The idea of the Journal of Black Studies (JBS) was born in 1968 when a young academic named Molefi Kete Asante approached SAGE founder Sara Miller McCune with an idea for a journal that would respond to the Black studies movement as well as a public call for equality, justice, and nonviolence. At the time there was no comparable journal, and Sara saw this journal as a vital addition to social science scholarship. The first full volume was completed in 1971.

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