This resource guide was created in 2023 by Jehoiada Calvin, Steven D. Booth, and Simone Fujita at the Getty Research Institute in collaboration with Ja-Zette Marshburn and Shauna Collier at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Editors: Naja Morris and Tulani Pryor
This guide is a work in progress. Additional links and information will be added over time. Please send any additions, corrections, or other suggestions for this resource guide to JPCLicensing@getty.edu.
While Ebony and Jet are the two most widely known JPC magazines, they are by no means the only ones that made an impact on Black history and visual culture. JPC began publishing the all-print magazine Negro Digest in 1942, later renamed Black World, which featured news stories and articles by and about Black people. Ebony and Jet began soon after and by 2000, JPC had published over ten different magazines that documented the global representation of Black life.
Use the links below to see digitized copies of select JPC publications.
Negro Digest: Nov. 1942 - Oct. 1951 (select issues available on Google Books)
Ebony: Nov. 1945 - present (select issues available on Google Books, EBSCO, and Ebony.com)
Tan Confessions: Nov. 1950 - Oct. 1952
Tan: Nov. 1952 - Oct. 1971
Jet: Nov. 1951 - Jun. 2014 (select issues available on Google Books, EBSCO, and Internet Archive)
Hue: Nov. 1953 - Jul. 1959
Copper Romance: Nov. 1953 - Jun. 1954
Beauty Salon: Nov. 1960 - Dec. 1960
Ebony Africa: Mar. 1964 - Sep. 1964
Black Stars: Nov. 1971 - Jul. 1981
Ebony Jr.!: May 1973 - Oct. 1985 (select issues available on Google Books)
Black World: Nov. 1961 - Apr. 1970; May 1970 - Apr. 1976 (select issues available on Google Books)
Ebony Man: Nov. 1985 - Jan. 1998 (select issues available on Google Books)
Ebony South Africa: Nov. 1995 - Jun. 2000