This story appears in the April 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. The purpose of cities ... Calthorpe is an architect who in the late 1970s helped design one of the first energy ...

New Orleans shines as the focus of Essence Magazine's May, June issue marking 20 years since Hurricane Katrina. The covers of the magazine serve as a heartfelt love letter to the Crescent City ...

Smith, who convinced skeptical advertisers of the power and worth of the Black female consumer market in becoming a founder of Essence, the first general-circulation magazine directed at Black ...

Smith, who passed away on April 21, helped to launch the magazine that would become a Black cultural staple in May 1970. Clarence O. Smith, one of the co-founders of Essence magazine, died on ...

Clarence O. Smith, one of the four pioneering founders who launched ESSENCE Magazine in May 1970, passed away on Monday, April 21, at the age of 92. A passionate strategist, a masterful ...

The festival, which coincides with the 55th anniversary of Essence Magazine, is set for the Fourth of July weekend. "This year’s festival will be both a time capsule and a forward-looking ...

Being chosen to shoot Essence Magazine's covers for two years in a row is a frame in life, he will never forget, especially as this year's series commemorates 20 years since Hurricane Katrina ...

Established in 1995 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Essence Magazine, Essence Festival is the largest African-American culture and music event in the United States. BUY NOW: Get tickets for ...

By Gail Mitchell GloRilla, Summer Walker, Muni Long, Maxwell and Boyz II Men are among the first wave of contemporary stars and legends announced for the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture.

Posters and magazine covers have a similar task: both vie to grab the attention of a public subjected to evermore intrusive image assault. From simple street hoardings and news vendors in 1925 ...