Object Details
Published by
Urban Magazine Corporation of America, American
Subject of
Major Lavell Merritt, American, born 1928
Owned by
Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
Description
Urban Magazine, March 1969 featuring a large black and white image of Major Lavell Merritt, seen from the chest up. Merritt wears an army uniform with the branch insignia on his PL collar. Merritt wears dark, thick rimmed glasses and looks into the camera. In the lower left quadrant of the image is a mushroom cloud with black text inside [BLACK/MAJOR/BLAST/U.S. ARMY]. The image is bordered in white and is on a black background. At the top fourth, is the magazine title [URBAN/MAGAZINE]. To the right of the magazine title is a black and white illustration of an owl with black text below ["WE PRINT NEWS/NOT HISTORY"]. The owl is contained within a white rectangle. Along the bottom, in white, is the date and price [March 1969 25 ¢].
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Date
1969
Object number
2013.201.10
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Type
magazines (periodicals)
Medium
paper, ink, metal
Dimensions
H x W: 11 1/16 × 8 1/2 × 1/8 in. (28.1 × 21.6 × 0.3 cm)
Place printed
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
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Classification
Books and Published Materials
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Local and regional
Mass media
Military
Politics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2013.201.10