"Black Images and the Politics of Beauty"

Mar
02
2021
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By cstabile
Image popup The cover of the February 1949 issue of Ebony Magazine via NYPL

The cover of the February 1949 issue of Ebony Magazine via NYPL

 Ashawnta Jackson writes for JSTOR Daily about how "Black-owned beauty-centered businesses" used images of stars like Lena Horne to change mainstream understandings of beauty.

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