Culture

EL DeBarge Is Back!

brandi davis — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:29:21 GMT

His Second Chance. In Music

OPEN STUDIO: New Orleans Artist J. Renee

brandi davis — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:37:21 GMT

Escaping Katrina in Body but Not in Spirit. In Culture

TEDTalks: THELMA GOLDEN

brandi davis — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:16:08 GMT

HOW ART GIVES SHAPE TO CULTURAL CHANGE. In Cultue

Does Your Man Receive Too Much Facebook Love?

brandi davis — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:48:54 GMT

In Culture

Desirée Rogers Named CEO of Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.

brandi davis — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:19:01 GMT

Linda Johnson Rice will Continue as Chairman.

Questlove’s Digital Memoir

brandi davis — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:42:16 GMT

Humanizing What We Idolize. In Culture

“Mommy, Why are You Dressed Like a Superhero?”

brandi davis — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:36:58 GMT

More Dispatches from Comic-Con 2010. In Culture

Dispatch from Comic Con 2010:

brandi davis — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:23:45 GMT

The Capitol of Popular Culture

The Rise of the Black Spokesperson

brandi davis — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:23:47 GMT

Representing and Sometimes, Fronting. In Culture

The Politics of Hair in South Africa

brandi davis — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:43:25 GMT

In Culture

Men’s Summer Fashion:

brandi davis — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:11:44 GMT

Our 8 Favorite Shirtmakers. In Culture

How we 'Summer'

brandi davis — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:18:20 GMT

A Photo Essay. In Culture

We were all Karate Kids Part II:

brandi davis — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:39:21 GMT

My Mr Miyagi's. In Culture

Did “That White Girl” Kill Gary Coleman

brandi davis — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:28:27 GMT

The Racial Undertones of the Child Star’s Death. In Culture

Why Do Black Kids Drown More Than Others?

brandi davis — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:21:33 GMT

In Culture

Memoirs:

brandi davis — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:30:46 GMT

We Were All Karate Kids Once. In Culture

VIRAL VIDEO ALL STARS

brandi davis — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:49:02 GMT

Sandra Lee Makes a “Kwanzaa Cake”: FAIL. In Culture

RETHINK: Vintage Smoking Ads

brandi davis — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:45:52 GMT

How Times Have Changed. In Culture

Open Studio: Chor Boogie, Aerosol Artist

brandi davis — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:40:38 GMT

Open Studio is an occasional series on Ebony.com focusing on the work of emerging, independent visual and performing artists in their own words. In Culture

Untold Stories

brandi davis — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:42:58 GMT

Del Walters Memorializes Invisible Heroes. In Culture

The story of Kamau Marcharia

brandi davis — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:30:03 GMT

(a.k.a. Robert John Lewis). In Culture

Malcolm X and the meaning of Lansing, Michigan

brandi davis — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:26:15 GMT

In Culture

What Happened to Afrocentricity?

brandi davis — Thu, 13 May 2010 21:24:18 GMT

In Culture

Old socks as art? Yes, it can be done.

brandi davis — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:35:23 GMT

Nick Cave and his Soundsuits. In Culture

Lena Horne: 1917-2010

brandi davis — Mon, 10 May 2010 19:16:04 GMT

In Culture

President Obama's Eulogy for Dorothy Height

lenora blackamore — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:53:09 GMT

President Obama’s Eulogy for Dorothy Height April 29, 2010 We are gathered here today to celebrate the life, and mourn the passing, of Dr. Dorothy Height. It is fitting that we do so here, in our National Cathedral of Saint

Media Hypnotized by the Single Black Woman(2)

lenora blackamore — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:01:36 GMT

Black women are outnumbering black men, so, yeah, there you have it. In Culture

Ode To A Friend

brandi davis — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:59:29 GMT

David Mills. In Culture

Ballad of the Fake-Ass Indian

brandi davis — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:39:10 GMT

The Best of Undercover Black Man. A tribute to David Mills. In Culture

Appreciation: David Mills

brandi davis — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:05:25 GMT

TV Writer, Journalist, Champion. In Culture

A positive spin on the Ku Klux Klan

brandi davis — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:38:38 GMT

The Best of Undercover Black Man. A tribute to David Mills. In Culture

Attack of the Giant Negroes

brandi davis — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:39:54 GMT

The Best of Undercover Black Man. A tribute to David Mills. In Culture

Being Blacktino: The Culture Clash

lenora blackamore — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:35:50 GMT

Final of a Series by CAFÉ Magazine

Blacktino: The Best of Both Worlds

lenora blackamore — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:20:28 GMT

