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  • Jet vol. 27 no. 3

    Published by
    Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942
    Edited by
    Johnson, John Harold, American, 1918 - 2005
    Johnson, Robert Edward, American, 1922 - 1996
    Subject of
    Senator Robert F. Kennedy, American, 1925 - 1968
    Date
    October 22, 1964
    Medium
    ink on paper with metal
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (Closed): 5 7/8 × 4 1/4 × 1/16 in. (15 × 10.8 × 0.2 cm)
    H x W x D (Open): 5 7/8 × 8 3/8 × 1/2 in. (15 × 21.2 × 1.3 cm)
    Description
    Jet Magazine, volume 27, number 3 from October 22, 1964. The front cover features a black and white image of New York Senatorial candidate, Robert F. Kennedy, set against a red background. Kennedy is depicted in the left foreground of the image standing above, and facing, a large crowd of people. Kennedy’s hands are outstretched in front of him and he is clasping the hands of two people in the crowd below. The crowd of people in the right foreground have hands extended towards Kennedy. A row of policemen stand between Kennedy and the crowd. A caption printed in white text, right of center, at the bottom of the image reads, [The Kennedy touch / is magic in Harlem]. The associated cover line, running along the bottom of the cover in a red banner, is printed in white type that reads, [ROBERT KENNEDY BATTLES FOR NEGRO VOTE]. The top third of the front cover is the mast head in white text [JET] on the left side, and the date line, printed below in black text that reads, [Oct. 22. 1964]. The magazine price is printed in the top left corner in white text in a black circle, [20c]. To the right of the masthead, is the cover line, [HOW MOVIE STARS / AID FIGHT FOR / FAIR HOUSING] written in black text in a small white field. The interior pages are white with black and red text, black-and-white photographs, and illustrations. The magazine’s cover article about Kennedy’s candidacy for a New York Senate seat is titled, “Robert Kennedy Battles For Negro Vote.” The back cover features an advertisement for Old Hickory Bourbon. This magazine issue is sixty-six (66) pages.
    Place printed
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    Civil rights
    Mass media
    Politics (Practical)
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Clarence, Mary, and Robert Bryant
    Object number
    2017.88.6
    Restrictions & Rights
    @Johnson Publishing Company. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58caaf3d6-4607-410a-89bd-7361b75857c8
  • Ebony Vol. XXVII No. 10

    Published by
    Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942
    Subject of
    Ebony, American, founded 1945
    Date
    August 1973
    On View
    Concourse 1, C1 053
    Exhibition
    A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    Closed: 13 5/16 × 10 1/4 × 3/8 in. (33.8 × 26 × 1 cm)
    Open: 13 5/16 × 19 3/4 × 1 in. (33.8 × 50.2 × 2.5 cm)
    Description
    An August 1973 issue of Ebony Magazine titled, The Black Middle Class. The front cover of the magazine is a fish-eye lens view of a photograph of a man walking down a street in a city. The man is dressed in a suite and carries a briefcase. The street is lined with high-rises and several other people walk along the sidewalk. Parked cars are also visible in the photograph. The top of the front cover of the magazine has a black background with white type. The type reads: [A Johnson Publication / EBONY / SPECIAL ISSUE]. The magazine name, Ebony, is set against a red background. Blue type over at the center reads: THE BLACK MIDDLE CLASS]. The bottom left corner of the front cover has additional white type that reads: [AUGUST 1973 75¢]. The bottom center of the front cover has a white address label sticker with black type. The interior of the magazine consists of 180 pages. The back cover has a Winston cigarette advertisement. The top of the back cover has a black background with white type that reads: [HOW GOOD IT IS! / THAT'S WINSTON]. The main portion of the back cover is filled with an image for the advertisement of a man (left) holding a cigarette and a woman (right) with her arms around his shoulders. The bottom of the cover has a warning from the Surgeon General.
    Place printed
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Business
    Caricature and cartoons
    Identity
    Mass media
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Anonymous Gift
    Object number
    2015.22
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Ebony. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5127939f4-905d-4335-9164-fba09c62bc88
  • Ebony Vol. LX, No. 12

