Spring 1927
“Quatrains,” a poem by Lewis Alexander
“South Street,” a poem by Lewis Alexander
“Longings,” a poem by Nellie R. Bright
“If She Were Not Dark,” a poem by Lorraine Chambers
“Goal,” a poem by Mae V. Cowdery
“Hidden Moon,” a poem by Mae V. Cowdery
“My Body,” a poem by Mae V. Cowdery
“To a Vase of Flowers,” a poem by Harold N. Dingwald
“Before Two Thresholds,” an essay by Arthur Huff Fauset
“Blue Bayou,” a poem by Langston Hughes
“Jazz Girl,” a poem by Langston Hughes
“Return to Sea,” a poem by Langston Hughes
“Hail Philadelphia,” an essay by Alain Locke
“Portrait,” a story by Beatrice E. Miller
“Ecstasy,” a poem by Rosanna J. Pinkett
“Aunt Hagar's Children,” a poem by James H. Young
“Dream Lady,” a poem by James H. Young
“I’ll Win,” a poem by James H. Young
Christmas 1927
“Japanese Hokku Poems,” a poem by Lewis Alexander
“A Preface,” a story by Marita Bonner
“Query,” a poem by Nellie R. Bright
“To One Who Might Have Been My Friend,” a poem by Nellie R. Bright
“Lai-Li,” a story by Mae V. Cowdery
“Time,” a poem by Mae V. Cowdery
“I Shall Go Through Life,” a poem by Elsie Taylor Du Trieuille
“Nostalgia,” a poem by Jessie Fauset
“Certain People,” a poem by William A. Hill
“The Elf-Man,” a poem by Gertrude P. McBrown
“Fairies and Brownies,” a poem by Gertrude P. McBrown
“He Made Me Sing,” a poem by Gertrude P. McBrown
“Twin Heavens,” a poem by Gertrude P. McBrown
“A Letter,” a story by Idabelle Yeiser
“Folumbo,” a poem by James H. Young
June 1928
“Escape,” a poem by Lewis Alexander
“A Modern Engagement,” a story by Grace L. Ashe
“A Symbol,” a poem by Bessie Calhoun Bird
Review of Toussaint L’Ouverture by Leslie Pinckney Hill by Nellie R. Bright
“Fancy,” a poem by Milton Brighte
“I Sang to the Moon,” a poem by Milton Brighte
“Love in These Days,” a poem by Mae V. Cowdery
Review of Quicksand by Nella Larsen by Arthur Huff Fauset
Block Prints by Allan R. Freelon
“Washerwoman,” a poem by Edward S. Silvera
“Empire,” a poem by Walter Waring
“The One I Knew,” a poem by Walter Waring
“Retort,” a poem by Walter Waring
“Gossamer Dreams,” a poem by James H. Young
“Moon Thoughts,” a poem by James H. Young
Christmas 1928
“Cinquains,” a poem by Lewis Alexander
“A Little Boy's Thoughts,” a poem by Ruth W. Avant
“A Prayer,” a poem by Bessie Calhoun Bird
“Understanding,” a poem by Bessie Calhoun Bird
“Masques,” a poem by Milton Brighte
“Me, Rogo,” a story by Floyd C. Covington
“Nameless,” a poem by Mae V. Cowdery
“A Query,” a poem by Neal E. Herriford
“To a Friend,” a poem by Mary M. Hoxter
Drawing by Lois Mailou Jones
“Remembrance,” a poem by Marjorie Marshall
“Pollux,” a poem by Gertrude P. McBrown
“You Will Hear,” a poem by Gertrude P. McBrown
“Banjo Player,” a sketch by Smith McGlinn
“Sky Maidens,” a poem by Beatrice E. Miller
“The Black Man Laughs,” a poem by Melvin E. Ross
“The Tower Bell,” a poem by Melvin E. Ross
“To D.T.,” a poem by Edward S. Silvera
“Retrospection,” a poem by Walter Waring
“Wisdom,” a poem by Walter Waring
“‘Conjure Man’,” a poem by Thomas A. Webster
“Memory,” a poem by Thomas A. Webster
Block Print by J. Lesne Wells