 LaDeidra Lockhart |
SCHOOL: Rust College MAJOR: Mass Communication/Journalism MENTOR: Dr. Michael Cheers EXPECTED GRADUATION DATE: April 2004 ORGANIZATIONS & HONORS:
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ABSTRACT
African-Americans on Time Magazine Covers: An 80 Year Analysis
| This research paper examines the ways in which African-Americans have been portrayed on the cover of Time magazine. By reviewing covers from 1923-2003, I will provide an analysis of how African-Americans were depicted on the covers and in which categories most African-Americans were represented. I will also discuss the ethics of digital photography manipulation by examining as a case study, the controversial photo of O.J. Simpson that appeared on the cover of Time on June 24, 1994. My research will show African-Americans appeared most often when Time ran cover stories on sports, entertainment, crime, welfare and civil rights. Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes broke through in the area of politics on November 16, 1967 as the first African-American to be elected mayor of a major U.S. city. African-Americans were nearly absent on Time covers when the magazine ran cover stories on issues such as science and technology, foreign policy and other global issues. Research will also show that in Time’s eighty-year existence there have only been three African-Americans noted man/woman or person(s) of the year; Martin Luther King Jr., Jan. 3, 1964; Barbara Jordan, and Addie Wyatt, Jan. 5, 1976. Former South African President Nelson Mandela was named Person of the Year thirty years after King on Jan. 3, 1994. |