My friend Naomi’s mom owns an antique shop. I secretly dream of quitting everything and opening one myself. Anyway, Naomi was visiting her mom and picked up a couple of vintage Ebony magazines for me from another store adjacent to her mom’s. It’s great to have friends who indulge my obsessions… Anyway, I really liked the aesthetics of this cover. Beyond this though, it also represents an important historical moment as it clearly highlights the various gangs that black youth in Chicago belonged to in the late 1960s. Finally, it is a reminder that the more things change, the more they stay the same. It is fascinating to read some of the articles featured in the magazine. The topics include high youth unemployment, terrible public schooling, a lack of recreational opportunities for youth, poverty, gangs, the impact of racism and more. All of the articles could be written about the situation of many black youth today.