(LITERATURE AND POETRY--PERIODICALS.) NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE. A broken run of 54 issues of Opportunity Magazine, from 1925 to 1946. Uniform 4to's, most with cover art by a virtual who's who of African American artists. condition generally very good, should be seen. 1925-1946
Includes September 1925, November 1926, January, August, September and October of 1929; September 1931; April, October, 1932; January, July, September 1933; February, July, September, December, 1934; May, July, August, September, November, 1938; July through November of 1939; January, March, April, May, July, August, September, October, November, December, 1940; February, June, October, November, December, 1941; January, April, May, July, August, September, October, December, 1942; January, July, October, 1943; Spring, Summer and Fall 1944; and Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter, 1946. Opportunity (published by the National Urban League) and Crisis (published by the NAACP) were the two main sources for a healthy mixture of African American culture, social issues and politics for a good portion of the twentieth century. Crisis published its first numbers in 1910 and Opportunity in 1923. Together, these two publications gave voice to core issues in the African American community as well as introducing that community to the artwork and photography of some of the 20th century's best artists. Inside their covers were writings by Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, W. E. B. Du Bois, and a list too long to put here.
