Ebony

Apr 1985
168 pages
Vol. 40, No. 6
ISSN 0012-9011

Published by Johnson Publishing Company

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.

The Cosby Show: the Real-life Drama Behind Hit TV Show about a Black Family	27
Bill Cosby; 1937-., Black family in television
The Cosby Show	27
Cosby show (Television program) (Reviews)
Campus Queens at Black Colleges	36
Beauty contests, Black women college students
The Highest Paid Black Public Officials	46
Black public officers (Salaries)
First-time Fathers After 50	53
Fathers (Age)

Robert Johnson Sr.: Mississippi Farmer Keeps Vow to Educate His Children	85
Robert Johnson (Sr.), Blacks (Mississippi, Education), Black farmers
A Slap in the Face to Black Olympic Heroes	91
Black athletes, Olympic athletes, Discrimination in sports
Lights! Camera! Oprah!	100
Oprah Winfrey, Television programs (Talk shows)
Secret Meetings of the Six who Shaped the Movement	108
Black leadership, Blacks (Civil rights, History)
Easter Sunday Brunch	124
Easter brunches

K. C. Jones: Continuing the Celtics' Winning Tradition	59
K. C. Jones, Boston Celtics (Basketball team)
Losing Weight an Easier Way--together	67
Ruth Montgomery, Jerry Cousins, Dieting
Richard E. Jackson: the New Man on Top in Peekskill	77
Richard E. Jackson, Peekskill (N.Y.) (Politics and government)

The Annual Ebony Beauty Makeover	133
Beauty, Personal (Black women)
The Carmichaels--a Corporate Family	147
Carmichael family, Black entrepreneurs, Family corporations, Queens (New York, N.Y.) (Industries)
The Yuppies are Coming: Young, Affluent Whites are Taking Over Urban Ghettos	155
Gentrification, Blacks (Housing), Yuppies, Inner cities

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