Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life

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Title

Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life

Coverage

New York

Publisher

National Urban League

Date

April 1942

Subject

Volume 20, number 4

Description

Opportunity, a capable philosophical ally of The Crisis, was founded in 1923 as the official organ of the National Urban League. Together, they were the two most influential African American periodicals of the first half of the twentieth century. During the 1920s and 1930s, Opportunity showcased the art and literature of the Harlem Renaissance.