jacksonville Free Press</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Louisiana_Weekly" title="The Louisiana Weekly">The Louisiana Weekly</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Louisville_Defender" title="Louisville Defender">Louisville Defender</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Miami_Times" title="The Miami Times">The Miami Times</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_Journal_and_Guide" title="New Journal and Guide">New Journal and Guide</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Orleans_Tribune" title="The New Orleans Tribune">The New Orleans Tribune</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Eagle" class="mw-redirect" title="Oklahoma Eagle">Oklahoma Eagle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Orlando_Times" title="The Orlando Times">The Orlando Times</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Free_Press" title="Richmond Free Press">Richmond Free Press</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Roanoke_Tribune" title="Roanoke Tribune">Roanoke Tribune</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Savannah_Tribune" title="Savannah Tribune">Savannah Tribune</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Tribune" title="Tennessee Tribune">Tennessee Tribune</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Triangle_Tribune" title="The Triangle Tribune">The Triangle Tribune</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tri-State_Defender" title="Tri-State Defender">Tri-State Defender</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Village_Beat" title="The Village Beat">The Village Beat</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem_Chronicle" title="Winston-Salem Chronicle">Winston-Salem Chronicle</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Midwest</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Call_(Kansas_City)" title="The Call (Kansas City)"><i>The Call</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Call_and_Post" title="Call and Post">Call and Post</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Chicago_Crusader" title="The Chicago Crusader">The Chicago Crusader</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Chicago_Defender" title="The Chicago Defender">The Chicago Defender</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cincinnati_Herald" title="The Cincinnati Herald">The Cincinnati Herald</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Columbus_Post" title="The Columbus Post">The Columbus Post</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne_Ink_Spot" title="Fort Wayne Ink Spot">Fort Wayne Ink Spot</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gary_Crusader" title="Gary Crusader">Gary Crusader</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Recorder" title="Indianapolis Recorder">Indianapolis Recorder</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Chronicle" title="Michigan Chronicle">Michigan Chronicle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Michigan_FrontPage" title="The Michigan FrontPage">The Michigan FrontPage</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Spokesman-Recorder" title="Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder">Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Omaha_Star" title="Omaha Star">Omaha Star</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_St._Louis_American" title="The St. Louis American">The St. Louis American</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Argus" title="St. Louis Argus">St. Louis Argus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Sentinel" title="St. Louis Sentinel">St. Louis Sentinel</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">West</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Informant" title="Arizona Informant">Arizona Informant</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Lens_News" title="Black Lens News">Black Lens News</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Facts_(Seattle)" title="The Facts (Seattle)">The Facts</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sentinel" title="Los Angeles Sentinel">Los Angeles Sentinel</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Wave" title="Los Angeles Wave">Los Angeles Wave</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Post_(California)" title="Oakland Post (California)">Oakland Post</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Portland_Observer_(Oregon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portland Observer (Oregon)">Portland Observer</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Post" title="Richmond Post">Richmond Post</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sacramento_Observer" title="The Sacramento Observer">The Sacramento Observer</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_View" title="San Francisco Bay View">San Francisco Bay View</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Medium" title="Seattle Medium">Seattle Medium</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Skanner" title="The Skanner">The Skanner</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sun-Reporter" title="Sun-Reporter">Sun-Reporter</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Final_Call_(newspaper)" title="The Final Call (newspaper)">The Final Call</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Advocate_(Portland,_Oregon)" title="The Advocate (Portland, Oregon)">The Advocate</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Alaska_Spotlight" title="The Alaska Spotlight">The Alaska Spotlight</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Aliened_American" title="The Aliened American">The Aliened American</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_State_Press" title="Arkansas State Press">Arkansas State Press</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Athens_Blade" title="Athens Blade">Athens Blade</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Athens_Republique" title="Athens Republique">Athens Republique</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Athens_Voice_(newspaper)" title="Athens Voice (newspaper)">Athens Voice</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Independent" title="Atlanta Independent">Atlanta Independent</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Black_Dispatch" title="The Black Dispatch">The Black Dispatch</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Black_Panther_(newspaper)" title="The Black Panther (newspaper)">The Black Panther</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Times:_Voices_of_the_National_Community" title="Black Times: Voices of the National Community"><i>Black Times</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boston_Guardian" title="Boston Guardian">Boston Guardian</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Broad_Ax" title="The Broad Ax">The Broad Ax</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/California_Eagle" title="California Eagle">California Eagle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Carolina_Times" title="The Carolina Times">The Carolina Times</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Charlottesville-Albemarle_Tribune" title="Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune">Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bee" title="Chicago Bee">Chicago Bee</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Chicago_Conservator" title="The Chicago Conservator">The Chicago Conservator</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Whip" title="Chicago Whip">Chicago Whip</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Circuit_(newspaper)" title="The Circuit (newspaper)">The Circuit</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_City_Sun" title="The City Sun">The City Sun</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cleveland_Gazette" title="The Cleveland Gazette">The Cleveland Gazette</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Colored_American_(Augusta,_Georgia)" title="The Colored American (Augusta, Georgia)">The Colored American (Augusta, Georgia)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Colored_American_(New_York_City)" title="The Colored American (New York City)">The Colored American (New York City)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Colored_American_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="The Colored American (Washington, D.C.)">The Colored American (Washington, D.C.)