Black Opals

Black Opals literary journals

Black Opals was an African American literary journal that published four issues in Philadelphia between spring 1927 and Christmas 1928,^[1] associated with the Harlem Renaissance.

Co-founded by Arthur Huff Fauset and Nellie Rathbone Bright, the magazine's contributors included Mae Virginia Cowdery, Jessie Redmon Fauset, Marita Bonner, and Gwendolyn B. Bennett. Allan Randall Freelon was the magazine's artistic director.^[2]

External links

• Digital copies of all four issues of Black Opals, via The Online Books Page

References

1. Kathleen Collins (2004). "Black Opals". In Wintz, Cary D.; Finkelman, Paul (eds.). Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance: A-J. Taylor & Francis. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-57958-457-3.
2. Aberjhani; West, Sandra L., eds. (2003). "Philadelphia and the Harlem Renaissance". Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance. Infobase Publishing. pp. 262–3. ISBN 978-1-4381-3017-0.