Black Sports Magazine

Black Sports Magazine
Frequency Monthly
Founder Allan P. Barron
First issue April 1971
Final issue 1978
Country USA
Based in New York City

Black Sports Magazine was a magazine that launched in April 1971 in New York City and closed later that decade.[1][2] The magazine was published on a monthly basis.[3]

The magazine was the first major sports magazine aimed specifically at Blacks.[4] The magazine was the brainchild of Allan P. Barron, who became President and Editor. Barron teamed with William L. Doneghy, who came aboard as Vice-President and Controller.[2][5] In 1971, Bryant Gumbel became editor of the magazine, leaving the following year.[6][7][8]

The magazine failed in the 1970s[4] and ceased publication in 1978.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Black Sports: new magazine in town". Boston Globe. March 18, 1971. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Black ... not so beautiful on paper". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  3. 1 2 David K. Wiggins (March 26, 2015). African Americans in Sports. Taylor & Francis. p. 131. ISBN 978-1-317-47743-3. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Future in Sports. Ebony. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  5. ↑ Black Sports Hall of Fame planned in N.Y. Jet. July 19, 1973. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Gumbel, Bryant (1948– ) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed". The Black Past. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Overview for Bryant Gumbel". TCM. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  8. ↑ Joseph Fitzhenry (December 5, 2012). "Bryant Gumbel speaks his mind to students and faculty". Maristmy575. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
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