Ebony

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EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.
 

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Contents

The Christmas Spirit: Blessed Not Stressed
28
Schadenfreude, Christmas (Psychological aspects)
Whitney Talks about 'The Preacher's Wife,' Denzel and the Attacks on Bobby
30
Whitney Houston
My Best Christmas Ever
36
Christmas (History), Black celebrities
PUSH Celebrates 25th Anniversary
46
Jesse L. Jackson (American clergyman and civil rights activist.); 1941-, Operation PUSH
Holiday Entertainment
52
Christmas entertaining
Free for Christmas
80
Harriet Tubman (American abolitionist.); 1820?-1913, Underground Railroad
Photographs by Moneta Sleet Jr. of Ebony
88
Moneta Sleet (American photojournalist.); 1926-1996, Ebony (Periodical), Blacks (History, Photographs)
Who's Hot and Who's New in the NBA.
100
Black basketball players
'Stella' in South Africa: Still Looking for Her Groove
116
Terry McMillan (American novelist.); 1951-
Teaching that Works: Marva Collins: the Collins Creed
122
Marva Collins, Blacks (Education), Chicago (Ill.) (Education)

The New Jazz Singers
62
Women jazz singers
Cassandra Wilson Rejects Musical Categories
64
Cassandra Wilson (American jazz singer.)
A Circus with Soul
68
Cedric Walker, UniverSoul Circus, Black circus performers
Top TV Hunks
74
Blacks in television
Teaching that Works: Lorraine Monroe: the Monroe Doctrine
123
Lorraine Monroe, Frederick Douglass Academy (New York, N.Y.)
10 Tips for Holiday Beauty and Grooming
136
Beauty, Personal (Black women, Men)
What Jada Wants, Jada Gets
144
Jada Pinkett-Smith (American actress.)
Celebrity Baby Boom
148
Children of celebrities, Black celebrities' families

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