In 1945, John H. Johnson conceived of a new magazine showing positive photographs of African Americans. The result was Ebony, the most successful African American publication in history, with a one-time circulation of more than two million and a...

The early issues often featured celebrities such as Lena Horne and Dorothy Dandridge on its covers. Constantly upbeat, like its generic contemporary Life, it covered African-American issues, personalities, and interests in a positive light. National...

Attacks on Ebony magazine sheer contempt The most recent conservative attack on Ebony magazine represents more racial contempt than ignorance about African Americans. Two writers for a conservative think tank display wholesale ignorance in their broadside against Ebony magazine, one of the...

Ebony Magazine Continues to Ignore the Influence of Black Scholars In past issues of JBHE we have noted that black scholars, educators, and intellectuals are routinely missing from Ebony magazine's list of influential African Americans. For many years Ebony has been far more...

Rhyming has been second nature for the St. Louis-bred rapper ever since she touched her first mic as a youngster. After getting a hold of music executive Big Bob (J-Kwon’s manager) through mutual connections, Ebony Eyez parlayed her way onto J-Kwon’s platinum debut Hood Hop...

Crowned with a black bandana to go with a black T-shirt and a sparkling half-gold, half-platinum Diplomats chain, Juelz Santana looked outwards from his backstage post to see a fully extended middle finger aimed in his direction. Immediately recognizing the owner of the finger as...

Overall it is evident that the ideas that existed to help bring about equality and a Black American identity have taken awhile to come together to make a difference after years of discrimination.