Ebony
African American monthly
Ebony is a given name, used primarily for Black women and girls, evoking the prized dark wood.
It gained popularity in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s.
Ebony is also an American magazine founded in 1945, focused on African American culture, lifestyle, and issues: Ebony magazine featured prominent Black leaders on its covers. (Lowercase ebony is the wood or the color black.)
Issued written material
- lifestylePersonal living pattern
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- representationDepiction or likeness
- mediaInformation distribution channels
editorial · cover · photography · iconic · African-American · beauty · fashion · style
publication
Issued written material
- lifestylePersonal living pattern
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- representationDepiction or likeness
media · editorial · cover · photography · iconic · African-American · beauty · fashion · style
feminine
Pertaining to women
- AmericanFrom the U.S.
- Black Pressblack newspapers, black press, Essence, Jet magazine, Frederick Douglass
- magazinesmagazine, issue, periodical, publication, design magazine
- Botanical NamesBasil, Birch, Clover, Cypress, Dahlia
- Black MediaBET, Essence, Black Twitter, Soul Train, XXL
- ethnic mediaethnic newspapers, indigenous media, Essence, BET, Telemundo
- large formatview camera, 8x10, ground glass, bellows, movements
EbonyLife
State of being
Good Housekeeping · Saturday Evening Post · People · Vanity Fair · Time
- Ebony magazineBlack American lifestyle periodical