Contents
03 Message From the
Editor
04 Black Lives Matter....
Our Missing Youth
Too?
06 Voice of the People
08 Black Excellence
Travel Edition
10 American Prison
Systems: Reformation
or Modern Slavery?
12 Poets Cove
16 Ashley Graham CEO
& Founder of MMW
Modeling Agency
(Models Most Wanted)
20 5ive Spot Baltimore
22 Black Entertainment:
90’s Feels All
Summer17
24 5 Black Owned
Melanin Glow
Swimwear Companies
25 Fashion
27 Freedom Tour
29 Young, Gifted & Black
Creative’s Edition
38
Our Year Thus Far
Pictures
People Behind
the Scenes
EDITOR IN CHIEF
Mercedez McIntyre
WRITERS
Shade Bowman
Michelle Reed
Melanin Reigns
Ebony Satterfield
Chauncey Taylor
Randolph Holly
Tahirah Wiley
Louise Wheeler
Mercedez McIntyre
Jewel Parker
Photography:
Distinct Eye Photography
Definitive Arts Photography
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Cover Photography: Distinct Eye Photography
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Credits
Photography Creative
Director:
Louise Wheeler
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