In August Edition
Ebony Focuses On Black Women
By Jacquie Levister
Post Staff Writer
What are the psychological
and social hazards of being a
black woman in American
society today? In its fourteen
th annual special issue, Ebony
magazine goes behind the old
discredited myths about the
black woman, revealing the
black woman of our times.
According to a press release
from Ebony, "No other wo
man has struggled for so long
against such formidable odds,
and no other woman has done
more with such meager mate
rial resources" says John H.
Johnson in his Publisher’s
statement. From Harriett
Tubman to Rosa Parks, Black
women have been in the fore
front for freedom. From Phyl
lis Wheatley to Gwendolyn
Brooks, black women have
blazed new paths in art and
culture. From Aunt Hagar to
the nameless and unsung he
roines of a thousand kitchens,
black women have been the
institutional anchors of our
community.
Eleven years ago, toony
magazine, during the middle
of the Negro Revolution, "pu
blished a highly informative
special issue on "The Negro
Woman.” Since that time, the
black woman and the realities
surrounding the black woman
have changed. In response to
these changes, this year’s Au
gust Special Issue of Ebony
presents a second installment
on the same subject. As a sign
of the changes that have taken
place in the intervening years,
the special issue is called
“The Black Woman."
Some of the major contribu
tors to the August Special
Issue of Ebony include: Ri
chard and Joanne Tyson who
together write an enlightening
feature, “Sex and The Black
Woman.” The black woman is
now seeking advice on sex
Ebony reports. "Many are
just beginning to get in touch
with their own sexuality," say
the authors.
The release goes on to say
four prominent black ameri
can men, Julian Bond, Dr.
Benjamin Mays, Dr. J.H.
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jacKson, and Benjamin L.
Hooks, each describe "The
Most Extraordinary Black
Woman I Have Ever Known."
"Is a Woman Over the Hill
At Forty? Verta Mae Smart
Grcsvenor tells why she thinks
this notion is a yesterday’s
myth.
Harvard psychiatrist, Dr.
Alvin Poussaint and his psy
chologist wife, Ann Ashmore
Poussaint, explore a wide ran
ge of problems in contempo
rary “Black Woman-Black
Men Relations.” Has some
thing gone wrong between the
Black male and the Black
Female? Is there a power
struggle emerging between
them, a sexual revolution, an
economic - revolution? The
Poussaints examine these and
I—
omer questions in an exclusive
interview.
The Black woman has fou
ght long and hard for her
present status. She has kept
her families together - fed,
clothed and housed them,
when circumstances prevent
ed her man from doing so.
"The black woman today
continues to represent the
multitude of paradoxes of her
people," says Dr. Joyce A.
Ladner. “Yet, she continues,
through her sheer genius
for survival, to press forward
and increasingly to triumph
and make unprecedented ac
hievements." In telling just
where she stands today, the
August Special Issue of Ebony
is a heartfelt tribute to all
black women.
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