- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 4 min., 59 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Magazine editor Susan Taylor was born in New York in 1946. In her early twenties, she started Nequai Cosmetics, one of the first companies to create beauty products for African American women. Although her product line was well received in African American communities, Taylor was interested in expanding her career. Taylor approached Ed Lewis, the editor-in-chief of Essence, for a beauty editor position and was hired in 1970. Although Taylor had never attended college, she was a licensed cosmetologist who understood the needs and concerns of black women. Her monthly articles were popular with African American females who were historically undervalued and underrepresented by media companies. Taylor soon became responsible for fashion as well as beauty, and in 1981 was promoted to editor-in-chief, a post she held until July 2000. Although she stepped down as editor-in-chief, Taylor remained the chief editorial executive responsible for the overall vision, articles and images of Essence.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Susan Taylor
- Susan Taylor
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Paul Bieschke.
- OCLC
- 1003149980
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Susan Taylor.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
020459
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Paul Bieschke.
- Event
Recorded New York, New York 2001 March 8.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Magazine Editor.
- Added Author
Taylor, Susan L., interviewee.
Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Bieschke, Paul, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.