From Library Journal
This guide provides information about 6500 African American periodicals, from the publication of Freedom's Journal in 1827 to present-day publications ranging from West Harlem Environmental Action's Uptown Eye to Callaloo: A Journal of African-American and African Arts and Letters and Voorhees College's Southern Voice. Drawing from the work of Wisconsin's African-American Newspapers and Periodicals Bibliography Project (1989-98), DankyAthe periodicals librarian at the State Historical Society of WisconsinAhas compiled information about periodicals published between 1827 and 1998. Arranged alphabetically by running title, entries list the frequency of publication, current editor and editorial address, subscription rates, publisher, previous editors, variations in title and place or frequency of publication, indexing; ISSN, LC card number, OCLC control number, subjects, and holdings. Indexes are arranged by writing genres, subjects, editor's names, publisher's names, and state. There is also a thoughtful introduction by Henry Louis Gates Jr. For larger collections with interests in publishing and African American studies.AElizabeth Connor, Medical Univ. of South Carolina Lib., Charleston
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Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
