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Before Michelle Obama, There was Eunice W. Johnson
By Judy Howard Ellis - Politics DailyLong before Michelle Obama strolled down Pennsylvania Avenue on Inauguration Day in Isobel Toledo's shimmering day dress and coat or graced the cover of Vogue, another Chicago woman demonstrated how formidably fashionable black women can be. Eunice W. Johnson was the business-minded fashion wizard who married haute couture and blackness when Bobby Kennedy was only musing about America one day electing a black president. Johnson, who with her late husband, John H. Johnson, started a publishing empire in 1942 with a $500 loan, became a fashion icon who oversaw the traveling Ebony Fashion Fair ...
Ebony Editor to Rush Limbaugh: Get Out of the Office More
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyI reported earlier that Rush Limbaugh had singled out Ebony Magazine Senior Editor Kevin Chappell for criticism, based on a question he asked at Tuesday's Presidential news conference. Here's that clip:As I pointed out, Limbaugh attacks the data without providing any alternative data, or without disclosing that such information is difficult to track. Here's the clip of Kevin's question:I contacted Kevin Chappell, whom I know from covering the White House, and asked him to respond to Limbaugh's attack. Here's what he had to say: (From Daily Dose) ...
Rush Limbaugh Slams Ebony Magazine Reporter
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyUpdate: Ebony Editor to Rush Limbaugh: Get Out of the Office MoreRush Limbaugh singled out Ebony Magazine Senior Editor Kevin Chappell, whom he calls "Some guy from Ebony," for criticism based on his question at Tuesday night's news conference. He didn't seem to think Chappell had earned his place at the news conference, since he doesn't work for an outfit like the "York Times(?)" and falsely attacked the data Chappell referenced:The comparison of Ebony magazine to People, first of all, was demeaning and offensive. I could charitably chalk that up to Rush's membership in a class that is not ...
Exclusive: 1/150th of Ebony's Power 150 Revealed!
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyWhile I was at the White House today, I befriended April Ryan from American Urban Radio Networks. She was the one sitting in front of me who wouldn't let Robert Gibbs get away without a follow-up.After the briefing, I saw April posing for a photo with a gathering of other journalists (also pictured is another new friend, Politico's Nia-Malika Henderson). Ebony Magazine releases its Power 150 in May, and the African American contingent of the White House Press Corps is on the list. Ebony 's Harriett Cole, who is producing the feature, was not at liberty to tell me where on the list they fell. I ...
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