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- proper noun A female
given name from the nounebony , of mostly African-American usage since the mid-twentieth century.
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Examples
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In 2007, Yusuf Davis asked in Ebony: "Where are the African-American baseball players?"
Stanton Peele: Remembrance of Sports Heroes Past: America's Inner Cities are Too Disintegrated to Create Baseball Players Stanton Peele 2010
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Media dis&dat: Maryland woman set for her CoverGirl ad in Ebony, story to appear on Lifetime TV skip to main | skip to sidebar
Maryland woman set for her CoverGirl ad in Ebony, story to appear on Lifetime TV BA Haller 2008
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Maryland woman set for her CoverGirl ad in Ebony, story to appear on Lifetime TV
Maryland woman set for her CoverGirl ad in Ebony, story to appear on Lifetime TV BA Haller 2008
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I wish I could remember what comic this was, but one of the "kid gang" comics from the 1940s, while portraying the black member of the group in the story itself as a perfectly normal looking young man, had him as an "Ebony"-esque caricature on the front cover.
Archive 2004-04-18 2004
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I wish I could remember what comic this was, but one of the "kid gang" comics from the 1940s, while portraying the black member of the group in the story itself as a perfectly normal looking young man, had him as an "Ebony"-esque caricature on the front cover.
Archive 2004-04-18 2004
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Obama Interview in Ebony Magazine - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes. com
Obama Interview in Ebony Magazine - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Obama Interview in Ebony Magazine - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes. com
Obama Interview in Ebony Magazine - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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After reading an article in Ebony, no wait, Time "...... and lovely" The Kennedy's brought my father to America "
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“The Chicago-based title [Ebony] is quickly assembling a special January issue dedicated to Barack Obama’s candidacy … Essence is also said to be working on a special package for its January issue, but details have not been hammered out.”
Hollywood Dame » Blog Archive » Michelle Obama Scores Vogue Cover 2008
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Her family's efforts will be followed by a team of college researchers as part of a project called the Ebony Experiment to determine the impact of the Andersons 'spending if extrapolated to a larger portion of black America.
Let Them Eat Cabs 2008
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