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Illustrated.12x9", original photographically illustrated wrappers. First and possibly only issue.

One of the still-born African-American magazines of the early 1950s that tried to follow in the footsteps of Ebony. Notable not only for its rarity – this may have been the first and only issue, as the title does not appear in WorldCat, in the Blockson collection, or in the Danky-Hady Bibliography of African-American Periodicals – but also for its lead photo-feature article, “Beale Street, U.S.A.”, about Black Memphis. This piece is uncredited, but was possibly written by the magazine’s Associate Editor, Nat D. Williams, the legendary Black high school history teacher and journalist who became the charismatic disc jockey of WDIA - the first radio station in America to cater to a Black audience. Williams’ choice of records not only boosted the early careers of such local artists as B.B.King and Rufus Thomas, but also influenced avid listener Elvis Presley. We can find no other known copy of the magazine.