Black World Vol. XXIV No. 7

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The May 1975 issue of Black World magazine. The title appears across the top of the cover in white text against a black background: [Black World / May 1975 A Johnson Publication 75cents]. The cover features a bright orange rendition of the continent of Africa over two black-and-white photographs. The top image depicts young men and women in a classroom seated at typewriters. The bottom image depicts a crowd of standing men. Within the outline of Africa are the headlines [United States / Ecology of Inequality: / An American Dilemma / Africa / Southern African Detente: / What Does It Mean? / Pan-Africanism: / The Tyranny of a / Purist Ideology / Israel / Original Hebrew / Israelite Nation: / An Interview. The interior contents include the cover feature articles along with features on the Senegalese sculptor Lamidi Fakeye, the Colombian artist Cogollo, poetry by Frank Marshall Davis, and a fiction work by Bari Barrow.

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