Origins of the Black Book. In the mid-1990s, the French publisher and editor Charles Ronsac began to gather around him a ...

Epstein, a sex offender who died in 2019, was fodder for an online feud between the U.S. president and tech mogul Elon Musk in June 2025.

Gene McDonald, founder of Black Book pricing guides, has died. McDonald saw the need for a precise vehicle valuation source when he was working at a car dealership in 1955.

The book, which critiqued the Black middle class, lived among Uncle Bobbie’s extensive collection of Ebony and Jet magazines and rare first editions.

Trump isn't the only well-known public figure listed in Epstein's black book. It contains the names of dozens of other people that vary from entertainers, such as musician Courtney Love, ...