This tabloid-sized newspaper has light age-toning, especially around edges. There is very little wear except for a tear on the horizontal mailing or packing fold in the middle. This tear is almost non-existant on the front but gets slightly longer through the paper until on the next to the last page it is slightly more than an inch. On the very last page, it is about 3 inches. This looks to have been some printer's flaw. It is not particularly noticeable until the last few pages. This news magazine for African-Americans was published in California from 1971 to 1976. It covers a variety of topics from straight news to sports to features. It notes that Curt Flood has lost a suit to Major League Baseball and that Muhammed Ali says that he will retire from boxing after he has a rematch with Joe Frazier. The front page headlines deal with new mayors for Berkeley and East St. Louis. There are two articles on Rep. Shirley Chisholm. Also, there is a series of full-page ads for successful black businessmen that would
Title: Black Times: The National Negro Newsweekly, Vol. 1 No. 9, 23 April 1971
Edition: First Edition
Location Published: Albany, California, Black Times Publishing: 1971
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Categories: African - American
Seller ID: 16661
Keywords: african - american black newspaper negro journalism civil rights paper