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Ebony magazine apologizes to black conservatives

By Ashe Schow

Published March 28, 2014 12:00am ET

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Ebony magazine apologizes to black conservatives — Ebony magazine issued an apology Friday to black conservatives — and Republican National Committee spokesman Raffi Williams specifically — for comments made by one of the magazine’s senior editors, Jamilah Lemieux. Citing Ebony founder John H. Johnson’s vision that all blacks count, the editors of the magazine condemned Lemieux’s comments. “Ebony strongly believes in the […]

Ebony magazine issued an apology Friday to black conservatives — and Republican National Committee spokesman Raffi Williams specifically — for comments made by one of the magazine’s senior editors, Jamilah Lemieux.

Citing Ebony founder John H. Johnson’s vision that all blacks count, the editors of the magazine condemned Lemieux’s comments.

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