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Published by
    Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942
    Edited by
    Leavy, Walter, American
    Norment, Lynn, American
    Subject of
    Johnson, John Harold, American, 1918 - 2005
    Ebony, American, founded 1945
    Date
    October 2005
    On View
    Community/Third Floor, 3 050
    Exhibition
    Making a Way Out of No Way
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 10 13/16 × 8 3/16 × 5/16 in. (27.5 × 20.8 × 0.8 cm)
    Description
    Ebony magazine, Volume LX, Number 12. This edition honors the life of John H. Johnson, the founder of Johnson Publishing Company, publisher of Ebony magazine. The front cover features a photographic portrait of Johnson. Johnson stands with his forearms resting on the back of an orange-red upholstered chair, looking at the camera. He is wearing a blue-gray suit, white shirt, and a red patterned tie. His hands are clasped in front of him and a gold cuff link can be seen on his proper left sleeve. Johnson stands in front of a blurry brown background. Behind his head, in the upper left corner, the publication mast head, a red partially obscured banner, outlined in white with white block lettering that reads: [EBONY] with the letters [NY] completely obscured. Over Johnson's chest, in the center of the front cover, is the main cover line in white text that reads [Celebrating / The Life / And Legacy Of / John H. Johnson / 1918-2005]. In the lower left corner is a white rectangle with a barcode. Below the rectangle is the publication website in white text [www.ebony.com]. In the lower right corner, in dark yellow text, is the publication date and price: [OCTOBER 2005 / USA $3.50 / CANADA $4.99]. Below the price is the publisher information [A JOHNSON PUBLICATION]. The back cover of the magazine features a full length Chevrolet advertisement for the Cobalt SS. The advertisement features three images: a red landscape with a blue road in the top left corner, the silver colored [SS] car emblem in the top right corner, and the car against a blue background on the bottom. There are 217 (two hundred and seventeen) interior pages with color and black-and-white images.
    Place printed
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Business
    Caricature and cartoons
    Mass media
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Bunch Family
    Object number
    2015.26
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Johnson Publishing Company, LLC. All rights reserved. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51b6b1de0-af89-41f0-8c68-fa1c00a40413
  • Front cover from Ebony magazine, October 1946

    Published by
    Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942
    Subject of
    Washington, Kenneth S., American, 1918 - 1971
    Murray's Worldwide, Inc., American, founded 1925
    Date
    October 1946
    On View
    Community/Third Floor, 3 052
    Exhibition
    Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 13 3/16 × 10 in. (33.5 × 25.4 cm)
    Description
    The front cover page from Ebony magazine, October 1946 edition. The front features a photographic depiction of a football player, Kenny Washington, wearing a 1946 Los Angeles Rams uniform. The uniform includes a blue jersey with number [46] stitched in yellow numbers on the front, a yellow football helmet, and white pants. Washington is facing the viewer, looking into the distance to the right of the image, holding a football in his proper right hand, while his proper left arm is extended forward. Behind Washington, a clear blue sky and stadium seats are visible in the background. There is a red banner on the left side of the top third of the cover with the masthead at top that reads [EBONY] in white block lettering. The main cover line is a red banner in the lower right corner of the cover that reads [Negroes Come Back to Pro Football] in white block lettering. In the bottom right corner is the date and price on the magazine in white text that reads [OCTOBER 1946 25c]. At the top of the front cover is a handwritten inscription in black ink that reads {Reference Copy Do not circulate] with the last three words double underlined. In the [B] of [EBONY] are the roman numerals [I – II] handwritten in pencil. In the top right corner is a red stamp that reads [LINCOLN]. The back side of the page features a full length advertisement for hair pomade with a color photographic image of a woman with long hair decorated with three (3) white flowers on the proper right side of her face, a patter strapless top, holding on to a bamboo stalk against a green background. The image is tilted diagonally and is set against a red and grey scalloped background with black, white, yellow and red text in varying fonts that reads [For Natural / Beauty / MURRAY’S / Pomade / Hair-glo / Ask your Druggist]. In the bottom right corner of the as are photographic depictions of a yellow tin of Murray’s Superior Hair Dressing Pomade and a glass jar of Murray’s Hair-Glo.
    Place printed
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Athletes
    Football
    Mass media
    U.S. History, 1933-1945
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Damion Thomas
    Object number
    2016.54
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Johnson Publishing Company Inc. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5859ba5ec-a86e-4d90-8944-e2183f95c786
  • Ebony Magazine Vol.24 No. 10

