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 Founded in 1969 and hailed by The New York Times as “a journal in which the writings of many of today’s finest black thinkers may be viewed,” THE BLACK SCHOLAR has firmly established itself as the leading journal of black cultural and political thought in the United States and remains under the editorship of Robert Chrisman, Editor-In-Chief, Robert Allen, Senior Editor, and Maize Woodford, Executive Editor.

In its pages African American studies intellectuals, community activists, and national and international political leaders come to grips with basic issues confronting black America and Africa.

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  1. 1989 (Vol. 20)
    1. No. 5/6 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CUBAN REVOLUTION WINTER 1989 pp. 1-56
    2. No. 3/4 AFRICAN CULTURE SUMMER/FALL 1989 pp. 1-56
    3. No. 2 BLACK CULTURE MARCH/APRIL 1989 pp. 1-40
    4. No. 1 BLACK POLITICS 1989 January-February 1989 pp. 1-56
  2. 1988 (Vol. 19)
    1. No. 6 BLACK EDUCATION 1988 November/December 1988 pp. 1-71
    2. No. 4/5 WORD WITHIN A WORD July/Aug.-Sept./Oct. 1988 pp. 1-120
    3. No. 3 THEORY OR FACT? THE BLACK UNDERCLASS May/June 1988 pp. 1-56
    4. No. 2 BLACK POLITICS 1988 March/April 1988 pp. 1-72
    5. No. 1 CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE SECOND RENAISSANCE - 1954 - 1970 January/February 1988 pp. 1-48
  3. 1987 (Vol. 18)
    1. No. 6 SOUTHERN AFRICA: THE FRONTLINE WAR November/December 1987 pp. 1-64
    2. No. 4/5 BLACK CULURE 1987 July/Aug. -Sept./Oct. 1987 pp. 1-64
    3. No. 3 THE CRISIS OF THE BLACK MALE May/June 1987 pp. 1-48
    4. No. 2 EIGHTH NON-ALIGNED SUMMIT HARARE-1986 March/April 1987 pp. 1-64
    5. No. 1 Black American Culture in the Second Renaissance — 1954-1970 January/February 1987 pp. 1-64
  4. 1986 (Vol. 17)
    1. No. 6 BLACK POLITICS TODAY November/December 1986 pp. 1-64
    2. No. 5 THE BLACK FAMILY: 1986 September/October 1986 pp. 1-64
    3. No. 4 AFRICAN LITERATURE July/August 1986 pp. 1-64
    4. No. 3 BLACKS AND THE LAW May/June 1986 pp. 1-64
    5. No. 2 THE BLACK WOMAN WRITER AND THE DIASPORA March/April 1986 pp. 1-56
    6. No. 1 BLACKS AND PEACE January/February 1986 pp. 1-56
  5. 1985 (Vol. 16)
    1. No. 6 U.S. Anti-Apartheid Upsurge November/December 1985 pp. 1-64
    2. No. 5 Black Political Economy 1985 September/October 1985 pp. 1-65
    3. No. 4 BLACK LITERATURE 85 July/August 1985 pp. 1-73
    4. No. 3 POLITICS AND CULTURE May/June 1985 pp. 1-56
    5. No. 2 Black Women and Feminism March/April 1985 pp. 1-64
    6. No. 1 Featuring Seminar Proceedings on U.S. Minorities Held in Havana, Cuba December 1984 January/February 1985 pp. 1-65
  6. 1984 (Vol. 15)
    1. No. 6 CRISIS IN SOUTH AFRICA November/December 1984 pp. 1-72
    2. No. 5 The Jesse Jackson Campaign September/October 1984 pp. 1-81
    3. No. 4 THE MAKING OF A BLACK PRESIDENT July/August 1984 pp. 1-48
    4. No. 3 CREATING A CARIBBEAN CULTURE May/June 1984 pp. 1-56
    5. No. 2 BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION March-April, 1984 pp. 1-56
    6. No. 1 THE STRUGGLE FOR GRENADA January-February, 1984 pp. 1-72
  7. 1983 (Vol. 14)
    1. No. 6 Blacks and the Peace Movement November-December, 1983 pp. 1-80
    2. No. 5 THE BEST OF THE BLACK SCHOLAR: The Black Woman III Sept-Oct 1983 pp. 1-64
    3. No. 3/4 A DIALOGUE ON CULTURE Summer, 1983 pp. 1-64
    4. No. 2 NICARAGUA March/April 1983 pp. 1-80
    5. No. 1 BLACK COMMUNITY ISSUES January/February 1983 pp. 1-64
  8. 1982 (Vol. 13)
    1. No. 6 BLACKS AND THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION Fall 1982 pp. 1-64
    2. No. 4/5 THE BEST OF THE BLACK SCHOLAR: The Black Woman II Summer 1982 pp. 1-64
    3. No. 2/3 THE PORT CHICAGO DISASTER: Was It A Nuclear Explosion? Spring 1982 pp. 1-96
    4. No. 1 The Black Elderly January/February 1982 pp. 1-72
  9. 1981 (Vol. 12)
    1. No. 6 THE BEST OF THE BLACK SCHOLAR: The Black Woman November/December 1981 pp. 1-80
    2. No. 5 BLACK LITERATURE September/October 1981 pp. 1-80
    3. No. 4 War and the Third World July/August 1981 pp. 1-64
    4. No. 3 The Black Community: 1981 May/June 1981 pp. 1-64
    5. No. 2 Black Literature: Criticism March/April 1981 pp. 1-96
    6. No. 1 POLICE VIOLENCE January/February 1981 pp. 1-112
  10. 1980 (Vol. 11)
    1. No. 8 BLACK ANTHROPOLOGY, Part 2 November/December 1980 pp. 1-112
    2. No. 7 BLACK ANTHROPOLOGY, Part 1 September/October 1980 pp. 1-128
    3. No. 6 THE BLACK STRUGGLE: Miami & the Caribbean July/August 1980 pp. 1-88
    4. No. 5 AFRICA: The New Societies May/June 1980 pp. 1-87
    5. No. 4 Black Politics 1980 March/April 1980 pp. 1-96, 1-16
    6. No. 3 Latin America/The Caribbean January/February 1980 pp. 1-95
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