"THE TIME IS NOT FAR OFF WHEN COLORED FOLK WILL LIVE, WORK, PLAY AND VOTE EVERYWHERE": THE RARE FIRST ISSUE OF HARLEM QUARTERLY, 1949, AN AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERARY MAGAZINE
BROWN, Benjamin A., editor. Harlem Quarterly. "A Magazine for Enlightenment and Entertainment" New York: Harlem Quarterly Associates, 1949. Octavo, staple-bound as issued, original printed yellow wrappers; pp. 53.
First edition of the rare first issue of this groundbreaking African American literary magazine, in original wrappers.
This short-lived literary magazine was created with the intention of showing the many facets of African American life in America, while also highlighting literary accomplishments by luminaries such as Langston Hughes. The result was a serious cultural conversation about the issue of civil rights, enriched by the best of mid-century African American culture. The Harlem Quarterly's short stories, book reviews, poetry, and essays all combine to produce a valuable glimpse of African American life just after World War II. In addition to Langston Hughes' poem "Corner Bar Speaks of War," this issue includes a symposium on civil rights featuring Mary McLeod Bethune, Alain Locke and A. Philip Randolph among others. Errata slip laid in.
About-fine condition.