BLK Vol. 2 No. 7

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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 and photographed from the waist up, with Johnson raising their right first and Freeney showing their profile. In the upper left corner [BLK] is printed in large, bold white upper case letters within an orange rectangular box. The bottom of the letters “L” and “K are slightly obscured by Johnson and Freeney. To the right of “BLK”, is the list of section present in the issue in black, uppercase letters [NEWS / CARTOONS / ARTS / WORD UP / READ MY LIPS / CLASSIFIEDS]. The date and issue [Vol. 2, No. 7 / Whole No.

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