Forty years ago, marked the first time a black woman ever appeared on the cover of a national American women's magazine. The pioneering face on the cover of the August 1968 issue belonged to Katiti Kironde, then a college student at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Though not a model, Katiti's cover was a financial success and would open the floodgates for many model firsts in the years to follow: Jolie Jones, Mademoiselle '69; Daphne Maxwell, Glamour, '69; Jane Hoffman, Cosmopolitan, '69; Elizabeth of Toro, Harper's Bazaar, '69; and Beverly Johnson's coveted, American Vogue cover of '74, struck the last blow to the long-standing tradition of exclusion.
Thanks to Katiti's historic cover and the efforts of women and men in front of, and behind the lens, we've never known a world where diversity was blatantly not welcomed to the publication party. And we think that's something worth celebrating.
Today we're gonna party like its 1968!
15 comments:
Hallelujah!
Well shut my mouth. I always thought Beverly Johnson was the first......
I seen this cover several days ago also.
thats awesome! and her cover still looks recent...
Well, well, well. You learn something new everyday. I had no idea.
Wow, everyone did think it was Beverly Johnson I know I sure did...That's great might have to blog this gorgeous women!
I myself thought that it was Beverly Johnson.
Naomi Sims was the first black super model. Beverly Johnson came after her. Naomi was such a cultural phenomenon, that they put her on the cover of LIFE Magazine.
WOW, I convinced myself Beverly Johnson was the first... aint that something??
1968 was a beauty year!
Here's a link to a recent picture of Ms Katiti.
http://sfluxe.com/2008/03/18/katiti-kironde-at-the-legion-of-honor/
Her beauty endures at age 63! She looks better than some who are 20 years younger! As my 90 year old Granny says: Black don't crack. My beloved Granny who had the nerve to lie to a white woman in Walgreens two months ago saying she was 72 like the woman was (though the woman looked older than my granny LOL).
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Such a beautiful cover. I wonder where she is today.
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Awesome post, this is history, I remember my ex-girlfriend who was a black woman that had that cover framed hanging in her wall.
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