Ebony Vol. XI No. 6

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The April 1956 issue of Ebony magazine. The cover features a full-sized color photograph of Thurgood Marshall and Cecelie Suyat on their honeymoon in the Virgin Islands. The couple is pictured smiling at center, Marshall in a blue tropical print shirt and Suyat in a blue tropical print dress, a resort and tropical flowers behind them. The headline at bottom right reads: "THURGOOD MARSHALL'S HONEYMOON" in white text set in a red square. At top left is the title "EBONY," also in white set in a red rectangle. At top right are the additional headlines in black text: "Land of the Till Murder" and "Men Who Made Money in Prison." The interior contents are divided into the following sections: Society, Race, Occupations, Health, Entertainment, Sports, Religion and Fashion. There are 130 pages total and the backcover features a color photograph of Diahann Carroll in an advertisement for Camel cigarettes.

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