Fashion's Phoenix
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Fashion designer Byron Lars has taken his career on a new path by creating limited-edition 'Barbie' designs and a new fashion enterprise called Beauty Mark. The Barbie dolls are African-American high fashion beauties. Beauty Mark is a collection of feminine tailored shirts with classical styling.
Publication Name: Savoy
Subject: Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
ISSN: 1532-3692
Year: 2001
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How was I going to live without my baby?
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Mamie Till-Mobley describes in her memoir the tragic events surrounding the death of her only child, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Chicago youth. He was kidnapped and brutally murdered in 1955, while visiting Mississippi, by two white men allegedly because he whistled at a white woman.
Publication Name: Savoy
Subject: Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
ISSN: 1532-3692
Year: 2003
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Leaders of the new school
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African American designers have become the new status quo. Once neglected by the fashion avant-garde, this revolution represents a $2 billion industry.
Publication Name: Savoy
Subject: Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
ISSN: 1532-3692
Year: 2003
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