Part Two of a series on cultural understanding presented by CAFÉ Magazine

Blacktino and Proud of It

lenora blackamore — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:39:31 GMT

A series presented by CAFÉ Magazine in partnership with EbonyJet.com

“I’m on a Horse”

brandi davis — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:57:39 GMT

How the Funniest Commercial on TV Got Made. In Culture

Stepping off or Stepping Up

brandi davis — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:28:27 GMT

What the Sprite competition winners say about the globilization of black culture. In Culture

The Punch Heard ‘Round the World

brandi davis — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:47:51 GMT

In Viral Video, All is Not What it Seems. In Culture

The Treasure of Ulysses Davis

brandi davis — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:12:45 GMT

The complete works of a Savannah barber/sculptor go on tour. In Culture

Know Your History:

brandi davis — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:32:14 GMT

Dame Shirley Bassey. In Culture

Black History 2010

brandi davis — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:40:13 GMT

Black History 2010 Searching for the Roots of Civilization

Future History

brandi davis — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:58:47 GMT

People, Places and Things That Could Be Essential Study For the Next Generation. In Culture

Roxanna Floyd: Stylist, Artist, Friend

lenora blackamore — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:48:50 GMT

We just lost a great one, Roxanna Floyd, a very special makeup artist whose precision and love sculpted many a brown-skinned face in the world of entertainment.

A Howard Zinn Video Reader:

brandi davis — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:47:17 GMT

Historian, Scholar and Activist Dead at 87

Eunice W. Johnson (1916-2010)

brandi davis — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:48:47 GMT

Tributes and Memories. In Culture

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Salutes Eunice W. Johnson

brandi davis — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:23:46 GMT

In tribute to the founder and director of EBONY Fashion Fair, The Met’s Costume Institute hails her ground-breaking legacy. In Culture

Eunice Walker Johnson (April 4, 1916- January 3, 2010)

lenora blackamore — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:05:36 GMT

2010 01 05 Eunice Walker Johnson (April 4, 1916 January 3, 2010) Margena A. Christian If you’ve never seen class before, you probably have never seen Eunice W. Johnson. She was such a woman of sophistication that the

In Remembrance of Eunice W. Johnson

Terry Glover — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:56:01 GMT

Mrs. Eunice Johnson died of renal failure at her home in Chicago. Her life and work will continue to be defined by her contributions to the world of fashion and philanthropy. She will be sincerely missed.

In Photos: A Look Back at the Holidays in EBONY

lenora blackamore — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:58:56 GMT

In Photos A Look Back at the Holidays in EBONY January 4, 2010

Percy E. Sutton A Memory

lenora blackamore — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:16:23 GMT

PERCY E. SUTTON A Memory12 28 2009 By Eric Easter Here’s a lesson that you learn when you go into politics By 7 00am each morning, many of the major decisions that determine how we live our lives each day

Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus

lenora blackamore — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:04:35 GMT

It’s hard to imagine something good coming out of so much snow your four wheel drive vehicle gets stuck inside your own driveway and just outside your garage.

Carrie's Christmas

Terry Glover — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:56:20 GMT

A Christmas Story. In Culture

10 Movie Musicals a Guy Can Love

lenora blackamore — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:51:49 GMT

Wait, did we say Musicals?

Video: Global Grassroots Innovation

brandi davis — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:32:43 GMT

A Windmill Grows in Malawi. In Culture

Video: The Black Web 2.0 Interiew

brandi davis — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:16:57 GMT

Michael Powell on Broadband and America's Future. In Culture

When Kids Were Kids

brandi davis — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:30:23 GMT

The Archives of EBONY Jr. In Culture

The Archives

brandi davis — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:17:43 GMT

Negro Digest/Black World. In Culture

RETHINK: 80s Fashion

brandi davis — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:04:36 GMT

(Cover Your Eyes). In Culture

In Video: New Ideas

Brandi Davis — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:51:30 GMT

Chimimanda Adichie, The Power of A Single Story. In Culture

Salute to A Master

Brandi Davis — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:44:05 GMT

Roy DeCarava. Photographer. Legend. In Culture

The Last Days of the Ickes

Brandi Davis — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:55:23 GMT

The final moments of a Chicago Housing Project. In Culture

A Tribute to Ben Ali

lenora blackamore — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:21:43 GMT

Ebonyjet.com pays a tribute to Ben Ali. In Culture

Cookie Crumbles, Gourmet Starves, Modern Brides Jilted

lenora blackamore — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:57:33 GMT

