Echo [Vol. 3, No. 10 (Nov 1969)]

Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Virginia W. Williams, 1969. Very good +. 11” x 8½”. Stapled wrappers. Pp. 52. Very good plus: light foxing to edges of rear wrap; tiny corner dogear throughout; else internally fresh.

This is another issue of Echo which mainly centered on the question, “Should Sex Education be Taught in the Schools?” with input from local educator Phyllis M. Banks as well as a physician and a minister. There was also a focus on “Central City Youth,” listing activities offered by the local Boys' Clubs and the Echo Writers' Workshop along with “exciting books that should keep readers of all ages busy.” The issue announced ventures of the local WICS (Women in Community Service) and PTA as well as attorney Leonard Brady's becoming the city's first Black bank president. It stressed the importance of “Family Reading,” printed an original poem by Williams and several by local youth, as well as an original play. There were great cartoons, illustrations, recipes and fashion advice. Along with a plethora of ads featuring images of Black proprietors and customers, there was also a twopage business directory, deemed “Echo's Shopping Guide.”

OCLC shows five entities with holdings of Echo over two entries, but only one has this issue. (Inventory #: 8210)