Ebony’s Obama Collector’s Edition
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Ebony Magazine heralds the New Year and the new presidential administration with a special collector’s edition completely dedicated to President-elect Barack Obama. The January 2009 Ebony selects America’s charismatic new chief executive as its first Person of the Year and chronicles his 21-month-long campaign journey to an unprecedented presidential victory. A highlight of the issue is the first print interview given by the incoming president since his election. In it he expresses his vision for America. “I believe in America’s institutions. I believe that whatever our history, that our better days are ahead of us. That gives me great confidence. We may be going through tough times right now, but I have no doubts that we will bounce back. And I hope that I can be an important part of that.”

Where is RuPaul?

RuPaul was known as the “supermodel of the world” in 1993. The highly acclaimed drag queen soon became legendary in show business. But, has RuPaul still been working it these days? (p. 29)

WNBA Drops Comets

The WNBA’s Houston Comets apparently have lost their fire! The franchise that won the league’s first four championships is out of business. WNBA President Donna Orender explained the league couldn’t find new owners for the team and shut it down due to finances. “We didn’t have enough runway to get a deal done in time for the 2009 season,” she told the Associated Press. “So right now we have to move on.”

Singer Anthony Hamilton Keeps Soul Music Alive With New CD

During a recent visit to Chicago to promote his third studio CD, The Point of it All (in stores Dec. 16), singer Anthony Hamilton stopped by the Johnson Publishing headquarters to say hello and chit-chat a spell. Find out what Hamilton had to say about his latest project, the most important thing he’s learning about the music industry thus far, and his thoughts about the first Black president of the United States.

Video: Anthony Hamilton on voting


Keyshia Cole Keeps It Real

Singer is unchanged by fame when it comes to her ‘family’s business’ and music

When it comes to family, R&B singer Keyshia Cole says her love is unconditional. That is exactly what gives her the solid foundation for the highly successful reality show, “Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is” on BET. “Watching my sister and mom grow makes me feel proud of them,” she tells JET magazine about her family’s progress.

Although Cole and the family keep it real and let it all hang out in the show’s third season, she hopes that her viewers will get something out of it as well. “I decided to do the reality show because there are young girls out there who are or were in my predicament, coming up the same way I had come up. I had them in mind when showcasing my family’s business,” she said.

BET's Gospel Celebration

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Black History Quiz

The first Black woman to hold diplomatic rank as a U.S. ambassador in 1965, this Mattoon, IL, native made history again 11 years later this week when she became the first Black woman to serve in the Cabinet of a U.S. president. President Carter appointed her to two Cabinet-level positions–secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1977-1979 and secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (Health and Human Services (1979-1981). A graduate of Howard University and George Washington University’s National Law Center, she had also served at Howard as associate dean of students and dean of the Howard law school. Following her White House tenure, she unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Washington, D.C. in 1982. She later taught law at George Washington National Law Center until her death in 1985 at age 60.

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