Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life - Vol.XXI, No.3 (July, 1943) by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] [FERGUSON, Dutton] (editor); JOHNSON, Ernest E., Louis Martin, and Pauline Redmond Coggs, et al. (contributors) - 1943

New York: National Urban League, 1943. First Edition. Slim quarto (27.5cm); original pictorial wrappers; stapled; pp.[97],98-144; illus. Light wear to extremities, faint vertical bend at center, with a few small creases; Very Good+ or better. Elusive issue of this sociological and literary journal produced by the National Urban League. Published between 1923-1949, Opportunity was significant for fostering many of the literary and artistic voices of the Harlem Renaissance period, as well as printing academic articles on the various social problems facing African Americans. Contents include contributions by Ernest E. Johnson, Louis Martin, Robert C. Weaver, Pauline Redmond Coggs, Albert W. Hamilton, Elmer W. Henderson, Ralph William Hyde, and Jonathan H. Brooks. Cover features an OWI photo showing a group of African American Marines preparing for action (51st Composite Defense Battalion, stationed at Camp LeJeune, New River, NC). DANKY 4635.