Beverly Johnson is a historical figure
The media has always set the bar for what the general public consumes and follows as a narrative. Since the founding of Vogue in 1892, no African American lady has graced the cover.
All of that changed in 1974, when Beverly Johnson became the first woman to achieve it. Vogue had been disenfranchised for nearly a century, but that didn’t stop Johnson from cracking the glass ceiling for future women.