I never saw pictures of black people portrayed in a positive vein -- of young black people going to college or buying homes -- until I bought an Ebony magazine.

I never saw pictures of black people portrayed in a positive vein ? of young black people going to college or buying homes ? until I bought an Ebony magazine.

It was the first publication to show how beautiful black people are. And in color? On the front page? Back then articles about blacks were usually way in the back.