- Published by
- Johnson Publishing Company, American, 1942 - 2019
- Subject of
- Robinson, Sugar Ray, American, 1921 - 1989
- Hampton University, American, founded 1868
- Date
- September 1949
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 13 1/4 x 10 1/8 in. (33.7 x 25.7 cm)
- Description
- An issue of Ebony Magazine from September 1949. On the cover, Sugar Ray Robinson strikes a boxing pose while his second wife, Edna Mae Holly, looks on. Inside, the third of six campus ads with high-achieving African American students. Featured is Elizabeth Robinson, “Miss Homecoming” of Hampton Institute, with three other students. Charles Wilson, future Pepsi salesman, appears in a smaller group photo with Ms. Robinson and Joyce Brown Blakeley and Arnold Henderson.
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Topic
- Advertising
- Athletes
- Black Press
- Boxing
- Business
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Mass media
- Sports
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Stephanie Capparell, author of The Real Pepsi Challenge
- Object number
- 2011.35.1.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Ebony Media Group LLC
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.