User:BottomOfEverything/Illustrated Feature Section
| Type | African American Weekly Newspaper Insert |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | William B. Ziff Company |
| Editor | George Schuyler (1928-1929)
Benjamin J. Davis Jr. (1929-1931) Ivy Boone (1931-1932) |
| Founded | November 1928 |
| Ceased publication | December 1932 |
The Illustrated Feature Section (IFS) was a newspaper insert created by the William B. Ziff Company in November 1929 which was distributed to African American newspapers. It was advertised as appearing in "thirty-four of America's most prominent colored newspapers," and had a circulation of at least 185,000 in 1929 alone. Throughout its life it had three editors George Schuyler (1928-1929), Benjamin J. Davis Jr. (1929-1931), and Ivy Boone (1931-1932).[1]
Schuyler had his editorship at the height of his career as a journalist but left it after a few months after having issues with William Bernard Ziff Sr.'s management of the insert. Davis had his editorship at the very beginning of his career after graduating from Harvard Law School. Lastly, Boone was the secretary of Carl J. Murphy, editor of the Baltimore Afro-American. [2]
The IFS was founded in Chicago near the William B. Ziff Company's headquarters but its headquarter moved to Baltimore shortly after Schuyler's editorship as part of the growing editorial relationship between the Afro-American and the IFS.
Critical Reception
Complimented by Gordon
Criticized in Signifying Monkey
Controversy
Accusations of being predatory from Black newspapers and Jefferson Davis Jr.
- ^ Hefner, Brooks (2021-12-21). Black Pulp: Genre Fiction in the Shadow of Jim Crow. University of Minnesota Press. pp. 30–33. ISBN 978-1517911577.
- ^ Hefner, Brooks (2021-12-21). Black Pulp: Genre Fiction in the Shadow of Jim Crow. University of Minnesota Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-1517911577.