Editing Zine (section)

== 1920s ==

=== "Little magazines" during the Harlem Renaissance ===
In the 1920s during the [[Harlem Renaissance]], a group of Black creatives in [[Harlem]] began a literary magazine "the better to express ourselves freely and independently – without interference from old heads, white or [black]."<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Johnson |first1=Abby Ann Arthur |last2=Johnson |first2=Ronald M. |date=1974 |title=Forgotten Pages: Black Literary Magazines in the 1920s |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27553130 |journal=Journal of American Studies |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=363–382 |doi=10.1017/S0021875800015930 |jstor=27553130 |issn=0021-8758}}</ref> This led to the creation of a "[[little magazine]]" entitled ''[[Fire!!]].'' Only [https://issuu.com/poczineproject/docs/poczp_fire_1926_readview one issue of ''Fire!!''] was released, but this inspired the creation of other "little magazines" by Black authors. Contributions by Black writers, artists, and activists to the zine movement are often overlooked, in part "because they had such short runs and were spearheaded by a single or small group of individuals."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jensen |first=Kelly |date=2019-02-06 |title=Get To Know The Little Magazines of The Harlem Renaissance |url=https://bookriot.com/harlem-renaissance-little-magazines/ |access-date=2022-05-14 |website=BOOK RIOT |language=en-US}}</ref>