It was a whole movement, " Smith said. Keena established the goal of becoming an Ebony/Jet Beauty of the Week – and she accomplished it! These women had ranging career paths such as beauty consultants, college students, aspiring politicians, and musicians. The founders experience and background in the performing arts highlighted the lack of support for black women within the industry and inspired her to provide a platform of support. There was the old What's On TV segment, which was literally just a list of black people who would be appearing in prime time over the next week. Posted by Bossip Staff. For more than 60 years JET magazine's "Beauty of The Week" page has served as a weekly snapshot promoting and supporting the message that black is beautiful. "My uncle, bless his heart, had around 30 to 40 years' worth of Jet magazines, " she said. In June 2014, JET released its last physical issue, opting to move to fully digital. He cited that news moved so quickly. "We're not hosting an open call because we need more 'Beauty Of The Weeks' -- we're having an open call because we want to reach out to our readers and I want them to be aware of how JET is changing, " Miller told The Huffington Post. Some Black women who gained success later in life credited the centerfold piece as their start, from the likes of television beauty Willona Woods to Blaxpoitation icon Pam Grier. "But it's sad because we lose control forever. It was about joy, " Gibbs said.
These centerfold features were accompanied by a bio of the Beauty and her body measurements. "What it means to be in a position to be able to be helpful in safeguarding this treasure and our shared history overwhelms me with joy, " Alexander said. To look back at its genesis is to realize how monumental a magazine like this was. Others criticized JET's depiction of Black women. JET also came under fire along with the popular Essence magazine for promoting colorist ideals.
Are magazines devoted to African Americans still a necessity? When designing the catalog, we wanted to pay homage to Ebony and Jet, but not copy the design. "It is very significant. Critics grew concerned citing the importance of Black beauty being visible but not being based on objectification. According to the website Miss Black Britain is: The UK's first and only black integrated beauty contest, with Miss England affiliation. When I was growing up, my aunt used to stack dozens of magazines high on a side table at the top of her stairs. What was your inspiration? I did a small segment on Dr. Oz and was featured in Bermuda's most read newspaper for my achievements.
"The good news here is that this archive — regardless of the future success of the Johnson publications — will be successful. You've designed the catalog in a very minimal manner—black and red dominate. "You have to do what you have to do, " Roy Douglas Malonson, publisher of the Houston-based African American News & Issues newspaper, said. The publication's aim was to provide "news coverage on happenings among Negroes all over the U. S. —in entertainment, politics, sports, social events as well as features on unusual personalities, places and events. As popular, widely circulated print publications, the magazines ushered in a particular phenomenon of collection and display in black domestic spaces. Miss Black Britain is a contest with a difference. The B. O. W. franchise remains one of the most popular sections of the magazine, so there is no shortage of submissions. Adrienne Samuels Gibbs, a former Ebony magazine staffer, said Ebony and Jet dutifully captured the environment that African Americans were forced to endure over the years. Beauties of the Week were largely photographed in bathing suits from 1959-1993.
I discovered that Google Books have published ALL JET MAGAZINES, from its founding, in 1951, until the publishers ceased producing them, in 2008. We kept the front and back of the magazine primarily limited to that color scheme while the artists pages reproduce the artwork in full color knocked out of glossy black pages. But it's also causing some to mourn since the images, including photos of Emmett Till in 1955 after he was killed and ones documenting the rise of the Rev. "It wasn't about all poverty and suffering.