Ebony magazine, the first to conduct an interview
and photo shoot with “Mr. President” since his Nov. 4 victory, features the president-elect Barack Obama in their
January, 2009 issue. Names the newly elected president as their Person of the Year in a special
collector's edition.
The exclusive interview is the centerpiece
of Ebony magazine’s January 2009 special collector’s edition, which chronicles the rise of Barack Obama to one
of the most powerful positions in the world.
“We won because the American people
mobilized for change. We had a great campaign, great volunteers, great staff. But it really was people at a grassroots level
who carried our campaign financially, who carried it organizationally, and we don’t want that to dissipate,” Obama
said during a Nov. 13 exclusive interview.
The January 2009 issue of Ebony magazine is will contain never-before-seen
photos, insightful commentaries from all age groups and Barack Obama in his own words
Subscribers will receive this special edition
with a first-ever gold Ebony logo!
See edition features listed below.
Ebony magazine's 'Person of the
Year'
President-elect Barack Obama has electrified a nation and galvanized a movement among people of many races
and ages. His message of "change" has caught on and is on the verge of transforming a nation and a planet. That's why Ebony
magazine selected Obama as its first-ever "Person of the Year." (p. 12)
Barack’s Chicago: How a City Shaped a Man
What is Barack’s
Chicago? It’s the Altgeld
Gardens on the Far South Side, where he worked in the 1980s to remove toxic asbestos from the walls of a housing project….and
much, much more. (p. 64)
First Lady Style: Michelle Obama’s
Eclectic Taste
Since the moment Michelle Obama stepped onto the national stage, everyone’s been talking.
Who is this woman, and what is she wearing? (p.
108)
About Ebony magazine
Ebony magazine, the No. 1 magazine for African-Americans,
is published monthly and reaches over 12 million readers with each issue. Published by Johnson Publishing Company, Inc., the
largest Black-owned publishing company in the world, Ebony magazine was founded in 1942 by the late Publisher and Chairman
John H. Johnson. Linda Johnson Rice is chairman and CEO, Anne Sempowski
Ward is president and COO and Eunice W. Johnson serves as the company’s secretary and treasurer.
