Black Southerner Magazine, Vol. 1 No. 2

Black Southerner Magazine, Vol. 1 No. 2

Black Studies , American Studies , Media & Entertainment , History , Sociology , Art & Design , Music , Dance , Southern Black Culture

This artifact is a vintage issue of Black Southerner Magazine, priced at $1.50 and published during a period that celebrated the cultural life of Southern Black communities. The cover highlights marching band culture, featuring band members and a majorette performing on a football field. The magazine also includes articles addressing social issues such as the Black underclass and national agendas for Black Americans. Its imagery and topics provide insight into cultural pride, performance traditions, and political concerns of the era. The back of the magazine displays a full-page advertisement for Black hair care products from the BB brand, arranged neatly against a blue background. The advertisement includes curl activator, curl fixer, moisturizer and styling products, placed beneath the phrase “with love” and the words “We are together” to emphasize unity and shared cultural identity.

ID: The image shows the cover of a magazine titled “Black Southerner Magazine.” At the top, a stylized illustration of a farmer with a mule is placed above a city skyline silhouette. Below, the cover features an illustrated scene of two marching band drum majors in red uniforms with tall white hats leaping midair, tapping their batons together. Centered below them stands a majorette in a red and white uniform, posing with one hand on her hip. Behind them, a full marching band performs on a football field marked with yard lines. Various article titles appear along the left side and top corner of the cover.

Physical Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches

Edward E. Rucker

From the Collection of Lydia E. Ferguson

Black Southerner Magazine

June 1984

Rihana Williams

This material is subject to copyright law and is made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only.

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