Title: When 12 major magazines first put black people on their covers
Headings: When 12 major magazines first put black people on their covers
When 12 major magazines first put black people on their covers
See also: 7 pioneering black artists who shaped modern music
Black magazine cover stars
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Content: When 12 major magazines first put black people on their covers
When 12 major magazines first put black people on their covers
Donyale Luna on the cover of British Vogue in 1966. Image: Vogue UK
By Yohana Desta Feb 21, 2015
Pick up any major magazine today and you'll see one thing in common: a lack of black faces. Over the decades, magazines have been flaky when it comes to featuring black people, or any people of color, on their respective and coveted covers. Though some might denounce this as a problem from the past, a rundown of 2014 fashion magazines shows how prevalent it still is. A lengthy report from the Fashion Spot of 44 major fashion magazines worldwide showed that out of 611 covers, people of color overall only made 119 appearances. About 60% of that group was black, the report finds. See also: 7 pioneering black artists who shaped modern music
Black-centric mags like Ebony and Essence have combatted this uneven tilt by regularly featuring black cover stars.