Cordie King, a very popular Chicago-based model, in Jet – where she appeared on a regular basis – July 15, 1954. One of the original EBONY Fashion Fair models, the Mississippi-born King was once engaged to Sammy Davis, Jr. She went on to open a modeling agency and charm school called Cordie King’s Castle which produced graduates such as journalist and author Janet Langhart Cohen. She died at age 80 in 2004.
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on the cover of JET, July 11, 1974 [...]
Moore worked as an arranger for MGM and arranged music for the 1938 film The Duke Is Tops. Moore also helped Horne and Dorothy Dandridge develop their nightclub performances and coached, arranged and/or wrote songs for Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland,Pearl Bailey, Ava [...]
Composer, arranger and vocal coach Phil Moore giving singing lessons to a 22-year-old Marilyn Monroe at the legendary West Hollywood nightclub, the Mocambo, in 1949. Ms. Monroe was quoted in Ebony magazine in 1960 as saying, “I will always be grateful to Phil Moore for his patience… he [...]
singer and actress in Russia in the [...]
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You wouldn’t believe it if you looked on the runway, at an ad campaign, or heck...anywhere, but people of color are buying more luxury goods than ever. Nielsen just released its consumer report on black Americans, and the market research firm's findings were, to say the very least, quite eye-opening. With black buying power expected to to reach $1.7 trillion by 2017, the report notes how increasingly important it's become for brands to market to black people. Sadly, getting companies to realize this has been a struggle. According to the report, $75 billion dollars was spent last year on television, magazine, internet, and radio advertising, yet only $2.24 billion was spent on media focused on black audiences. A puzzling figure indeed. Read More
The name Nubian (nub) actually means gold
Ark of the Covenant?
Ancient Ruins Of Nubia
South African Ruins 
Ancient Hairstyles
Negus is an Amharic word for King
Lalibela Rock-Cut Churches
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The word Ethiopia in Greek
means burnt face or complexion
In Latin, the word Africa means “sunny,”
Aphrike in Greek means “without cold.”
