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40-464: The institute comprises three programs: The Radcliffe Institute often hosts public events, many of which can be watched online. It is a member of the Some Institutes for Advanced Study consortium. Prof. Tomiko Brown-Nagin is the institute's current dean. The Radcliffe Institute for Independent Study was founded in 1961 by the then-president of Radcliffe College, Mary Bunting , who sought to stem

80-417: A description of the item or collection and provides other important information such as offsite location or access restrictions. Radcliffe Institute fellowships are designed to support scholars, scientists, artists, and writers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishments who wish to pursue work in academic and professional fields and in the creative arts. The Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program

120-522: A digital format. In June 2024, it returned to Chicago for its Juneteenth celebration at Soho House. One of the most famous aspects of the magazine was its list of "100 Most Influential Blacks". This list—which began in 1963, took a hiatus until 1971, and has continued on ever since—lists those who have made the greatest impact in the African-American community during the year. Most of those listed were well-educated, with 55 percent having completed

160-563: A graduate degree. However, some researchers have noted that black scholars, teachers, and higher-education administrators are rarely, if ever, included on the list. The list exclusively focuses on entertainment figures, politicians, philanthropists, and entrepreneurs. The May 2001 "100+ Most Influential Black Americans" issue did not include a number of influential African Americans such as Thomas Sowell , Shelby Steele , Armstrong Williams , Walter Williams and, most notably, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas . The Economist described

200-585: A growing number of educated women were ready to resume intellectual or artistic work after raising families. From 1960 to 2000, more than 1,300 scholars, scientists, artists, writers, and musicians have been named fellows. The Boston Globe Magazine called the Bunting Institute "America's Think Tank for Women", and the Chronicle of Higher Education described the institute as a place where "lives get turned around, books get written, and discoveries are made, all

240-564: A new member: This article about an organization in the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ebony (magazine) Ebony is a monthly magazine that focuses on news, culture, and entertainment. Its target audience is the African-American community, and its coverage includes the lifestyles and accomplishments of influential black people, fashion, beauty, and politics. Ebony magazine

280-462: A part-time basis. The current institute came into being by the agreement of October 1, 1999, under which Radcliffe College merged with Harvard University. Long before this date, the focus of Radcliffe had already begun to shift: undergraduate women had attended classes with Harvard men since 1943, received Harvard degrees signed by both Harvard and Radcliffe presidents since 1963, and lived in integrated dormitories with Harvard men since 1971. In 2001,

320-495: A pregnant Nia Long , reminiscent of the iconic image of actress Demi Moore portrayed naked while pregnant on a major magazine cover two decades before. Some of Ebony ′s more conservative readers objected to the cover, stating it was inappropriate to feature an unwed, pregnant woman on the cover. The cover made national headlines in US Weekly and in a five-minute segment on CNN . More recent issues questioned whether President Obama

360-515: The Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences , served as interim dean after Faust's departure and was named dean on April 28, 2008; she stepped down in June 2011. After serving as interim dean from 2011 to 2012, Lizabeth Cohen became dean. A historian, Cohen stepped down on June 30, 2018, to return to research, writing, and teaching. The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on

400-533: The Johnson Publishing Company sold its historic building at 820 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago's loop to Columbia College Chicago . The same year, Ebony was redesigned to update its longtime brand. In the past, the magazine was persistently upbeat, much like its postwar contemporary Life magazine. However, in the 21st century, Ebony featured more controversial content. The November 2011 cover featured

440-513: The education of women and girls are manuscript holdings. Ordinary lives of women and families and the struggles and triumphs of women of accomplishment are richly documented in diaries and other personal records. Many collections, such as the papers of Charlotte Perkins Gilman , Pauli Murray , and the records of the National Organization for Women , feature political, organizational, and economic questions. In addition to these collections,

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480-546: The "100 Most Influential Blacks in America". After 71 years, in June 2016, Johnson Publishing sold both Ebony and Jet , another Johnson publication, to a private equity firm called Clear View Group. The new publisher is known as Ebony Media Corporation . After the publication went bankrupt in July 2020, it was purchased for $ 14 million by Junior Bridgeman in December 2020. Ebony

520-659: The 1960s, the magazine increasingly covered the civil rights movement . Articles were published about political events happening all over the U.S. where activists protested racial violence and advocated for increasing social mobility for African Americans across the diaspora. Also published was content about the Black Power movement . In 1965, executive editor Lerone Bennett Jr. wrote a recurring column entitled "Black Power", which featured an in-depth profile of Stokely Carmichael in 1966. Ebony also commemorated historical events that contributed to black citizenship and freedom such as

560-545: The 1970s. The magazine's February 1971 cover featured 13 black congressmen and women. Ebony highlighted the black professionals serving in Jimmy Carter 's administration in the March 1977 issue. The magazine reached unprecedented levels of popularity, with marketers estimating that Ebony reached over 40% of the African-American adults in the United States during the 1980s, a feat unmatched by any other general–interest magazine at

