US Magazine -1954

  Volume 1 . Number 1  .  Featuring "Beale Street USA".

 

This rare 1954 Volume 1, Number 1 of US Magazine was recently discovered on Ebay.  The Magazine was published in Memphis and proclaimed that "US Magazine is a product of the New South ... US Magazine is created to mirror those accomplishments...in terms of the forward march of the Southern Negro ... US Magazine is the authentic voice that will tell this thrilling story of the New South - a story of people, Negro and white, who are blazing new trails ... US Magazine will portray the achievements of the Southern Negro in pictorial format..."  This first issue featured "Beale Street USA".  The complete magazine is pictured below.

 

We have tried to locate the Memphis publisher without success.   Apparently this was the only volume of the magazine ever published.

 Click on small photos to enlarge them. 

Cover Inside Cover Page 1 Page 2 Page 3
         
         
         

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Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13
         
         

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Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28
         
         
Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Inside Back Cover
         
         
         
       
        Back Cover

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