    Published by
    Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942
    Owned by
    Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010
    Date
    1969
    Medium
    paper, ink, metal
    Dimensions
    Closed: 13 1/2 × 10 1/4 × 5/16 in. (34.3 × 26 × 0.8 cm)
    Open: 13 1/2 × 20 1/4 × 5/16 in. (34.3 × 51.4 × 0.8 cm)
    Description
    Ebony magazine, volume 24, number 10 featuring a large black and white image of a portrait painting of a man. The man is seen from the neck up and is looking to the right. In the upper left corner is the magazine title in white text bound within a red rectangular box [EBONY]. Above the title in white is the publisher information [A JOHNSON PUBLICTION]. In the lower left corner is the magazine subject in white text [THE/BLACK/REVOLUTION/AUGUST 1969 60 ¢]. In the lower right corner is additional text [SPECIAL ISSUE].
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Communication
    Mass media
    Politics (Practical)
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2013.201.5
    Restrictions & Rights
    ©1969 Ebony Magazine. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5dc3d21dd-e4e6-46ff-bf59-0135818baec1
  • Jet Vol. XXXIV No. 5

    Published by
    Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942
    Subject of
    Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990
    Date
    May 9, 1968
    On View
    Concourse 1, C1 053
    Exhibition
    A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 6 x 4 1/8 in. (15.2 x 10.5 cm)
    Description
    An issue of Jet magazine, May 9, 1968. The cover features a photo of a rally at a black college with white, black, and orange text that reads: JET / Ralph Abernathy Talks About Poor People's March / Black Students Revolt / Special Report On Student Unrest At Black Colleges]. There is an advertisement on page 63 for the "In Search of Freedom" record.
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Activism
    Advertising
    Civil rights
    Education
    Mass media
    Resistance
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Elmer J. Whiting, III
    Object number
    2011.17.28
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1968 Johnson Publishing Company. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f6a01328-67dc-49c4-a503-41b0562c3125
  • Negro Digest, Sept.-Oct. 1968

    Published by
    Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942
    Subject of
    Negro Digest, American, 1942 - 1976
    Date
    1968
    On View
    Community/Third Floor, 3 050
    Exhibition
    Making a Way Out of No Way
    Medium
    ink on paper (fiber product) with metal
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 7 5/8 × 5 5/16 × 3/16 in. (19.4 × 13.5 × 0.5 cm)
    H x W x D (Open): 7 5/8 × 10 5/8 × 3/16 in. (19.4 × 27 × 0.5 cm)
    Description
    An issue of Negro Digest magazine. The front cover is black and green with white type that reads: [Negro Digest / Sept./Oct. 1968 A Johnson Publication 50¢ / The Annual Poetry Issue / Black Poets and Their Publications].The content of the magazine runs from page three to ninety-eight. Publications include works by Gwendolyn Brooks, Dudley Randall, Sonia Sanchez, Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka), Mari Evans, Michael Harper, Jay Wright, Etheridge Knight and many others. There are also articles by Don L. Lee and Keorapetse Kgositsile.
    Place made
    1820 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Movement
    BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Literature
    Mass media
    Poetry
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.76.13
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1968 by the Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd529c7e590-0829-4cb2-b7f0-9e4ddac5a2e6
  • Negro Digest, Volume 17, Number 3

    Published by
    Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942
    Owned by
    Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010
    Subject of
    Wright, Richard, American, 1908 - 1960
    Karenga, Maulana, American, born 1941
    Date
    1968
    Medium
    ink on paper, metal
    Dimensions
    7 5/8 × 5 3/8 × 1/4 in. (19.4 × 13.7 × 0.6 cm)
    Description
    Publication of "Negro Digest" featuring two (2) black and white images, one of Richard Wright on the right side, middle, and one of Ron Karenga in the lower left corner. At the top in white text is the title, date, and price [Negro Digest/JANUARY 1968 A JOHNSON PUBLICATION 35¢]. On the left side in a red square is black and white text of a featured article [A Survey/BLACK WRITERS/SPEAK OUT ON/LITERARY LIONS/AND VALUES/Richard Wright/"The Leading Lion"]. On the left side, in the middle, is a white rectangle with black text with the publication subject [THE CRISIS OF/THE BLACK/INTELLECTUAL]. In the lower right quadrant is an additional red rectangle, also with white and black text [RON KARENGA/and BLACK/CULTURAL NATIONALISM]. Also found within the publication is a white business card with black text [OFFICE 201 - 648-5528 RES. 201 - 676-6846/Roy L. Hill/CHAIRMAN/DEPARTMENT OF BLACK STUDIES/RUTGERS UNIVERSITY/NEWARK, N. J. 07102].
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Movement
    Black Nationalism
    BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Literature
    Mass media
    Politics (Practical)
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.154.9
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Johnson Publishing Company Inc. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b70636cd-4c97-4802-900a-e608b1350ad1
  • Negro Digest, Volume 18, Number 9

