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(LITERATURE AND POETRY—PERIODICALS.) LEE, DON a.k.a. [HAKI
MADHUBUTI].
Volume I, Number I. Black Books Bulletin.
Illustrated. 58 pages.
Small 4to, original pictorial covers.
Chicago, 1971
[250/350]
Black Books Bulletin was a quarterly that ran for nearly twenty-five years. Published by the Institute
for Positive Education. Edited by Don Lee, who in 1974 changed his name to Haki Madhubuti. A
book review format with a definite political point of view.
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(LITERATURE AND POETRY—
PERIODICALS.) JOHNSON, JOHN;
PUBLISHER.
Volume 1, Number 1 of
Tan Confessions.
Illustrated. Small folio,
original pictorial wrappers.
AN EXCEP
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TIONAL COPY
.
Chicago: Johnson, 1950
[400/600]
THE FIRST ISSUE OF THIS
“
KISS AND TELL
”
MAGAZINE
,
FROM BLACK PUBLISHING GIANT
JOHN JOHNSON
.
Tan Confessions was the
brainchild of John Johnson, who saw a way to
tap into the sort of gossip “dirt” normally dis-
cussed at the beauty parlor and very popular
with white women. This debut issue contains
two tell-all articles by famous women: “The
Divine One” Sarah Vaughn tells “How He
Proposed,” and Mrs. Billie Eckstine tells about
“My Prince Charming.” Other articles are
steamier: “Strange Love,” and “My Secret
Sin.” Tan Confessions ran till 1971, when
peoples’ tastes began to be a little bit more
sophisticated.