[PERIODICALS]. First 2 issues of Color Line, an African American monthly publication.

Sample copy of Color Line. Vol. I, No. 1. Mt. Vernon, NY: Carver Features, 1946. 4pp., 8 1/2 x 11 in., stamped "Sample Copy" in red above logo. Toned with minor wear to edges/corners.

Color Line. Vol. I, No. 2. Mt. Vernon, NY: Carver Features, 1946. 6pp., 7 x 10 1/2 in., folded from a single sheet. Creased along central horizontal fold with minor soiling.

The Color Line, which defines itself as "Monthly highlights of the Negro along the American Way" in its own masthead, was described by Elsie Robinson as a "simple news magazine, without propaganda - a plain record of news events in America, particularly those which relate to the Negro. There is no hate in it, there is no fear, there is no cringing appeal for understanding." Its logo, depicting a white and black map of the United States with a white and black hand shaking at center, reinforces the interracial cooperation aspect of the magazine.

These first two issues of the magazine feature a discussion of efforts to foster interracial cooperation, including in the labor movement, and to defeat oppressive legislation. First issue cites as its "Hero of the Month" Irene Morgan, whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Virginia on 16 July 1944 resulted in the Supreme Court outlawing segregation in interstate bus travel.

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American Historical Ephemera & Photography, including African Americana

[PERIODICALS]. First 2 issues of Color Line, an African American monthly publication.

American Historical Ephemera & Photography, including African Americana

[PERIODICALS]. First 2 issues of Color Line, an African American monthly publication.

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