AMG album/catalogue XO was due to be released in March 1958. While the T album/catalogue, back in 1946, was the first to feature black models, XO was evidently the first devoted to African American (here, “Negroe”) bodybuilders.
Winston Jackson
Evret Evans
Franklin Jones, who placed third at the 1961 Mr. America contest
Bob Walker, fourth at the 1958 Mr. America contest
Robert Deckard
Ken Johnson and Nordie Villahermosa