[Ads-l] Tea, and more

[Bill Mullins]

The Feb. 1977 issue of "Right On!" is for sale on ebay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/355709881559

And the Table of Contents is pictured.  One of the features is listed:

"And That's The 'T'":  Soul Train Column  . . . . . . .22

It also can be found in the Mar, Jun and Nov 1977 issues.

Ebay listings are ephemeral, but this Aug 1977 issue from the Worthpoint archive may last longer:
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/right-magazine-1977-4648071023

Feb 1977
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/right-magazine-1977-volume-muhammad-4690434028

Apr 1977
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/right-magazine-exclusive-edition-4647564276

Mar 1977 (hard to read)
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/right-magazine-march-1977-4612573031

Jun 1977 (hard to read)
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/right-magazine-1977-june-4580736277

Jul 1977
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/right-magazine-1977-jackson-five-1885570617

Sep 1977
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/right-magazine-1977-4654991022

Oct 1977
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/right-magazine-october-1977-michael-4597629600

Nov 1977
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/right-magazine-1977-latoya-jackson-1885728207


I was not able to examine a complete run of Tables of Contents, but I was able to find a Dec 1976 issue and it did not run the column, nor did any other 1976 issue that I was able to find.

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From: Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2024 8:48 PM
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Subject: Tea, and more

There's a book about the TV show "Soul Train" called "The Hippest Trip in America" by Nelson George (found on archive.org).  It says, in reference to the black-targeted magazine "Right On!", "To emphasize this connection between the show and the magazine, dancers would often be hired to write for Right On! For a time in the 1970s, popular dancer Little Joe Chism wrote a column called "And That's the Tea," “tea” being LA slang at the time for gossip, which mostly related happenings at Hollywood parties."

Joe Chism was gay, FWIW.

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