Diamonds might be a girl's best friend, according to the song made famous by Marilyn Monroe, but the ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. -established in 1908 it was the first Greek-letter organization for black college women - claim to have a preference for pearls.

Pink pearls, that is.
And as far as these women are concerned, the girls featured in the Little Miss Pink Pearls Scholarship Pageant, hosted Sunday by the Eta Tau Omega Chapter of the sorority, are the prettiest of all.

The pageant, held at the Marion Technical Institute auditorium, showcased the crowning of Little Miss Fashionetta, the culmination of a series of fundraising and social activities that began in June. Members of Eta Tau Omega invited girls to participate and personally sponsored them throughout the process.

Six girls in grades three to five participated. They had to raise money by selling ads to friends, family members and local businesses.   more »

First issue of Ebony magazine published on November 1, 1945.

John H. Johnson, who was born in poverty and who rose in one generation from the welfare rolls to the rolls of Forbes 400 richest Americans, was the most honored of all publishers. He was a member of the Publishing Hall of Fame, the National Business Hall of Fame, the Advertising Hall of Fame and the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame, and he received the Spingarn Medal, the highest award of the NAACP, and the Salute to Greatness Award, the highest honor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center, for his contribution to civil rights. In 1972, he was named Publisher of the Year by the Magazine Publishers Association. In 1974 he was named “The Most Outstanding Black Publisher in History” by the National Newspaper Publishers Association. In 2003, he was named “The Greatest Minority Entrepreneur in U.S. History” by Baylor University. In the same year, Howard University named its journalism school the John H. Johnson School of Communications.   more »