Ebony Vol. IV No. 10

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An issue of Ebony Magazine from August 1949. On the cover, Lionel Hampton playing a xylophone. Inside, the second of six campus ads with high-achieving African American students. Featured is Mary Lou Usher of Fisk; also appearing are Ervin Williams and Charles Brasfield Jr. Also, a photo-illustrated step-by-step instructions by saxophonist Lester Young on how to make a pork-pie hat.

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