Happy birthday to the ‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin! Photo by Isaac Sutton for EBONY Collection. View the entire EBONY Collection at EBONY.com/store.

Happy birthday to the ‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin! Photo by Isaac Sutton for EBONY Collection. View the entire EBONY Collection at EBONY.com/store.

Look who stopped by our Chicago office today! @common who is pictured with our EIC @amyduboisbarnett.

Look who stopped by our Chicago office today! @common who is pictured with our EIC @amyduboisbarnett.

From the EBONY Collection, Natalie Cole takes some time for herself with a book in her apartment in 1973. (Isaac Sutton) View the entire EBONY Collection at ebony.com/store.

From the EBONY Collection, Natalie Cole takes some time for herself with a book in her apartment in 1973. (Isaac Sutton) View the entire EBONY Collection at ebony.com/store.

Our #thatthing winner @crissles personally stopped by the EBONY digital office to pick up her prize.

Our #thatthing winner @crissles personally stopped by the EBONY digital office to pick up her prize.

From the EBONY Collection, Tina Turner posed outside on a diving board in 1982. (Issac Sutton)

From the EBONY Collection, Tina Turner posed outside on a diving board in 1982. (Issac Sutton)

From the EBONY Collection, symbols of an emerging South, Fannie Lou Hammer and Ella Baker attending the Freedom Democratic Party.

From the EBONY Collection, symbols of an emerging South, Fannie Lou Hammer and Ella Baker attending the Freedom Democratic Party.

Join us over on Twitter @ EBONYMag 2pm EST if you want to win a jar of Gold Luxury Skin Cream by Georgia. #thatthing #beauty

Join us over on Twitter @ EBONYMag 2pm EST if you want to win a jar of Gold Luxury Skin Cream by Georgia. #thatthing #beauty

Thank you @collectivebias for the portable mobile charger. It came in handy. #collectivebias #sxsw

Thank you @collectivebias for the portable mobile charger. It came in handy. #collectivebias #sxsw

The Blacks in Tech “Naturally Social” panel at #sxsw. #naturalhair

The Blacks in Tech “Naturally Social” panel at #sxsw. #naturalhair

We are here at the @wearebit “Event Hosting As a Brand Strategy” panel featuring Demetria Lucas & Stacey Ferguson of Blogalicious. #sxsw

We are here at the @wearebit “Event Hosting As a Brand Strategy” panel featuring Demetria Lucas & Stacey Ferguson of Blogalicious. #sxsw