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Negro_Times" title="Daily Negro Times">Daily Negro Times</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Express" title="Dallas Express">Dallas Express</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Denver_Star" title="The Denver Star">The Denver Star</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Plaindealer" title="Detroit Plaindealer">Detroit Plaindealer</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tribune" title="Detroit Tribune">Detroit Tribune</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Elevator_(newspaper)" title="The Elevator (newspaper)">The Elevator</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Equator_(newspaper)" title="The Equator (newspaper)">The Equator</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Freedom_(American_newspaper)" title="Freedom (American newspaper)">Freedom</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Freedom%27s_Journal" title="Freedom's Journal">Freedom's Journal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Frost_Illustrated" title="Frost Illustrated">Frost Illustrated</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gary_American" title="Gary American">Gary American</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harambee_(African_American_newspaper)" title="Harambee (African American newspaper)">Harambee</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Freeman" title="Indianapolis Freeman">Indianapolis Freeman</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Leader" title="Indianapolis Leader">Indianapolis Leader</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ink_(newspaper)" title="Ink (newspaper)">Ink</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Iowa_Bystander" title="Iowa Bystander">Iowa Bystander</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Eagle_Eye" title="Jackson Eagle Eye">Jackson Eagle Eye</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Louisianian_(newspaper)" title="Louisianian (newspaper)">Louisianian</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Louisville_Leader" title="Louisville Leader">Louisville Leader</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_McDowell_Times" title="The McDowell Times">The McDowell Times</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Free_Speech" title="Memphis Free Speech">Memphis Free Speech</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Post" title="Memphis Post">Memphis Post</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Metro_Herald_(Virginia)" title="Metro Herald (Virginia)">Metro Herald (Virginia)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Michigan_Citizen" title="The Michigan Citizen">The Michigan Citizen</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mirror_of_the_Times" title="Mirror of the Times">Mirror of the Times</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mississippi_Enterprise" title="The Mississippi Enterprise">The Mississippi Enterprise</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mojo_(newspaper)" title="Mojo (newspaper)">Mojo</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Speaks" title="Muhammad Speaks">Muhammad Speaks</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nashville_Globe" title="Nashville Globe">Nashville Globe</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Negro_Star" title="The Negro Star">The Negro Star</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Negro_World" title="Negro World">Negro World</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_National_Era" title="New National Era">New National Era</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_North_Star_(anti-slavery_newspaper)" title="The North Star (anti-slavery newspaper)">The North Star</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Appeal" title="Pacific Appeal">Pacific Appeal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_People%27s_Voice_(newspaper)" title="The People's Voice (newspaper)">The People's Voice</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Philadelphia_Independent_(1931%E2%80%931971)" title="The Philadelphia Independent (1931–1971)"><i>The Philadelphia Independent</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Courier" title="Pittsburgh Courier">Pittsburgh Courier</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Portland_New_Age" title="Portland New Age">Portland New Age</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Progressive_Era" title="The Progressive Era">The Progressive Era</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravenswood_Post_(Menlo_Park,_California)" title="Ravenswood Post (Menlo Park, California)"><i>Ravenswood Post</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Reflector_(Virginia_newspaper)" title="The Reflector (Virginia newspaper)">The Reflector</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Planet" title="Richmond Planet">Richmond Planet</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rights_of_All" title="The Rights of All">The Rights of All</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Seattle_Republican" title="The Seattle Republican">The Seattle Republican</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shining_Star_(Anderson)" title="The Shining Star (Anderson)">The Shining Star</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Christian_Advocate" title="Southwestern Christian Advocate">Southwestern Christian Advocate</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Washington_Bee" title="Washington Bee">The Washington Bee</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Sun" title="The Washington Sun">The Washington Sun</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Appeal_(newspaper)" title="The Appeal (newspaper)">The Appeal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Winter_Park_Advocate" title="The Winter Park Advocate">The Winter Park Advocate</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Woman%27s_Era" title="The Woman's Era">The Woman's Era</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Omaha_Monitor" title="Omaha Monitor">Omaha Monitor</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Western_Post" title="Western Post">Western Post</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Afro-American_Sentinel" title="Afro-American Sentinel">Afro-American Sentinel</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Enterprise_(Omaha)" title="Enterprise (Omaha)">The Enterprise</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Omaha_Guide" title="Omaha Guide">Omaha Guide</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Magazines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Enterprise" title="Black Enterprise">Black Enterprise</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Issues_Book_Review" title="Black Issues Book Review">Black Issues Book Review</a></i></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">BLK</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Clutch_(women%27s_magazine)" title="Clutch (women's magazine)">Clutch</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Colored_American_Magazine" title="The Colored American Magazine">The Colored American Magazine</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Crisis" title="The Crisis">The Crisis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ebony_(magazine)" title="Ebony 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