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For more than 70 years, Ebony Magazine has honored the heroes of the Black Community by releasing a list of 100 inspiring African Americans. Among the names on this year’s list are celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, Kevin Durant, Tiffany Haddish, Cookie and Magic Johnson, Rihanna, Viola Davis, Kevin Hart and more. Congratulations to the […]

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On the heels of the second season premiere of her hit WGN show Underground (returning March 8th,) Jurnee Smollett-Bell is serving up some fierce, retro glamour realness on the cover of Ebony magazine’s March issue. https://twitter.com/EBONYMag/status/832279886731558913 To celebrate the annual Women’s History Month this March, Ebony magazine has selected the beautiful and talented Jurnee Smollett-Bell […]

With the Obama family exiting the White House, this issue hopes to empower.

Nate Parker isn't shying away from the controversy about his past.

So Beautiful

When Alicia Keys embarked upon the roll-out for her new single “In Common” fans noticed a considerably different look from the Grammy award-winning singer. She was dressed in laid-back, boho chic attire, her natural curls were beautifully roaming free and the biggest change of all, she wasn’t wearing a stitch of make-up, instead allowing her […]

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It’s been an eventful week for Black media, with outlets including Ebony, Jet and Grio all selling to new ownership. First up, Johnson Publishing sold Ebony (est. 1945) to a large Texas equity firm, Clear View Group according to an announcement Tuesday. Likewise, sister publication Jet magazine (est. 1951) has also been sold, although it has […]

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Chicago-based Johnson Publishing has decided to sell Ebony and Jet Magazines to the Clear View Group in Austin, Texas.

With her 11 Grammy nominations and three #1 albums, can you believe the latest issue of Ebony is Jazmine Sullivan's first magazine cover? The singer/songwriter who's frequently compared to Adele has had to fight for industry recognition as an artist and as a plus sized woman.

Ebony magazine and its new Editor in Chief Kierna Mayo are on a roll. This week, the magazine dropped its second controversial cover in a…

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Go EIC, that’s my EIC! You betta, you betta…@kiernamayo pic.twitter.com/hL1fiUM7c6 — Jamilah Lemieux (@JamilahLemieux) October 16, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Most people are still shaking the dust…

With all the troubles Bill Cosby has faced recently, has the black family image been tarnished? Is a television show the proper standard for the black family image?  Ebony Magazine takes on the topic in it’s latest issue, an excerpt of which you can read, by clicking here. What are your thoughts?

Ebony Magazine has created an online curated collection that holds 5 million images of what the Black experience since 1942, including  photographs of civil rights leader Rev.…