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[SPORTS]. ROBINSON, Jackie, editor. Our Sports. New York, May - October [1953]. Complete run of the first Black sports magazine.
Sale 2057 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Oct 25, 2024 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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[SPORTS]. ROBINSON, Jackie, editor. Our Sports. New York, May - October [1953]. Complete run of the first Black sports magazine.

5 issues with original pictorial wrappers, each 11 x 8 1/2 in. Vol. I, Nos. 1-5 (of only 5 issues published), May - June - July - August - October/November.

Six years after Jackie Robinson famously broke major league baseball's color line, he served as "editor" to Our Sports, "the Great New Negro Sports Magazine." This was the first attempt to publish a magazine featuring coverage of Black athletes' participation in all areas of sport, including football, basketball, baseball, boxing, track, and golf. Top African-American sports stars were featured on the cover, including Larry Doby, Monte Irvin, Minnie Minoso, Satchel Paige, and George Taliaferro, the first African American football player to be drafted by the NFL.

A rare, complete run of the publication, which failed in less than a year.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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