BLK Vol. 1 No. 8

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The 8th issue of BLK magazine, published July 1989. The front cover features an image of Rev. Carl Bean, wearing clergy collar and robes. At top left,[BLK] is printed in large, bold, white uppercase letters within a red rectangular textbox. The letters are partially obscured by the image of Bean. There are 30 pages in total, with articles, advertisements, classifieds, black and white photographs, and cartoon illustrations originally from Ebony Magazine with new captions written by BLK throughout. The inside cover features an ad for the [Minority AIDS Project “Coming Home For Friends 2 Annual Gospel Benefit]. The content opens with a section entitled [WORD UP] with short blurbs about Arsenio Hall, an Art Against AIDS fundraiser by the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR), and products by The Mysteria Love Company of Arlington, Texas.

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