As president, he helped persuade companies like Estée Lauder and Ford to advertise in the pages of the first mass-circulation magazine directed at Black women.As president, he helped persuade companies like Estée Lauder and Ford to advertise in the pages of the first mass-circulation magazine directed at Black women. Clarence O. Smith, Essence (Magazine), Black People, Women and Girls, Deaths (Obituaries), Advertising and Marketing, Race and Ethnicity, Lewis, Edward Read More
Clarence O. Smith, a Founder of Essence Magazine, Is Dead at 92
