Cal State Bakersfield will kick off Black History Month on Friday with the seventh annual Gospel Fest at Harvey Auditorium at ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

Gospel music legend and Fort Worth native Kirk Franklin will be honored with the Black Music Icon Award at the Recording ...

The Grammys are designed to honor the best in the music industry. Of course, the Grammys also have particular sensibilities. Certain music fans dismiss them, but you can’t completely write off ...

Since we’ve already listed some of the best songs that we mistakingly thought were sung by Black people ... made the record sound more like a gospel record than an American folk song.

because even though she was a gospel singer, she appealed to the masses so much. So that's what you're doing with Black magic, because you're taking these songs and giving giving them the makeover ...

America lost one of its true cultural icons when Elvis Presley died on Aug. 16, 1977, at the age of 42. Hailed as “The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” Presley was born on Jan. 8, 1935. If ...

March 27, 2016. (Paul Newberry via AP) Former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school class at Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown, Aug. 23, 2015, in Plains, Ga. The 90-year-old Carter gave ...

The next time a CGI movie makes you sigh with its lack of style and verve, you'll feel especially awed by The General, a silent black and white ... When people say they love old movies, this ...

A former student is suing a Utah school district saying she was racially harassed and discriminated while a student there. Getty Images/iStockphoto A Black teen in Utah was “barraged with racist ...

And the Black guests who have appeared on the show ... Singer and the prolific singer graced the stage with various old school bangers such as “At Last” by Etta James and “A Man’s World ...

It’s also the 20th anniversary of a wide variety of music that came out in 2005, from pop-punk (Fall Out Boy) and hip-hop (Black Eyed Peas ... to make you feel old, here’s some additional ...