    Published by
    Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942
    Owned by
    Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010
    Date
    1969
    On View
    Concourse 1, C1 053
    Exhibition
    A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
    Medium
    ink on paper, metal
    Dimensions
    7 5/8 × 5 7/16 × 3/16 in. (19.4 × 13.8 × 0.5 cm)
    Description
    Publication of "Negro Digest" with a cover featuring an image of a brass plaque created by the Edo peoples. The work has three (3) relief figures with ceremonial garb and accoutrements. Over top of the image is white text at the top, middle, and bottom, of the publication title, date, price and featured articles [Negro Digest/JULY 1969 A JOHNSON PUBLICATION 50¢/SWAHILI/AND/BLACK/AMERICANS/TOWARD A BLACK AESTHETIC/ARTICLES BY: ADDISON GAYLE JR. - STANLEY/CROUCH - SARAH WEBSTER FABIO - AND OTHERS].
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Movement
    BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Africa
    African diaspora
    Mass media
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.154.11
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Johnson Publishing Company. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd564c4f837-f528-4359-a913-af6017f7626d
  • Jet vol. 75 no. 12

    Written by
    Unidentified
    Photograph by
    Natkin, Paul, American
    Edited by
    Johnson, Robert Edward, American, 1922 - 1996
    Published by
    Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942
    Subject of
    Oprah Winfrey, American, born 1954
    Date
    December 19, 1988
    Medium
    ink on paper with metal
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (Closed): 7 7/16 × 5 1/8 × 3/16 in. (18.9 × 13 × 0.4 cm)
    H x W x D (Open): 7 3/8 × 10 3/16 × 1 1/8 in. (18.8 × 25.9 × 2.8 cm)
    Description
    Jet Magazine, volume 75, number 12 from December 19, 1988. The front cover features a color image of Oprah Winfrey. Winfrey is depicted standing on stage in front of a gray, fabric covered chair. She is wearing a black turtleneck, jeans, and a black belt with a heavy silver toned buckle. In her proper left hand she is holding a microphone close to her mouth. Her proper right arm is raised out to her side to chest level and her hand in in a fist. Behind her are white and pink sheer curtains. The main cover line, at the top right edge of the cover, is printed in black and red type that reads, [OPRAH / WINFREY / Says She Shed / 67 POUNDS / For Herself, / Not For / Love]. In the top left corner of the front cover is the mast head in red text [JET] on the left side, and the date line, price, and publisher is printed above in blue text that reads, [Dec.19, 1988/$1.25 64060 A JOHNSON PUBLICATION]. An upside-down mailing address is affixed to the center, bottom third of the front cover. The interior pages are white with black and red text, black-and-white photographs, and color photographs. The cover article about Oprah Winfrey’s weight loss is printed on page twenty-eight (28). The back cover features an advertisement by Philip Morris for Marlboro Lights. This magazine issue is sixty-six (66) pages.
    Place printed
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Actors
    Business
    Mass media
    Television
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Rhea L. Combs
    Object number
    2017.72.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1988 Johnson Publishing Co., Inc. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52bbacb27-101a-4a0c-ba16-13cd8253dec1
  • Ebony Jr! Vol. 10, No. 9

    Issued by
    Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942
    Subject of
    Sklarek, Norma Merrick, American, 1926 - 2012
    Williams, Paul R., American, 1894 - 1980
    Owned by
    Sklarek, Norma Merrick, American, 1926 - 2012
    Date
    March 1983
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 9 3/4 × 6 1/2 × 1/8 in. (24.8 × 16.5 × 0.3 cm)
    Title
    Ebony Jr! issue featuring Norma Sklarek and Paul Williams
    Description
    Issue of Ebony Jr! Vol. 10, No.9 from 1983. The cover has orange and white text for [EBONY JR!] at the top surrounded by geometric shapes. Bellow this is [DESIGNING IDEAS! LET’S BUILD!]. The center of the cover has an illustration of two (2) children. The child on the left is wearing a red sweater and yellow skirt with her arms raised. The child on the right is holding rolled drawings and a ruler in his arms. They are standing on a stylized graphic of the world with highlighted architectural features, including pyramids and skyscrapers. Articles in this issue include “Two Terrific Builders,” about Norma Sklarek and Paul Williams, and “Building a Career in Architecture.” There are games and stories throughout the magazine. The back cover is titled [EBONY JR! ART GALLERY] and has hand drawn pictures from different children.
    Place used
    United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Archival Collections
    Type
    periodicals
    Topic
    Architecture
    Children
    Mass media
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David Merrick Fairweather and Yvonne Goff
    Object number
    TA2018.23.4.1.6.6
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56f8693ce-5928-49fb-944b-ae049fd660ab
  • Jet Vol. IX No. 3