The twisted and confusing world of magazines and audiences. In Culture

The 75th Birthday of Poet Amiri Baraka

Brandi Davis — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:18:11 GMT

A brief video tribute. In Culture

Name Dropping

Brandi Davis — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:03:34 GMT

Behind Ebony and Jet’s MAD MEN Name Check

The 25 Most Compelling Viral Videos Part 2 - 4

Brandi Davis — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:07:06 GMT

(With Black People In Them) Part 2. In Culture

The 25 Most Compelling Viral Videos Part 2 - 3

Brandi Davis — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:14:57 GMT

(With Black People In Them) Part 2. In Culture

The 25 Most Compelling Viral Videos Part 2 - 2

Brandi Davis — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:30:13 GMT

(With Black People In Them) Part 2. In Culture

The 25 Most Compelling Viral Videos Part 2

Brandi Davis — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:06:22 GMT

(With Black People In Them). In Culture

The 25 Most Compelling Viral Videos 4

Brandi Davis — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:44:20 GMT

(With Black People In Them) Part 1. In Culture

The 25 Most Compelling Viral Videos 3

Brandi Davis — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:21:02 GMT

(With Black People In Them) Part 1. In Culture

The 25 Most Compelling Viral Videos 2

Brandi Davis — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:40:31 GMT

THE 25 MOST COMPELLING VIRAL VIDEOS (WITH BLACK PEOPLE IN THEM) PART 1. In Culture PART I Wednesday, September 2, 2009

The 25 Most Compelling Viral Videos

Brandi Davis — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:38:39 GMT

(With Black People In Them) Part I. In Culture

Our Favorite Blogs: Black Women In Europe

Brandi Davis — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:10:46 GMT

Adrianne George puts issues in global perspective.

Happy Birthday MJ: Memories of Michael

Brandi Davis — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:55:04 GMT

Happy Birthday MJ Memories of Michael Friday, August 28, 2009 By Margena A. Christian A Fresno State student drew a tribute picture of Michael Jackson that is made up of different lyrics from his songs. New York’s Apollo Theater, where

Raising The Bar

lenora blackamore — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:02:06 GMT

Terry Glover on whether beauty should still define achievement.

Naomi Sims Dead At 61

Brandi Davis — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:54:10 GMT

America first black supermodel succumbs to cancer.. In Culture

RETHINK: Eleganza Man

Brandi Davis — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:18:32 GMT

When you absolutely had to stand out. In Culture

The Return of Jack Purcell

brandi davis — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:51:19 GMT

The Triumphant Return of Baltimore’s “Official Sneaker” In Culture

The Making of the MJ Commemorative Edition

Brandi Davis — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:46:17 GMT

How Do You Create A Book in a Week? Very Carefully. In Culture

Who Feels It, Knows It

Brandi Davis — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:40:57 GMT

Understanding Michael. In Culture

To Praise Michael, not to Bury Him

Brandi Davis — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:34:28 GMT

A Memorial About Him and About Us. In Culture

Bringing Back the VIBE

Brandi Davis — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:29:20 GMT

Can Quincy Jones make an online-only magazine work? In Culture

Exclusive: Vibe Closes Down

Terry Glover — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:59:55 GMT

Quincy Jones Wants It Back. In Culture

The Story That Black Radio is Afraid to Tell

lenora blackamore — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:08:36 GMT

The one-sided battle over The Performance Rights Act. In Culture

Back To Africa

Brandi Davis — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:05:11 GMT

Ebony photographer Valerie Goodloe traveled the continent three times in as many years. This week: A Masai village in Kenya. In Culture

Who Should Take Over The Playboy Empire? Part 2

Brandi Davis — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:07:00 GMT

Terry Glover's Take. In Culture

Who Should Take Over The Playboy Empire? Part 1

Brandi Davis — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:28:46 GMT

Somebody's gotta do it, how about... In Culture

RETHINK: Fight The Power

Brandi Davis — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:50:08 GMT

A modern ad executive rethinks a pioneering Johnson Publishing marketing campaign. In Culure

Open Studio: Shane Evans

Brandi Davis — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:27:45 GMT

Open Studio is a weekly series featuring emerging artists in their own words about life, art and motivation. In Culture

RETHINK: The Good Life in Advertising

brandi davis — Fri, 07 May 2010 16:14:57 GMT

Success – and a drink in your hand. In Culture

Open Studio: Candace Hunter

Brandi Davis — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:59:28 GMT

Open Studio Open Studio is a weekly series featuring emerging artists in their own words about life, art and motivation. In Culture

Open Studio: Dudley M. Brooks

Terry Glover — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:44:17 GMT

Open Studio is a weekly series featuring emerging artists in their own words about life, art and motivation. In Culture

