The Black Scholar
Collection
Identifier: E185.5 .B575
Launched in the US in 1969, The Black Scholar is the first modern Black studies and research journal. Founded upon the premise that Black writers, activists, scholars, and artists should participate in a larger dialogue, it strove to chronicle, analyze, and debate the conditions of and the emancipatory efforts by Black people against a multitude of oppressions that include gender, sexuality, class, and ideology. Magazine covers feature prominent Black activists including Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. Each issue illuminates many aspects of Black life through poetry, artwork, advertisements, and scholarly journals.
Four magazines bear postage sticker remnants. The February 1972 issue is discolored and chipped on wrappers and bears penned writing on front cover, minorly impacting the titled text. Overall in very good condition.
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.4 Linear Feet (1 document case)
Magazine covers feature prominent Black activists including Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. Each issue illuminates many aspects of Black life through poetry, artwork, advertisements, and scholarly journals. One issue features a lengthy article by notable American Marxist historian and political activist Herbert Aptheker, entitled "The History of Anti-Racism in the United States." Another issue highlights an article on "The Black Administrator in the White University," illuminating the lack of Black administration in predominately White colleges and universities.
Launched in the US in 1969, The Black Scholar is the first modern Black studies and research journal. Founded upon the premise that Black writers, activists, scholars, and artists should participate in a larger dialogue, it strove to chronicle, analyze, and debate the conditions of and the emancipatory efforts by Black people against a multitude of oppressions that include gender, sexuality, class, and ideology. Due in part to the impact of the journal, Black Studies, Africana Studies, Diaspora Studies and other sub-disciplines have become legitimate spaces of scholarly inquiry.
Issues are arranged in chronological order by publication date.
Materials are stored onsite.
These materials were purchased from Max Rambod Rare Books in 2023.
Four magazines bear postage sticker remnants. The February 1972 issue is discolored and chipped on wrappers and bears penned writing on front cover, minorly impacting the titled text. Overall in very good condition.
Materials cataloged in 2023 and processed by Alison Reynolds in 2025.
Part of the Archives and Special Collections, Library, Georgia Institute of Technology Repository