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NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO, PAMELA NEWTON WAS NEAR, DEATH. Her doctors told her she was close to the end of her lifelong battle with sickle cell anemia. But today she's [...]

Hey, your new CD just went gold! What do you want to do, where do you want to go? For Pastor Marvin Sapp, it's Grand Rapids, Mich. He's Thirsty for [...]

There's something more than a little bit special about a Black college legacy family. There's the likeness of mind, the continuing connection to one institution and the shared pride that [...]

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, GOSPEL PIONEER Vicki Mack Lataillade knew it was time for her to start her own company when, at a business luncheon, a White gospel executive told her: [...]

From working to decrease high infant-mortality rates to caring for the dying in hospice, from mentoring younger students to discovering inexpensive ways to purify water, EBONY magazine's 2008 top seniors [...]

The King-dom is divided. On the 40th anniversary of the April 4, 1968, assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and in the wake of the 2006 death of his [...]

IT WASN'T NECESSARILY THE GOWN, the tux, flowers, the location or the canapes. For many couples, what made their weddings great centered on the joy of love found and sharing [...]

ON A COLD MORNING in the winter of 1908, and 12 years before women of any color could vote in the United States, 16 women from Howard University came together [...]

THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH WINTER is to plan to get away from it all. In 2008, the travel gates are wide open, and getting to the sun and [...]

They call him 'Mr. Jackson.' Dressed in black, a confident, mature Michael Jackson directs his staff', guides his child and peers over the reading glasses perched on the edge of [...]

From Arizona to Australia and from South Africa to South Texas, there's a contemporary gospel sound topping the music charts and sweeping through the pews and iPods alike--led by Israel [...]

Max Siegel, NASCAR'S HIGHEST RANKING AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXECUTIVE, is known as a win-win negotiator, and his winning ways are exemplified in a majestic, off-the-track home in Indianapolis. The 9,500 square-foot, custom-built [...]

DON'T PANIC. A breast cancer diagnosis is NOT an automatic death sentence, says internationally renowned scientist and cancer specialist Dr. Olufunmilayo I. Olopade. 'It's a disease where we have found [...]

In the vein of 'call and response,' Pastor Jamal-Harrison Bryant says, 'Somebody say, 'Preach, Black man!'' And the congregation does--by the thousands, many who drive from neighboring cities every Sunday [...]

IN MEDICAL TERMS, Florida A&M University (FAMU) has a financial cold, while Texas Southern University (TSU), recognized as the second-largest historically Black College in the country, is recovering from pneumonia. [...]

Good fathers are like strong teeth--often taken for they are here, but, oh, how they are missed when they're gone! In recognition of Father's Day, Ebony is saluting the fathers [...]

FIFTY years ago Harry Belafonte, then a young actor, budding activist and maturing singer, sat at the feet of Paul Robeson and Dr. W.E.B. DuBois, soaking up their wisdom as [...]

Girl, I was so hot, I took my own temperature, and I couldn't believe it was normal,' says one woman. 'And I stuck my entire head in the freezer trying [...]

To say that Wayman Tisdale is special is a bit of an understatement. While most of us are trying to excel in one job or profession, he has distinguished himself [...]

By day, he pastors a young and thriving congregation and is a devoted husband and father. By night, he is a passionate musician and award-winning recording artist. Combining his music [...]

MAYBE it was the Mexican sun or the Turks & Caicos moon, but two major weddings of the past year took place there as couples exchanged vows in intimate weddings [...]

It's the classic rags-to-riches story, but with an added bonus--the portrayal of a single Black father's deep love and commitment to his son, despite horrific personal circumstances. The Pursuit of [...]

If most Americans depend on mainstream media, Africans would say they know very little about Africa. And they would be right. Until recently, those who wanted to learn more could [...]

Though Jocelyn Hayes-Fields did everything right during her two pregnancies, she's the mother of two children born prematurely who spent a total of 194 days in neonatal units fighting for [...]

After the 'I Dos' have been done, most newlywed couples look forward to some much-needed R&R (that's retreat and romance) following hectic wedding planning. And their thoughts soon turn to [...]

The poet asks the question, 'What shall I tell my children who are Black?' Especially when someone calls the child, 'Black, big-lipped, flat-nosed and nappy-headed? How shall I lift up [...]

Everyone needs some play time--time to refresh, relax, rejuvenate, and enjoy some family time together. Summertime is that time--prime time for family fun! Here are some locations that offer exceptional [...]

The holidays are prime time for moviegoers to check out new films, and this season offers great talent-packed options. In THE SOLOIST (Dreamworks and Universal), Academy Award-winning actor Jamie Foxx [...]

THE BLACK LIST (Atria Books, $29.95), by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Elvis Mitchell, offers a thought-provoking, conversational collection of 25 essays and portraits by trailblazing African-Americans from diverse professional and personal [...]

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. is a hurricane of creativity, a Renaissance man and a pack rat. Out of his treasure trove of memorabilia he has fashioned a unique all-access pass [...]

Omar Tyree's is a rare phenomenon--a contemporary Black male author with a penchant for writing best-selling, award-winning fiction that's popular with both men and women. With more than 18 books [...]

Eric Benet is back with the romantic music that works for the boudoir or a banquet. His third solo effort, Love & Life, will leave fans wanting more. Collaborating with [...]

I WHAT MOVES AT THE MARGIN: SELECTED NONFICTION (University Press of Mississippi, $30) by Toni Morrison, edited and with an introduction by Carolyn C. Denard, sheds new light on the [...]

In his new novel, JUST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE (Doubleday, $23.95), bestselling author E. Lynn Harris returns to his roots with a story set in the very Atlanta beauty [...]

A FATHER'S LAW (Harper Perennial, $14.95) by literary giant Richard Wright, with a foreword by his daughter and literary executor Julia Wright, is the unfinished novel expatriate Wright was completing [...]

BALTIMORE * Meditation on African Art: Pattern. Baltimore Museum of Art showcases African collection in new exhibition series. Pattern is the third and final installation in the exhibit series. www.artbma.org. [...]

ATLANTA * The 81st Annual Spelman-Morehouse Christmas Carol Concert. Martin Luther King Jr. Interdenominational Chapel, Nov. 30 & Dec. 2; Sisters Chapel, Dec. 1. * Annual Holiday Tours of Dr. [...]

IT'S 66 BOOKS IN ONE. It contains sweeping epics, riveting love stories, great poetry and deep kernels of wisdom. It's a 'whodunit' mystery complete with a surprise ending. It has [...]

For nearly 40 years, Dr. Norman C. Francis has been the best and most effective prescription for New Orleans's Xavier University, and in the process, he has become the nation's [...]

What does it take to raise a hip-hop superstar? Especially when you're also a single morn with a fall-time job and a night-school student. Donda West, mother of Kanye West. [...]

GONE are the days when taking a cruise meant taking a snooze. And if you saw an African-American on deck it was cause for celebration. Today, there are almost as [...]