Ebony

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EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.
 

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Contents

Franklin Thomas: a man with $120 million a year to spend
33
Franklin Thomas, Ford Foundation
Cincinnati: city of Northern sleek and Southern charm
38
Cincinnati (Ohio) (Blacks)
21 years in the White House
60
Alonzo Fields, White House (Washington, D.C.)
The track team that Wilt built
68
Wilt Chamberlain; 1936-1999, Sports clubs
Couples who remarry--each other
75
Remarriage
A double victory for black golfers
102
Calvin Peete, Jim Thorpe; 1949?-.
Smokey and Claudette Robinson
120
Claudette Robinson (wife of Smokey Robinson.), Smokey Robinson (American singer and songwriter.)
Pies with pizzazz
126
Pie
First black leader of 1.5 million Boy Scouts
140
Joe MERTON, Boy Scouts of America
Alaska summit
146
National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (U.S.)

She fought battle of the bulge--and won
80
Sara Horton, Diet
The battle to save a dying paper company results in a victory at Fort Dearborn
88
Charles T. Grant, Fort Dearborn Paper Co, Paper industry (Acquisitions and mergers)
The first black governor
94
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (American lawyer and governor.); 1837-1921, BlacksJapan/History
A new home for Provident Hospital
154
Chicago (Ill.) (Hospitals)
Introducing: Betty Jackson King
160
Betty Jackson King; 1928-., National Association of Negro Musicians

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