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Article: 'Ebony babies': 45 years young; born, like 'Ebony,' in 1945, they realized the impossible dream. (1945-1990: The Ebony Years) (45th Anniversary Edition)
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- Ebony
- Article date:
- November 1, 1990
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`EBONY BABIES' 45 YEARS YOUNG
Born, like EBONY, in 1945, they realized the impossible dream
THE year 1945 was a year of new beginnings and new hope.
On April 25, the United Nations was founded.
On September 2, Japan surrendered, ending World War II.
And on November 1, as thousands of Black GIs returned to America to make Mississippi and Georgia and Harlem safe for democracy, a new magazine called EBONY was born.
Also born in that historic year were 324,264 Blacks. Some of these "Ebony Babies" would be pushed off the main road by segregation and discrimination, but many, including the ten featured on these pages, ...