The Black Press

"Founded in 1943, Negro Digest (later “Black World”) was the publication that launched Johnson Publishing. During the most turbulent years of the civil rights movement, Negro Digest/Black World served as a critical vehicle for political thought for supporters of the movement." - Description by Google Books

Select issues of Ebony Magazine provided by Google Books from the 1950s to the early 2000s.

The largest circulating African American Children's Magazine of its time.

Tan Magazine was a periodical published until 1971 when it was retitled "Black Stars"

"The Digital Colored American Magazine makes freely available full-color reproductions of unbound or bound but unstripped issues of this important periodical, with scholarly commentary on selected issues." Originally published from 1900 to 1909.

Half Century Magazine was and African American General Interest magazine that ran from 1916 - 1925. Haith Trust has issues from 1916 - 1921

A more complete set of issues from this rare African American magazine

Fragment of rare magazine published by Julia Ringwood Coston