- Published by
- Time, American, founded 1923
- Photograph by
- Erizku, Awol, Ethiopian American, born 1988
- Subject of
- Gorman, Amanda S. C., American, born 1998
- First Lady Michelle Obama, American, born 1964
- Kendi, Ibram X., American, born 1982
- Bolden, Jason, American
- Moultrie, Autumn
- Khiry, American
- Greta Constantine, Canadian, founded 2006
- Date
- 2021
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (each): 10 1/2 × 7 7/8 × 1/4 in. (26.7 × 20 × 0.6 cm)
- Description
- The February 15 / February 22, 2021, double issue of Time magazine featuring Amanda Gorman on the cover and a featured section on “The Black Renaissance.”
- Gorman is depicted against a solid black background wearing a bright yellow dress with three-quarter, blouson sleeves and a V-shaped neckline. She stands in a regal, three-quarter pose, with her hands resting atop her proper left hip. Her braided hair is in an updo ornamented with a gold headband. The [TIME] title appears above and behind her in dark grey. Along the left side are headlines in yellow and white reading [AMANDA / GORMAN / A CONVERSATION WITH / MICHELLE / OBAMA] and [THE BLACK / RENAISSANCE / BY IBRAM X. KENDI]. The cover has a red border with the issue date at the top right and a barcode at the bottom right.
- There are 113 interior pages, with color photographs and advertisements throughout. Pages 68-98 comprise a section on Black culture, literature, film, music, and creative works titled “Black Renaissance,” with an article by Ibram X. Kendi. Also featured in this section are Michelle Obama with Amanda Gorman, Rebecca Carroll with Brit Bennett, Jasmine Guillory, and Jacqueline Woodson, Josiah Bates and Andrew R. Chow, Marcus J. Moore, and Chad Sanders. The back cover has an advertisement for American Family Insurance.
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Michelle Joan Wilkinson
- Object number
- 2022.86.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Time USA, LLC
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




