Dialect in 1990s news

• To linguists, it's African American Vernacular English
• Linguistics term coined in 1973, and made controversial in 1996
• Subject of a 1990s language controversy
• Vernacular that came into prominence in 1996
• A nonstandard form of American English spoken by some American Black people
• African American Vernacular English

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative case form of Ebonics English)

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ebonics may refer to: African American Vernacular English , a distinctive lect, or variety, of English spoken by African Americans , sometimes called Ebonics Ebonics (word) , a term that is used for what linguists far more often term African American Vernacular ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"African-American vernacular English," 1975, as title of a book by U.S. professor R.L. Williams (b.1930); a blend of ebony and phonics .