Special Issue, "Ebony" Magazine, September 1963

Since 1945, Ebony has focused upon issues, personalities, and interests geared to the African-American market. During the civil rights era of the 1950s and 60s, the magazine regularly kept Americans apprised of the movement for equality. This special issue focused on the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the historic aspects of the Civil Rights movement.