Jet magazine

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magazine weekly news magazine

Jet magazine was a pioneering African American weekly news and entertainment publication that played a crucial role in documenting Black life and civil rights struggles in the United States.

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instanceOf magazine ⓘ
weekly news magazine ⓘ
basedIn Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ
circulationArea United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coveredTopic African American celebrities ⓘ
African American politics ⓘ
Black business and entrepreneurship ⓘ
Black churches ⓘ
civil rights protests ⓘ
racial injustice in the United States ⓘ
firstIssueDate 1951-11-01 ⓘ
format digital magazine ⓘ
print magazine ⓘ
founder John H. Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre African American interest magazine ⓘ
entertainment magazine ⓘ
news magazine ⓘ
hasNotableEditor John H. Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOnlineEdition yes ⓘ
hasSection entertainment ⓘ
fashion ⓘ
news ⓘ
opinion ⓘ
politics ⓘ
society ⓘ
sports ⓘ
headquartersLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
inception 1951-11-01 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mediaType online ⓘ
print ⓘ
notableFor coverage of African American news ⓘ
coverage of Black entertainment ⓘ
coverage of civil rights movement ⓘ
documenting Black life in the United States ⓘ
originalPublisher Johnson Publishing Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy Johnson Publishing Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
photographicFocus African American life ⓘ
printEditionEnded 2014-06 ⓘ
publicationFrequency weekly ⓘ
publisher Johnson Publishing Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
publisherHeadquarters Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEventCoverage Emmett Till murder and open-casket funeral NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf studies of African American media history ⓘ
targetAudience African American readers ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ

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Mamie Till-Mobley insisted on open-casket funeral → mediaCoverage → Jet magazine ⓘ
subject surface form: Mamie Till-Mobley