{"id":623,"date":"2025-11-08T19:45:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T03:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/?page_id=623"},"modified":"2026-03-02T12:39:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:39:36","slug":"ebony-magazine-cover","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/ebony-magazine-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"On view in &#8220;USC, Los Angeles, and the U.S. Bicentennial in 1976&#8221; at USC Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--full-width-image-and-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--full-width-image-and-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2025\/10\/exbt-burke-14-1-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2025\/10\/exbt-burke-14-1-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Cover of Ebony magazine featuring Yvonne Brathwaite Burke in 1974.\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Ebony Magazine Cover\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Representative Yvonne Braithwaite Burke graces the cover of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ebony<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in March 1974. The first African American woman from a western state to serve in Congress \u2013 and the first Congresswoman to have a baby while in office \u2013 Burke was a leading voice for diversity and representation in the 1976 Bicentennial celebrations. The USC Law School alumna advocated for inclusion at all levels, including recognition of the contributions of Black Americans to the making of the U.S. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n      <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--full-width-cta \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--full-width-cta\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n  \n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Yvonne Brathwaite Burke papers, Collection no. 0218.1, Regional History Collections, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--full-width-cta \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--full-width-cta\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n    \n      <div class=\"links-container\">\n        \n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/ad-astra-per-aspera\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about View \"Ad Astra Per Aspera Mural.\"\"  \n>\n    View &#8220;Ad Astra Per Aspera Mural.&#8221; 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