The Survey Graphic, March 1925, The Harlem Edition

I spent some time yesterday, looking through a few of the books that are going up for auction.  Then I saw this unassuming bound volume of The Survey magazines from October 1924 to March 1925.

And I opened it.   

Poetry by Langston Hughes?  Interesting...

The Survey Graphic.  March 1, 1925.  

The Survey was a journal of the social work profession and social reform.  More information can be found here and here. 
It is also known for publishing the photographs of Lewis Hine.

This particular issue had an enormous social impact.  Showcasing the work of black writers, artists and thinkers, it exposed a greater audience to the emerging Harlem Renaissance.   Readership doubled, and two print runs sold out.  In November 1925, more content was added and the issue was sold as a hardcover anthology, which is still widely read.

Excerpt from a web page about this particular issue:

There were poems by Langston Hughes (notably "I, Too" and "Jazzonia"), stories by Claude McKay ("White House" and "The Tropics in New York"), and a story by civil rights pioneer W. E. B. Du Bois ("The Black Man Brings Gifts"). Jean Toomer contributed excerpts from his 1923 novel Cane, Aaron Douglas came through with some illustrations, and Alain Locke, Charles S. Johnson, and Arthur Schomburg all wrote essays. Gracing the cover was a Weinold Reiss portrait of acclaimed black tenor Roland Hayes.

We are selling this, as well as many other books and items of interest.  No reserve.  June 14, 2014.   

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