Opportunity Journal of Negro Life

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The June 1930 issue of Opportunity Journal of Negro Life magazine. The front cover has an abstract design by Elmer Simms Campbell depicting a mask and two quadrupeds in black, white and grey tones. Across the top is a wide white margin with [OPPORTUNITY/ JOURNAL OF NEGRO LIFE]. There are 32 pages total, including. The interior content begins with the National Urban League conference program on page 166. The last numbered page is 189, which includes the feature “Who’s Who” with a list of notable individuals. Also included are editorials, poems by Langston Hughes, photographs, and articles on labor, European history, education, and psychology. One of the editorials quotes the Claude McKay poem “The Lynching” and addresses the lynchings and violence in Sherman, Texas. The back cover has two advertisements, one for Dunbar National Bank and the other Dobbins Coal Company.

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