Ebony magazine

Ebony, a magazine for the African American market, has been published since the autumn of 1945, the early issues often featuring beauties like Lena Horne and Dorothy Dandridge on its eye-catching covers. Constantly up-beat, like its generic contemporary Life, it gave African Americans a needed psychic boost. For the first time, national corporations featured Black models driving cars and drinking soft drinks in the issues of Ebony.

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• Publishing history of Ebony recounted by Langston Hughes in the 25th anniversary issue of Ebony, November 1965.