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
Time — 1930
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Content: 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. As powerful as their impact has been, it's a big fight in a larger war. Let's put that into perspective. Magazines like Vanity Fair only had two solo black women on the cover in the past decade: Beyoncé in 2005 and Kerry Washington in 2013. Jay Z nabbed a cover soon after Washington.