We have to reach out to younger audiences. They need to see how they can see themselves as black women.
— Linda Johnson Rice
You have to stay current to compete.
My playground was our company. That's really where I grew up.
I would describe my mother as a steel magnolia. She was very intelligent, very persuasive.
We have to tell our story at 'Ebony' and 'Jet' like no one else can. We have the authenticity; we have the believability. And I think that's what we have to own.
We're the curator for the African-American experience for the past, present and future. That's my job.
My father is the CEO, and there's no question he is my boss. But we work very much in tandem.
There's a sense of authenticity that comes with 'Ebony.' There are very few national media outlets that are majority-African-American owned and really speak to our community with a sense of pride, authority, and ownership. That's what we do.
They couldn't have a little kid occupying an important spot on the front row, so I sat in the back where all the models changed clothes. I remember vividly the rustling and the rush of the fabrics of the clothes and the swoosh of textures and color as they went by. I was in the back, but I had a front-row seat, in my opinion.
