Ebony (magazine)

Ebony, a magazine for the African American market, was founded by John H. Johnson and has been published since the autumn of 1945.

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Magazine - African American - John H. Johnson - Autumn - 1945

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The early issues often featured beauties like Lena Horne and Dorothy Dandridge on its eye-catching covers. Constantly upbeat, 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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Lena Horne - Dorothy Dandridge - Life

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One of the co-editors was Hans Massaquoi, author of the autobiography Destined to Witness, a book about his youth in Nazi Germany as a black boy. The book had been on the top of the bestseller list of the German weekly Der Spiegel for many months.

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Hans Massaquoi - Destined to Witness - Nazi - Germany - Der Spiegel

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