600-595: The History of Women in America exists to document women's lives and endeavors. Its wealth of resources reveals the wide range of women's activities at home in the United States and abroad from the early 19th century to the present day. The library's holdings include manuscripts; books and periodicals; and photographic and audiovisual material. There are more than 2,500 unique manuscript collections from individuals, families, and organizations. Women's rights movements past and present, feminism, health and sexuality, social reform, and

640-658: The Obama administration, had become the chief executive officer of the magazine. In 2016, Johnson Publishing Company sold the magazine along with Jet to private equity firm Clear View Group. In May 2017, the editorial staff for the magazine moved from Chicago to Los Angeles along with the editorial staff for Jet magazine. In December 2020, the magazine and its sister publication Jet were purchased for $ 14 million by Junior Bridgeman. In July 2019, three months after Johnson Publishing Company filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy liquidation, it sold its historic photo archives including

680-751: The Radcliffe Fellowship Program to draw together scholars to focus on particular themes. Previous cluster topics include unconscious prejudice and the law, immigration, randomness and computation, and cosmology and theoretical astrophysics. The program is currently run out of Byerly Hall, one of the historic buildings in Radcliffe Yard. 42°22′33″N 71°07′20″W  /  42.37581°N 71.12233°W  / 42.37581; -71.12233 Some Institutes for Advanced Study The Some Institutes for Advanced Study ( SIAS ) consortium organizes ten "institutes for advanced study" founded on

720-702: The Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program, both of which date back to Radcliffe College days, are among the institute's best-known features. As the college became an institute, Mary Maples Dunn served as acting president of Radcliffe College and acting dean of the Radcliffe Institute. On January 1, 2001, Drew Gilpin Faust became the institute's first permanent dean; she stepped down in July 2007 to become president of Harvard University . Barbara J. Grosz , Higgins Professor of Natural Sciences at

760-526: The September 1963 issue that honored the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Ebony 's design and content began to shift in the late–1960s and early–1970s. A new level of competition for subscribers and readers began during the 1970s. Due to the emergence of new African-American oriented magazines such as Essence , Ebony began to cover more political activism and achievements in

800-401: The arts and in music; women and family; feminist and anti-feminist theory; and lesbian writings. Hundreds of periodical titles, including popular magazines such as Ladies' Home Journal , Ebony , and Seventeen , highlight domestic concerns, leisure pursuits, etiquette, fashion, and food. Photographic and Audiovisual Material: More than 90,000 photographs, ranging from casual snapshots to

840-498: The campaign, Clear View Group made an effort to pay 11 of the 50 writers $ 18,000, ending with only three being paid in full. In late 2017, the remaining writers with the help of The National Writers Union filed suit against Clear View Group and Ebony Media Operations. The remaining writers settled their lawsuit with the company in February 2018. The magazine owners were ordered to pay $ 80,000 Ebony Media Operations, Clear View Group and

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880-442: The essential gifts of an Institute fellowship: time, financial support, a room of one's own, membership in a vital community of women, and access to all Radcliffe and Harvard resources. Once Bunting's idea was made public and the announcement appeared on the front page of The New York Times in the fall of 1960, more than 2,000 women inquired about the "experiment". The outpouring of interest confirmed President Bunting's hunch—that

920-583: The exclusion of Justice Thomas from the list as spiteful. In 2018, the magazine published a series highlighting Black families from across the United States with the intention of showcasing Black family dynamics. In August 2008, the magazine had published a special eight-cover edition featuring the "25 Coolest Brothers of All Time". The lineup featured popular figures like Jay-Z , Barack Obama , Prince , Samuel L. Jackson , Denzel Washington , Marvin Gaye , Muhammad Ali and Billy Dee Williams . In November 2010,

960-497: The exodus of highly trained and educated women from promising careers. The institute provided stipends as well as access to all of the resources of Harvard University to take up their chosen creative intellectual studies. The initial funding for the institute came from the Carnegie and Rockefeller Foundations. The institute was renamed the Bunting Institute in 1978; its grants expanded to support women wishing to pursue advanced degrees on

1000-495: The first issue: We like to look at the zesty side of life. Sure, you can get all hot and bothered about the race question (and don't think we don't), but not enough is said about all the swell things we Negroes can do and will accomplish. Ebony will try to mirror the happier side of Negro life – the positive, everyday achievements from Harlem to Hollywood. But when we talk about race as the No. 1 problem of America, we'll talk turkey. During

1040-548: The first professorship at the institute was established with the Carol K. Pforzheimer Professorship at Radcliffe. The professorship was endowed by the Pforzheimer family, who also endowed the Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Directorship and the Carol K. Pforzheimer Student Fellowships at the institute's Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, which, with

