This project uses data to look at the trends in little magazine publishing and the inclusion of Black writers in literary anthologies, both traditional and subversive; the project was originally conceived in order to investigate the possible historical reasons for the emergence of the Black Arts Movement (BAM), and the impact that the BAM may have had on trends towards multiculturalism that arose after the 1960s.
Accordingly, this digital poster tracks and charts the number of major and minor Black American little magazines during three Black literary eras: the Harlem Renaissance, the BAM and the period inbetween. The poster also looks at trends of inclusion of Black writers in American anthologies, and investigates the relationship between the Black little magazine and the presence of Black authors in the American literary canon.