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Photographs of a historic Harlem, New York, barbershop welcome you home
Moody and authentic, Jeffrey Henson Scales’ ‘House’ is black and white and beautiful
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HBO’s ‘How to Make It in America’ inspired a young writer to do the same
For Cory Townes, it was time to break out of the mold of ‘normalcy’
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The magazine cover LeBron James got tatted on his back
The perennial All-Star exceeded all the expectations placed on him by ‘Sports Illustrated’ in 2002
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How Michael Jackson rebranded himself for his first solo album
‘Off the Wall’ helped transform him from teenybopper to ‘The King of Pop’
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Shirley Chisholm’s ‘Unbought and Unbossed’ presidential campaign poster
A look back at the 1972 campaign by one of the most formidable women in politics
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Kamaiyah’s 2016 ‘A Good Night in the Ghetto’ cover may be simple, but it speaks volumes
The Oakland, California, rapper’s debut cover empowers women in a world where they’re often objectified
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The album cover of Nas’ 2012 ‘Life Is Good’
Hip-hop’s most naturally gifted lyricist wanted to throw a party on the album cover — but then he had a change of heart
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Tyra Banks’ winter 1997 ‘Sports Illustrated’ cover
The cover that turned Tyra Banks, literally, into America’s top model
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Fannie Lou Hamer’s 2015 ‘Songs My Mother Taught Me’
Listen to Fannie. Go listen to her. ‘Is this America?’ She called it back then