Half-Century Magazine

Half-Century Magazine was published from 1916 to 1925 for an African-American audience. It was named for the 50th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.^[1] The magazine included fashion advice.^[1] Anthony Overton founded the magazine.^[2] Despite Overton's role, Katherine E. Williams, who became Katherine Williams-Irvin, was listed as its owner and editor-in-chief.^[1] Overton advertised his company's beauty products line in the magazine.^[2] It was originally aimed at an audience of both women and men, but shifted its aim to women around 1918.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Rooks, Noliwe M. (2004). Ladies' Pages: African American Women's Magazines and the Culture That Made Them. Rutgers University Press. pp. 68–88. ISBN 978-0-8135-4252-2.
^ ^a ^b Weems, Robert E. Jr. (March 9, 2020). The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago: Anthony Overton and the Building of a Financial Empire. University of Illinois Press. p. 100. ISBN 9780252051920.

External links

Digitized copies of Half-Century Magazine at archive.org

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[:0-1] Rooks, Noliwe M. (2004). Ladies' Pages: African American Women's Magazines and the Culture That Made Them. Rutgers University Press. pp. 68–88. ISBN 978-0-8135-4252-2.

[:1-2] Weems, Robert E. Jr. (March 9, 2020). The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago: Anthony Overton and the Building of a Financial Empire. University of Illinois Press. p. 100. ISBN 9780252051920.

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