''Phylon'' (subtitle: ''the Clark Atlanta University Review of Race and Culture'') is a semi-annual

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covering culture in the United States from an African-American perspective. It was established in 1940 by

W. E. B. Du Bois William Edward Burghardt Du Bois ( ; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American-Ghanaian sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in ...

, 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 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 is Obie Clayton (Clark Atlanta University).

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*{{Official website, https://radar.auctr.edu/Phylon Publications established in 1940 Black studies publications Biannual journals English-language journals Online-only journals

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