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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