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1. Billy Holiday When Billie Holiday was on the cover she had that infamous deep side part we all love and slicked her hair down something serious 2. Marian Anderson Marian Anderson had a cute little bob with head band, she looked absolutely stunning 3. Cicely Tyson The beautiful Cicely Tyson had her hair laid for the gods then and still does the same thing now. How gorgeous was she on the cover of Ebony 4. Lena Horn If you ever need an inspirational updo to copy, Lena Horn has one! Her…

Mixmag Magazine issue 62 (July 1996) Fugees, Digweed, Cream, Hardfloor 808 State

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A view of pop-culture history through the eyes of black America.

1969, LOOK magazine, Charlene Dash.

Beyond her unapologetic demeanor and signature features, she became the first Black woman to cover Vogue.

The issue celebrates the rise of the African model and talks to some of those 'redrawing the map' and was styled by Ghanaian-born editor-in-chief Edward Enninful OBE.

Remember the Time JET Cover

Click the "All Sizes" button above to read an article or to see the image clearly. These scans come from my rather large magazine collection. Instead of filling my house with old moldy magazines, I scanned them (in most cases, photographed them) and filled a storage area with moldy magazines. Now they reside on an external harddrive. I thought others might appreciate these tidbits of forgotten history. Please feel free to leave any comments or thoughts or impressions... Thanks in advance!

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Halle Berry in “B.A.P.S.” Used for cover JET A very fun movie to work on all Cast & Crew Photographed by D Stevens #halleberry…

Put her on EVERY magazine cover.

Following that oft-discussed (and internet breaking) Kim Kardashian cover this past winter, Paper has selected her other half, Kanye West...