OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Posted on the wall of Carrie Secret’s classroom, handwritten cards in careful cursive strokes list the primary language of her black fifth-graders as “Ebonics.” Over in a corner ...

"Ebonics," first coined in 1973, refers to a grammatically consistent and rich African-American speech pattern with roots in West Africa. Key components include not conjugating the verb "to be" ("I be ...

With a heated debate still raging over the Oakland school board's recent decision recognizing ebonics as a distinct language, the Graduate School of Education brought in John Baugh, a professor of ...

The Drug Enforcement Administration recently sent memos asking companies that provide translation services to help it find nine translators in the Southeast who are fluent in Ebonics, Special Agent ...