Black & Red No. 1
Date
September 1968
Credits
- Black & Red 35
- Linda Lanphear 6 Author
- Linda Lanphear 6 Editor
- Bob Maier 6 Author
- Bob Maier 6 Editor
- Fredy Perlman 43 Author
- Fredy Perlman 43 Editor
- Lorraine Perlman and others Author
- Lorraine Perlman and others Editor
- Fredy Perlman and Lorraine Perlman 5 Layout Designer
Format
- Magazine 506
Type of Work
- Finished work 5122
Publishers
- Black & Red 35
Media
- ink 218
Techniques
- staple bound 74
Dimensions
8 × 5 in
Printed Pages
60
Locations Made
"The first issue of Black & Red is straightforward in its layout and design. It is sixty pages, saddle-stitched. Most of the text is typeset on a typewriter. There are a few illustrations in the text and calls to readers to subscribe to the new magazine. They wanted to print the cover on red stock but couldn’t find any in the Kalamazoo area, so they chose pink. Bob Meier was working that summer as an ink technician at the Brown Paper Company in Kalamazoo, a company that printed products like ice cream cartons. He asked two of his coworkers if they would print the Black & Red covers on an old hand-cranked letterpress in the shop. They agreed and printed several hundred covers one evening after work. Black & Red no. 1 includes an essay by Fredy Perlman, “Anything Can Happen,” that challenges myths that prevent people from engaging in self-determination. For instance, “people only want power and privileges over each other,” or “even if [people] did unite, it would obviously be impossible for them to destroy the State.” In each case, Perlman describes situations in which these myths have been debunked. Other pieces include firsthand accounts of the May 1968 Paris uprisings, interviews with a medic from the spring 1968 student protests at Columbia University, and a Women’s Liberation movement SDS member." The Detroit Printing Co-op by Danielle Aubert.
Front cover.
Interior front.
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Back cover.