NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — With Essence Fest days away, Essence Magazine is already showcasing four different magazine covers featuring Mardi Gras Indians for its 30th anniversary issue. Filmmaker and ...

OWN’s Time Of Essence first episode of the five-part docuseries, with the magazine’s early origins, starting in the 1970s by four Black men—Ed Lewis, Cecil Hollingsworth, Clarence Smith and ...

Long whose illustrious acting career began in 1986, also made a point to remind viewers that ESSENCE was normalizing protective styles on magazine covers long before mainstream publications caught on.