    Published by
    Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942
    Subject of
    Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
    Simms, Hilda, American, 1918 - 1994
    Till, Emmett, American, 1941 - 1955
    Date
    November 24, 1955
    On View
    Concourse 2, C 2053
    Exhibition
    Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (Closed): 5 15/16 × 4 3/16 × 1/8 in. (15.1 × 10.6 × 0.3 cm)
    H x W x D (Open): 5 15/16 × 8 5/16 × 1/8 in. (15.1 × 21.1 × 0.3 cm)
    Description
    An issue of Jet magazine from November 24, 1955. The cover features a photo of Hilda Simms and Sidney Poitier surrounded by black, white, and orange print. The interior contains an article about the Emmett Till trial.
    Place printed
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Actors
    Entertainers
    Film
    Hate crimes
    Mass media
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Elmer J. Whiting, III
    Object number
    2011.17.10
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1955 Johnson Publishing Company. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c69bcd77-0fcd-4c32-a678-b97282218c4f
  • Jet Vol. VIII No. 18

    Published by
    Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942
    Subject of
    Rich, Lucille
    Till, Emmett, American, 1941 - 1955
    Date
    September 8, 1955
    On View
    Concourse 2, C 2053
    Exhibition
    Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (Closed): 6 × 4 1/8 × 1/8 in. (15.2 × 10.5 × 0.3 cm)
    H x W x D (Open): 6 × 8 1/4 × 1/8 in. (15.2 × 21 × 0.3 cm)
    Description
    An issue of Jet magazine from September 8, 1955. The cover features a photo of Lucille Rich surrounded by black and teal print. The inside has an article about Emmett Till on pages 3-4, titled: [Chicago boy, 14, Kidnaped (sic) by Mississippi Whites]. The cover has ink markings in three places.
    Place printed
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Colorism
    Hate crimes
    Mass media
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Elmer J. Whiting, III
    Object number
    2011.17.3
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1955 Johnson Publishing Company. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54ddd1899-b1ca-4d93-995a-0c92b1814032
  • Jet Vol. VIII No. 20

    Published by
    Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942
    Subject of
    Till, Emmett, American, 1941 - 1955
    Williams, Sue
    Date
    September 22, 1955
    On View
    Concourse 2, C 2053
    Exhibition
    Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (Closed): 5 7/8 × 4 1/8 × 1/8 in. (14.9 × 10.5 × 0.3 cm)
    H x W x D (Open): 5 7/8 × 8 1/8 × 1/8 in. (14.9 × 20.6 × 0.3 cm)
    Description
    An issue of Jet magazine from September 22, 1955. The cover features a photo of Sue Williams surrounded by black and magenta print. The interior contains an article about Emmett Till.
    Place printed
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Hair
    Hate crimes
    Mass media
    Race relations
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Elmer J. Whiting, III
    Object number
    2011.17.6
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1955 Johnson Publishing Company. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fcfff8d5-541a-4370-a979-6761173a0aa6
  • Black World Vol. XXV No. 6

    Published by
    Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942
    Date
    1976
    On View
    Concourse 1, C1 053
    Exhibition
    A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (19.1 x 13.3 cm)
    Description
    Black World Vol. XXV No. 6. The cover features an oval photograph of a man standing beneath a theater marquee is framed by an orange background with a white and black stripes running through it. The title "Black World" appears in white print on black at the top of the cover.
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    pamphlets
    Topic
    Mass media
    Politics (Practical)
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg
    Object number
    2010.55.129
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Johnson Publishing Company Inc. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d179664c-6912-445b-a275-77c6480209ab
  • Ebony Vol. XXII No. 9

    Published by
    Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942
    Subject of
    Haley, Alex, American, 1921 - 1992
    Ali, Muhammad, American, 1942 - 2016
    Ali, Veronica Porché, American, born 1955
    Date
    July 1977
    On View
    Concourse 1, C1 053
    Exhibition
    A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 13 x 10 x 3/16 in. (33 x 25.4 x 0.5 cm)
    Description
    The July 1977 issue of Ebony Magazine featuring Alex Haley on the front cover with the headline: [ALEX HALEY: Author of 'Root' returns to Juffure, home of his African Ancestors]. The magazine also contains a story about Muhammad and Veronica Ali, who are also featured on the cover in the upper right hand corner. The magazine consists of 144 pages of articles and advertisments.
    Place made
    820 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Advertising
    Africa
    Identity
    Mass media
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2011.117.13.5
    Restrictions & Rights
    ©1977 by Johnson Publishing Co.. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd518925d18-f720-49f2-8d36-a6d06204224b
  • Untitled