Michelle Obama: 25 Deft Moves in The First 100 Days

Terry Glover — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:48:28 GMT

With a profile as high as the President's and a better approval rating, the first lady warrants a performance review of her own. In Culture

Open Studio: Raymond Thomas

lenora blackamore — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:05:01 GMT

Open Studio is a weekly series featuring emerging artists in their own words about life, art and motivation. In Culture

Open Studio: Tony Strickland

Brandi Davis — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:43:09 GMT

Open Studio is a weekly series featuring emerging artists in their own words about life, art and motivation. In Culture

Too Young To Die

Brandi Davis — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:35:15 GMT

An award-winning photo essay on gun violence by Carlos Ortiz. In Culture

On A Roll

Brandi Davis — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:41:57 GMT

The annual White House Easter Egg Roll is on! In Culture.

The Obamas’ Summer Hideaway

Terry Glover — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:10:39 GMT

Author Stephen L. Carter on a perfect place for the First Family to hide in plain sight. In Culture

Open Studio: Visual Artist Guy Stanley Philoche

brandi davis — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:19:47 GMT

Rosary beads factor heavily into his aesthetic. In Culture

Open Studio: Chip Willis

Terry Glover — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:54:13 GMT

Open Studio is a weekly series featuring emerging artists in their own words about life, art and motivation. This week Fashion and Beauty Photographer, CHIP WILLIS.

Stunt'd Like My Daddy

Brandi Davis — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:45:52 GMT

This week: Atlanta-based artist Fahamu Pecou. In Culture

The Death of Print? No Way

Terry Glover — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:52:19 GMT

Print will never die, but publishers who stick to old business models will. In Culture

Lessons Learned

Terry Glover — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:54:05 GMT

There's more than sensation in them there headlines. In Culture

Point of Reference

Brandi Davis — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:47:53 GMT

Is it our civic duty to translate cultural nuance? In Culture

Barack Obama: The Man And His Journey

Brandi Davis — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:42:44 GMT

A new DVD documents the way. In Culture

Obama and The Arts

Terry Glover — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:35:51 GMT

What would a new deal look like? Maybe not quite what you'd expect. In Culture

12 Classiest Moves of 2008

Terry Glover — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:45:43 GMT

There is universal agreement that 2008 was a momentous year. Some moments were particularly noteworthy. In Culture

Top 10 Worst Obama Collectibles

lenora blackamore — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:33:07 GMT

Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Good old American ingenuity run amuck. In Culture

The Gift That Never Gets Given

Terry Glover — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:26:23 GMT

A dozen years and still no quilt. A man in search of the perfect gift. In Culture

10 Sleeper Films of 2008

Terry Glover — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:19:34 GMT

A round-up of the movie gems you might have missed. In Movies

Geraldine McCullough (1922 – 2008)

Brandi Davis — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:55:15 GMT

Geraldine McCullough (1922 – 2008) The art world just lost a great talent, but her work lives on larger than life. In Culture

12 Stupidest People of 2008

lenora blackamore — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:32:17 GMT

A rogue's gallery of the most memorable flubs. In Culture

The Ebony And Jet Archives

Brandi Davis — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:18:24 GMT

Black History in a digital age. In Culture

Skee-Wee: The Legacy Continues

lenora blackamore — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:01:59 GMT

When the AKAs extended an honorary membership to Michelle Obama, they got more (much more) than sisterhood. In Culture.

Dancehall and Doiley Boyz

Brandi Davis — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:25:51 GMT

Jamaican artist Ebony Patterson takes on skin bleaching and homophobia in the culture of the street. In Arts & Culture

Black Is, Black Ain’t

lenora blackamore — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:01:48 GMT

A new exhibit seeks to position the subject of race in a "post-Black" artistic era. In Culture

The Ballad of Emmett Till

lenora blackamore — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:02:01 GMT

The retelling of an American tragedy casts a young boy as Hero. Will audiences get it? In Culture

Fishburne As Thurgood Marshall

lenora blackamore — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:01:52 GMT

Laurence Fishburne takes to the stage as America's first (and some say only) Black Supreme Court Justice. In Culture

Unwired in Baltimore

lenora blackamore — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:59:24 GMT

The show may be gone, but a troubled city remains. In Culture

I'm African - Now What?

lenora blackamore — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:01:53 GMT

The DNA experience can mean more questions than answers. In Culture

Super Tuesday New Orleans Style

lenora blackamore — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:02:00 GMT

A video riff on the people, the music and the culture of the Big Easy under transformation. In Multimedia

Lookin' At The Devil

lenora blackamore — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:01:55 GMT

If we must declare war on the evil within, we have some bangin' anthems in our protest arsenal. In Arts & Culture