<I>Ebony Vol. III No. 8</I>
date: label: Date
content: June 1948
name: label: Published by
content: Johnson Publishing Company, American, 1942 - 2019
label: Subject of
content: Jackie Robinson, American, 1919 - 1972
label: Subject of
content: Jay Jackson, American
notes: label: Description
content: The June 1948 issue of Ebony magazine featuring a cover story written by Jackie Robinson. The cover features a large color portrait of Robinson's face as he looks directly at the viewer. He wears a white t-shirt and a navy baseball cap with green under the bill and appears against a sky blue background. At top right, [EBONY] appears in large white letters set in red. At bottom right, also in white against a red box [WHAT'S WRONG / WITH NEGRO / BASEBALL / By Jackie Robinson]. At bottom left, in smaller black text is [JUNE 1948 25c]. The story written by Robinson is found on pages 16-24. The interior of the magazine also contains five Pepsi advertisments illustrated by Jay Jackson. The first one has the caption: "Mmm, Daddy! Now that's art!" and features a little girl looking at a painting of a Pepsi-Co bottle in a museum setting.
place: label: Place printed
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Baseball
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Sports
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Stephanie Capparell, author of The Real Pepsi Challenge
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.35.1.2
objectType: label: Type
content: magazines (periodicals)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Ebony Media Group LLC
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 13 1/4 x 10 1/8 in. (33.7 x 25.7 cm)