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Category: Essence (Magazine)
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Clarence O. Smith, a Founder of Essence Magazine, Is Dead at 92
As president, he helped persuade companies like Estée Lauder and Ford to advertise in the pages of the first mass-circulation magazine directed at Black women.
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Michelle Ebanks Named President and CEO of the Apollo
Michelle Ebanks, who most recently served as the president of Essence Communications, will assume the role in July.
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Bernadette Carey Smith, Black Reporter in Mostly White Newsrooms, Dies at 83
She was one of the first Black female journalists at The New York Times and The Washington Post. The Times put her on the staff of a women’s news section.