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VENTURE BOUND Jesse James: Missouri's mythical son
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The new movie "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward
Robert Ford," starring Brad Pitt as Jesse, Casey Affleck as Ford and
Sam Shepard as Frank James, is at least the 38th movie about Jesse
James. This certainly makes him in filmdom the most famous or
infamous son of Missouri and probably will create considerable
interest in the many historical places in Missouri connected to Jesse
James.
Missouri has produced some significant sons - Mark Twain, Walt
Disney, President Harry Truman, J.C. Penney and Jesse James among
them. The only one whose life is enveloped in a haze of myths is ...
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'Ebony's African world. (magazine's coverage of African events)(50th Anniversary Issue)
Magazine article from: Ebony
; When Ebony was founded half a century ago, Africa...struggle waged by Africans to free themselves. Ebony, although only an infant at the time...one waged at home. Through the pages of Ebony, pioneer African leaders such as Prime...
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 "Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)")
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Ebony and Jet became the connection.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
; ...material on coffee tables -- the Bible or Ebony magazine. John H. Johnson's magazine...if family members didn't subscribe to Ebony, or Jet, neighbors or friends did. Tattered copies of Ebony and Jet magazine were passed around like...
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Macassar ebony. (Wood of the month) (Column)
Magazine article from: Wood & Wood Products
; WOOD OF THE MONTH MACASSAR EBONY Macassar ebony -- a highly decorative wood. When you think of a dark wood, you probably think of ebony, and for good reason -- African ebony is believed to be the...
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Ebony and Jet became the connection.(John H. Johnson )(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
; ...material on coffee tables _ the Bible or Ebony magazine. John H. Johnson's magazine...if family members didn't subscribe to Ebony, or Jet, neighbors or friends did. Tattered copies of Ebony and Jet magazine were passed around like...
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Ebony Magazine Persists in Denying Black Scholars Their Due
Magazine article from: The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
; Very few educators made Ebony magazine's list of the 100 most influential...of millions of people. Strangely, Ebony magazine assigns great influence to black...is borderline racism on the part of Ebony magazine because it reflects the same...
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Macassar Ebony Offers a Touch of Drama.
Magazine article from: Wood & Wood Products
; ...bands of yellow to golden brown, Macassar ebony yields a bold and attractive look by offsetting...However, good looks are sometimes Macassar ebony's strongest suit. The wood, while very...heart. With that combination, Macassar ebony's uses are often relegated to the decorative...
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Ebony Shines On in Children's Memory
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...Angwin, has the story: Even in death, Ebony Scott was a positive force for her family...the cancer unit at Children's. But not Ebony's. "It was like a mini-wake," said...doctors to relatives." By all accounts, Ebony was a special girl who handled her almost...
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Ebony's nativity: poet laureate of Black America recalled founding years of magazine. (The Best of Ebony) (45th Anniversary Edition)
Magazine article from: Ebony
; EBONY'S NATIVITY Poet laureate of Black America...say I was a mere stripling of a boy when Ebony was born--but I was 20 years younger than...event in regard to race was the birth of Ebony in the autumn of 1945--a new, young and...
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Ebony Magazine Persists in Ignoring the Importance of Black Scholars
Magazine article from: The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
; ...years very few educators or scholars made Ebony magazine's list of the 100 most influential...the past JBHE has been highly critical of Ebony mag- azine's annual selections of the...influential African Americans. Over the years Ebony's editors, in their choices of influential...
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55 EBONY's Nativity.(magazine's history)
Magazine article from: Ebony
; ...event in regard to race was the birth of EBONY in the autumn of 1945--a new young and...journalistic child of which to be proud. I liked EBONY from its very beginning, and only a few...soul ... Today Negro America finds in EBONY an increasingly well-rounded picture...
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