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Ebony features Usher, Mary J. Blige, Taraji P. Henson and Samuel L. Jackson in their 65th Anniversary Special Collector’s Edition. Other covers pay tribute to  icons such as Duke Ellington and Diahann Carroll. See all the covers…

Blair Underwood as Sidney Poitier

John Legend as Duke Ellington

Omar Epps as Muhammad Ali

Taraji P. Henson as Diahann Carroll

Regina King as Eartha Kitt

Nia Long as Dorothy Dandridge

Jurnee Smollett as Lena Horne

Yolanda Adams as Mahalia Jackson

Lamman Rucker as Richard Roundtree

Samuel L. Jackson as Martin Luther King, Jr.

Mary J. Blige as Diana Ross

Usher as Sammy Davis Jr.