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Four large Ebony magazine covers are displayed on a wall, featuring Aretha Franklin, a collage of past covers, John H. Johnson, and Diana Ross.

Portrait of John H. Johnson seated at his desk in an office, with copies of Ebony magazine and Jet magazine in front of him, Chicago, February 1974.

Ebony: Media

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Four large Ebony magazine covers are displayed on a wall, featuring Aretha Franklin, a collage of past covers, John H. Johnson, and Diana Ross.

Mirroring Black life

In modeling itself after Life, Ebony prominently featured Black...

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Portrait of John H. Johnson seated at his desk in an office, with copies of Ebony magazine and Jet magazine in front of him, Chicago, February 1974.

John H. Johnson at work

John H. Johnson in his Chicago office in 1974 with copies of Ebony and...

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