In 2024, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias banned over 300 vanity and personalized license plates due to ...

Charles Ignatius Sancho was born on a slave ship on the Atlantic Ocean in 1729, yet he became a writer, a composer, a shopkeeper and a respected man of letters in 18th-century London – the first man ...

Research by Sussex Historian uncovers the link between the founder of the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University and ...

Black people are spiritual beings, which contributes to our deep connection to gospel music. A 2021 Pew Research survey found ...

That is part of it, but it's also done by people of African descent. It's done in ways in which people say, "This is authentic. These are the authentic slave songs, these are the authentic slaves ...

Liz Draper said when she started booking the Live at the Carnegie series, she immediately thought of her friend of more than ...

Two-time Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou talks about his philanthropic work, and how ‘systemic racism’ means he’s still ...

The exuberant carnival, a cherished tradition, celebrates the city's unique history and cultural diversity, drawing massive ...

Sacred Songs,' choreographed by interim artistic director Matthew Rushing, reimagines music omitted from the group's ...

Black points of view and voices have often been marginalized or overlooked in Hollywood. However, Cuban filmmakers have told ...

On Saturday the Danville Concert Association will present the American Spiritual Ensemble at the historic High Street Baptist ...

A sprawling cemetery on Chattanooga's Missionary Ridge where Ed Johnson was laid to rest after he was lynched on the Walnut Street Bridge in 1906 has been nominated to the National Register of ...