1970s Tag

Courtesy OWN OWN’s Time Of Essence first episode of the five-part docuseries, with the magazine’s early origins, starting within the Seventies by 4 Black men—Ed Lewis, Cecil Hollingsworth, Clarence Smith and Jonathan Blount—who intended to create a magazine catered to Black women, something unprecedented at a time where most girls targeted editorials were geared towards a white gaze.  The magazine was founded within the upheaval of the previous decade, which included the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, in addition to the thick of the Vietnam War and the Black Power Movement. The Black community on the time needed hope, and ESSENCE was birthed.  To really launch the publication, the foursome needed funding, and intended to boost $1,500,000. A Black bank...