The Phillip L. Graham Fund has given the Harvard Journal of Afro-American Affairs $10,000 to cover the Journal's operating expenses for the next year.

The grant, awarded last month, enabled the Journal to go to print for the first time since the Spring of 1968.

The Journal, which until now depended on individual contributions, has been plagued by financial difficulties. Lack of funds has limited it to printing only four issues in its four-year history.

The Journal is run by a committee of Afro-American students. It was founded in 1965 to serve as a forum for black Harvard students but soon became a national publication.

A large percentage of the Journal's 5000 subscribers are college libraries, and the Journal has received the recommendation of the Library Journal.

The Fund was created by the Washington Post Co. and its contributing shareholders in the memory of Philip L. Graham, of the Washington Post. This is the first grant that the fund has awarded a Harvard-related organization.