    Photograph by
    Williams, Milton, American, born 1940
    Subject of
    Sorrell, Maurice, American, 1914 - 1998
    Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942
    Date
    1977
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, mounting board
    Dimensions
    H x W (Image and Sheet): 9 13/16 x 7 3/4 in. (24.9 x 19.7 cm)
    Description
    A black-and-white photograph of Maurice Sorrell holding a Nikon camera that is on a strap around his neck. He is standing in front of, and partially blocks the view of, a door that says, “Johnson Publishing Co Inc” and “Ebony… .” The photograph is attached to a thick mounting board. The board is stamped and inscribed on the back.
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    portraits
    Topic
    Local and regional
    Photography
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Milton Williams Archives
    Object number
    2011.15.36
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Milton Williams
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fb35266a-bc4c-4a37-aa14-ee93c57a29cf
  • Black Stars, Vol. 28, No. 4

    Published by
    Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942
    Subject of
    Black Stars, American, 1971 - 1981
    Turner, Tina, American, born 1939
    Date
    February 1979
    On View
    Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053
    Exhibition
    Musical Crossroads
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 11 1/8 x 8 1/2 in. (28.3 x 21.6 cm)
    Description
    A Black Stars magazine, Volume 28, Number 4 that features a color photograph of the singer Tina Turner on the cover. This cover also has the following headlines: "INEZ ANDREWS: 'I'M NOT TIRED YET'"/LENNY WILLIAMS: 'I'M READY FOR RECOGNITION'"/ GRACE JONES: 'I STILL LACK LOVE'"/"CHAKA KHAN: THE SECRET SHE COULDN'T HIDE"/ "THERE'S MORE TO ME THAN SHAFT" by Richard Roundtree/ "THE NEW TINA TURNER". The interior contains articles about African American entertainers.
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Entertainers
    Mass media
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2011.166.16.3
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Johnson Publishing Company 1979. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53b2b4fd8-279b-413f-984a-f41d164a0b04
  • Jet Vol. VIII No. 19

    Published by
    Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942
    Subject of
    Till, Emmett, American, 1941 - 1955
    Weathersby, Beverly
    Date
    September 15, 1955
    On View
    Concourse 2, C 2053
    Exhibition
    Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (Closed): 6 × 4 1/8 × 1/8 in. (15.2 × 10.5 × 0.3 cm)
    H x W x D (Open): 6 × 8 5/16 × 1/8 in. (15.2 × 21.1 × 0.3 cm)
    Description
    An issue of Jet magazine from September 15, 1955. The cover features a photo of Beverly Weathersby surrounded by black and olive print. The interior contains an article about Emmett Till on pages 6-9. The article is titled "Nation horrified by Murder of Kidnapped Chicago Youth."
    Place printed
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Education
    Hate crimes
    Mass media
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Elmer J. Whiting, III
    Object number
    2011.17.5
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1955 Johnson Publishing Company. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5aaecffac-b23d-4adb-93b3-cc72fe546213
  • Jet Vol. VIII No. 21

    Published by
    Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942
    Subject of
    Till, Emmett, American, 1941 - 1955
    Holloway, Nancy, American, born 1932
    Father Divine, American, ca. 1876 - 1965
    Date
    September 29, 1955
    On View
    Concourse 2, C 2053
    Exhibition
    Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (Closed): 5 15/16 × 4 3/16 × 1/8 in. (15.1 × 10.6 × 0.3 cm)
    H x W x D (Open): 5 15/16 × 8 3/8 × 1/8 in. (15.1 × 21.3 × 0.3 cm)
    Description
    An issue of Jet magazine from September 29, 1955. The cover features a photo of Nancy Holloway surrounded by orange and black print. The interior contains an article about the Emmett Till investigation on pages 8-10. The article is titled "Where is the Third Man in Till Lynching?"
    Place printed
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Hate crimes
    Mass media
    Singers (Musicians)
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Elmer J. Whiting, III
    Object number
    2011.17.7
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1955 Johnson Publishing Company. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5593f4bc7-7c2b-41dc-bcb3-98c10cd61f82

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