Bernard James Sheil D.D., American, 1888 - 1910 Search this
Medium:
ink on paper with metal
Dimensions:
H x W x D (Closed): 7 7/8 × 5 1/4 × 3/16 in. (20 × 13.4 × 0.5 cm)
Type:
magazines (periodicals)
Place printed:
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Date:
February 1943
Description:
Negro Digest, volume 1, number 4, featuring a round table discussion entitled, [The Case Against the Negro Press] with pros and cons provided by Eleanor Roosevelt and Walter White, as well as an article entitled [Black Voices In The Peace] by W. E. B. Du Bois. The front cover has a green banner with the mast head at top that reads [NEGRO DIGEST] in centered, white block lettering. An orange, vertical banner runs down the binding edge, with a white circle with [25¢] printed in the center in green type. The main body of front cover is an off-white field filled with mostly green type, with the subtitle of the magazine, [A Magazine Of Negro Comment], centered at the top, between two green lines in orange type. The rest of the off-white field features the table of contents of the magazine, including a roundtable discussion, eighteen (18) articles, a book section and features section with corresponding authors and page numbers listed. There is a green banner at the bottom with [FEBRUARY 1943] centered in white type. This magazine issue is has eighty-two (82) pages, are off-white with black type throughout, and has some graphics and black and white images included. The back cover has a thin orange banner running along the top, and a thin green banner running along the bottom. Centered below the orange banner, an off-white background is an outlined box with three wavy lines on the left and right sides with text printed inside that reads [IF I WERE A NEGRO…]. The text below reads [¶ Fruits of victory must come / to all peoples, regardless of race] followed by the titles of the back cover article printed in script [Eyes On The Future] by Rt. Rev. Bernard J. Sheil, and four paragraphs of text below. Text at the bottom reads [(Continued Inside Back Cover)]. There is a notation on the back cover, top center, handwritten in pencil that reads [[---?] 7/16].
