75 years of Ebony magazine: Explore the Johnson Publishing Collection and celebrate 75 years of Ebony Magazine and the African American experience

Ebony was founded to provide positive images for blacks in a world of negative images and non-images. It was founded to project all dimensions of the black personality in a world saturated with stereotypes.

JOHN H. JOHNSON “Publisher’s Statement,” November 1975

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