 In July 1932, Margaret Sanger published a special issue of her magazine entitled the Birth Control Review.The issue was titled the "Negro Number" and called on prominent African Americans to display why birth control was beneficial to the African American community.Authors such as W.E.B Du Bois and George Schuyler contributed to the magazine stating different reasons why they believed contraception was an asset for Blacks

DuBois addressed the issue of birth control as a means of empowerment for African Americans in the article "Black Folk and Birth Control".