Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life

"Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life", a magazine first published in 1923, by the Urban League of Chicago which Charles S. Johnson launched upon joining the organization, Opportunity was intended as a vehicle for new black writers and as a competitor with the activist journal Crisis. The new publication focused on sociological studies of working and housing conditions in black areas. African art, Gullah culture, Caribbean communities, and other folk subjects were treated in depth. Opportunity also became a magnet for Harlem Renaissance writers with its prizes and sponsored activities. Pictured are representative issues from 1924 - 1932. This collection has