''Phylon'' (subtitle: ''the Clark Atlanta University Review of Race and Culture'') is a semi-annual
peer-review
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ed
academic journal
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covering culture in the United States from an
African-American
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perspective. It was established in 1940 by
W. E. B. Du Bois, at what was then known as Atlanta University, as a magazine dedicated to race and culture. In 1957, the magazine was renamed ''The Phylon Quarterly'', and in 1960 it was renamed again, this time to its original title. It resumed publication in 2015 as an online-only journal, as a result of a collaboration between
Atlanta University Center
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and
Clark Atlanta University
Clark Atlanta University (CAU or Clark Atlanta) is a private, Methodist, historically black research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Clark Atlanta is the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU) in the Southern United States. Found ...
(formerly Atlanta University).
The
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is Obie Clayton (Clark Atlanta University).
See also
* ''
The Crisis
''The Crisis'' is the official magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). It was founded in 1910 by W. E. B. Du Bois (editor), Oswald Garrison Villard, J. Max Barber, Charles Edward Russell, Kelly Mi ...
''
* ''
Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life''
References
External links
*{{Official website, https://radar.auctr.edu/Phylon
Publications established in 1940
Black studies publications
Biannual journals
English-language journals
Online-only journals