On this day in 1974, Beverly Johnson made fashion history, becoming the first Black model to appear on the American cover of Vogue magazine.
On this day in 1974 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today August 1, 2024 Aug. 1, 1974 Beverly Johnson made fashion history when she became the first Black model to appear on the American cover of Vogue magazine. When her first managers told her that major magazine covers weren’t going to happen due to her race, she got new managers. She went on to make Vogue’s cover three more times. Within a year, every major American fashion designer began to use Black models.
” Her success led her to star in television and films, and write health and beauty books. “There’s not a hair extension or a makeup artist,” she later said, “that can make me feel the way I feel when I give back.”This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.The stories of investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell have helped put four Klansmen and a serial killer behind bars.
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