Beyoncé's latest Vogue covers have finally arrived and the story behind the cover story is just as moving as the images themselves.

"When I first started, 21 years ago, I was told that it was hard for me to get onto covers of magazines because black people did not sell," Beyoncé told Clover Hope in the prestigious September issue cover story. "Clearly that has been proven a myth. Not only is an African American on the cover of the most important month for Vogue, this is the first ever Vogue cover shot by an African American photographer."
Yes, you read that correctly. In its 125-year history, fashion bible Vogue has never had a black photographer shoot any of its covers. That is until this year, when Beyoncé made the deliberate decision to have 23-year-old Tyler Mitchell photograph both covers and the accompanying editorial spread.
As for Beyoncé's interview, her candid words were told to NYC-based Jezebel Culture editor Clover Hope.
"[Beyoncé] knows silence is as much a tactic as a necessity," Clover wrote in the 2016 essay. "And when it breaks, it’s something magical." So, Beyoncé breaking said silence with an exclusive as-told-to feature penned by another black woman? Black girl magic to the umpteenth power.
When you're called upon to work with Beyoncé on her VOGUE September cover! https://t.co/EmWP4RyBls