This is the 14th issue of BLK magazine published January 1990. The front cover features an black and white image of three individuals dressed in occupational clothing sitting it what seems like a waiting room. The cover models, from left to right, are Jo…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.14
This is the 23rd issue of BLK Magazine published October 1990. The front cover, printed with a blue tint, features a black and white image of Phill Wilson from the chest up. Wilson’s arms are propped upright, with his hands clasped and his two indexed…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.23
This is the 24th issue of BLK Magazine published November 1990. The front cover, printed with an orange tint, features a black and white image of Lauren Metoyer (left) and Yolanda Whittington (right) riding a Jeep with the windows and cover down. On the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.24
This is the 25th issue of BLK Magazine published December 1990. The front cover, printed with a yellow tint, features a black and white image of Ivy Young. Young is pictured from the chest up with her right hand in the frame. At the top and centered off to…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.25
This is the 15th issue of BLK magazine, published February 1990. The front cover features a black and white image of Chas. Bennett Brack, co-founder of Lavender Light. Photographed from the chest up, Brack is pictured leaning against a wall while wearing a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.15
This is the 16th issue of the BLK magazine published March 1990. The front cover features a black and white image of Cleo Manago from the waist up, with him leaning forward on his right arm and wearing a coat over a long-sleeved shirt. At the top and to…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.16
This is the 17th issue of BLK Magazine published April 1990. The front cover, printed with a tint of yellow, features an image of Marlon Riggs holding a movie camera aimed at the camera. He is visible from the waist up, wearing jeans and a leather jacket.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.17
This is the 18th issues of BLK Magazine published May 1990. The front cover, printed with a tint of purple, features an image of Michael Jones, the Volunteer Coordinator of the Minority AIDS Project in Los Angeles, standing in front of room people,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.18
This is the 19th issue of BLK Magazine published June 1990. The front covers features an black and white image of Barbara Smith from the waist up in a sweater as her face leans into her left hand, which is rested on a table. She is wearing a pair of small…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.19
This is the 20th issue of BLK Magazine published July 1990. The front cover, printed in black and white with an orange tint, features Nedra Johnson (left) and Dionne Freeney at New York’s Gay Pride Rally in Union Square. Both are wearing cut off t-shirts…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.20
This is the 21st issue of BLK Magazine published August 1990. The front cover features a cut-out, black and white photograph of Dr. Marjorie Hill seated in what is presumably a rattan throne chair. She is pictured in a dark blazer, a patterned skirt or…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.21
This is the 22nd issue of BLK Magazine published September 1990. The front cover features a black and white photograph of Audre Lorde from the chest up, with lighting on her left side, creating a shadow over her right side. In the upper left corner, [BLK]…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.22
This is the 26th issue of BLK Magazine published January 1991. The front cover, printed with a purple hint, features a black and white image of Africa’s first lesbian and gay pride march in South Africa; there are individuals marching with one holding a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.26ab
This is the 27th issue of BLK Magazine published February 1991. The front cover features a black and white image of Rev. James Cleveland. Cleveland is dressed in a suit, his jacket made of reflective material, with rings on each of his pinky fingers. He is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.27
This is the 28th issue of BLK Magazine published March 1991. The front cover, printed with a lime tint, features a black and white image of Mitchell El-Mahdy. El-Mahdy is pictured sitting at a desk full of documents and a printing calculator. He is dressed…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.28
This is the 29th issue of BLK Magazine published April 1991. The front cover, printed with a red tint, features a black and white image of Willis Oliver, Jr, who is pictured sitting down, visible from the wait up with a nature-like background of a large…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.29
This is the 30th issue of BLK Magazine published May 1991. The front cover, printed with a blue tint, features a black and white image of Winnie Mandela. The photograph is a close up of her face, from the shoulders up. She is wearing a light-colored,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.30
This is the 31st issue of BLK magazine published June 1991. The front cover is printed in color and features a photograph of Joe Simmons, marking it as the first issue printed in full CMYK color. Simmons is wearing a black firefighter’s hat, with the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.31ab
This is the 32nd issue of BLK magazine published July 1991. The front cover is printed in color and features an image of Emanuel Tapp. Standing centered in front of a slate-blue backdrop, Tapp is wearing a gold-colored chain necklace and a red V-neck…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.32
This is the 33rd issue of BLK magazine published August 1991. The front cover is printed in color and features an image of the three members of the of the San Francisco troupe, Pomo-Afros-Homos: Brian Freeman, Eric Gupton, and Djola Bernard Branner. They…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.33
This is the 34th issue of BLK magazine published October 1991. This is the first issue with a clay coated glossy paper cover. The front cover is printed in color and features an image of Patti LaBelle. LaBelle wears a crème-colored skirt with similar…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.34ab
This is the 35th issue of BLK magazine published January 1992. The front cover is printed in color and features an image of Steven Corbin. Corbin is seated on the floor, with his right leg raised and left leg tucked under. He is resting back on his left…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.35ab
This is the 36th issue of BLK magazine published May 1992. The front cover is printed in color and features an image of Lisa Mitchell (left) and Titia Ingram (right) hiking in the woods. Both women are carrying a red, external frame hiking backpack, with…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.36
This is the 37th issue of BLK magazine published September 1992. The front cover is printed in color and features an image of Justin Fashanu. The athlete is dressed in a dark green tank top, dark pants, presumable trousers, and accessorized with a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.108.37ab