1080-567: The globe as a result of American women's extensive travel and foreign residence. Some examples are letters of early missionaries in China, activists' accounts of the Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice , and the speeches and writings of Shirley Graham Du Bois . Detailed records for the library's manuscript collections as well as books and periodicals can be found in HOLLIS. The catalog record gives

1120-411: The library also houses the personal papers of Susan B. Anthony , Amelia Earhart , Betty Friedan , Adrienne Rich , and many others. Books and Periodicals: More than 80,000 printed volumes include scholarly monographs as well as popular works. These cover topics including women's rights; women and work; women's health; women of color; comparative material about women in other cultures; works on women in

1160-466: The magazine featured a special 65th-anniversary edition cover featuring Taraji P. Henson , Samuel L. Jackson , Usher and Mary J. Blige . The issue included eight cover recreations from historic and iconic previous covers of Ebony . Blair Underwood posed inside, as did Omar Epps and Jurnee Smollett . National Public Radio marked this anniversary edition as the beginning of redesign of Ebony . Former White House social secretary Desiree Rogers , of

1200-410: The papers of several famous chefs and food writers, such as M. F. K. Fisher , Julia Child , and Elizabeth David . The Radcliffe College Archives, 1879–1999—including papers of college officers, students, and alumnae—record the history of women in higher education. While its focus for collecting is American women , the library has an abundance of print and manuscript materials bearing on issues around

1240-469: The prints and negatives to a consortium of foundations to be made available to the public. After suspending the print edition of the magazine in May 2019, Clear View Group and Ebony Media Operations laid off the majority of the editing staff in June 2019. In 2017, 50 freelance writers created a social media campaign #EbonyOwes due to not being paid by the magazines' current owner, Clear View Group. In response to

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1280-406: The promotion of learning, but its scale was smaller and it did not offer formal instruction. Nor did it have large laboratories. It was to be a place for the most highly specialised research, yet provide an atmosphere open to intellectual exchange across all disciplinary boundaries". The SIAS consortium has stated several conditions any candidate institution should fulfill in order to be accepted as

1320-420: The result of time spent among intellectual peers." Including the 2017–2018 academic year, the Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program has hosted around 900 women and men of exceptional promise working on projects across the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. For the 2017–2018 fellowship class, the acceptance rate was only 4 percent. Research clusters at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study use

1360-561: The same principles as the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton . The members are: SIAS members were founded explicitly to follow the Princeton model (with certain variations—not all maintain a permanent faculty, for instance), and place an emphasis on granting one-year fellowships. According to Bjorn Wittrock (2003), the Princeton institute model was "like a traditional university…devoted to

1400-596: The time. Beginning in the mid-1970s, advertisers created customized ads for the magazine which featured African-American models using their products. In 1985, Ebony Man , a monthly men's magazine was created, printing the first issue in September 1985. By Ebony' s 40th anniversary in November 1985, it had a circulation of 1.7 million. In December 2008, Google announced that it was scanning back issues for Google Book Search . As of that date, all issues from November 1959 to December 2008 were made available for free. In 2010,

1440-441: The works of professional photographers, create an unparalleled visual record of private and public life. Audiotapes, videotapes and oral history tapes, and transcripts add the soundtrack to the story of women's lives. The library has two distinguished special collections. A culinary collection of more than 15,000 books—spanning five centuries and global cuisines —is one of the world's most significant. This collection also includes

1480-543: Was founded at Radcliffe College in 1961 as the Radcliffe Institute for Independent Study. In 1978, the institute was renamed the Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute to honor Radcliffe College President Mary Bunting , whose initiative it was to create a postgraduate study center for female scholars and artists. Concerned about the prevailing "climate of unexpectation" for women at that time, Bunting deliberately sought to reverse that negative attitude by establishing

1520-528: Was founded by John H. Johnson in 1945. The magazine was named by Johnson's wife, Eunice Walker Johnson, thinking of the dark wood. The magazine was patterned after the format of Life magazine . Ebony published its first issue on November 1, 1945, with an initial press run of 25,000 copies that sold out completely. Ebony 's earlier content focused on African-American sports and entertainment figures, but eventually began including black achievers and celebrities of many different professions. Editors stated in

1560-553: Was founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson , for his Johnson Publishing Company . He sought to address African-American issues, personalities and interests in a positive and self-affirming manner. Its cover photography typically showcases African-American public figures, including entertainers and politicians, such as Dorothy Dandridge , Lena Horne , Diana Ross , Michael Jackson , former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois , U.S. first lady Michelle Obama , Beyoncé , Tyrese Gibson , and Tyler Perry . Each year, Ebony selects

1600-460: Was still right for black America and whether biracial Americans need more acknowledgment in today's society. In 2018, Ebony' s publishing schedule was changed from being published monthly to a double issue published once each month. On May 24, 2019, Clear View Group suspended the print edition of the magazine, with the Spring 2019 issue the last to be printed. In March 2021, the magazine relaunched in

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