Black History Month, an annual observance recognized each February, first emerged in the U.S. in the early 20th century, ...
Do you know the story of the Richmond-born man who rose to be one of the nation’s most prominent Black actors during the ...
Ahead of the New Translations' album release show Saturday, Feb. 22 at The Blue Room, singer Oliver Pierce talks to The Tennessean about 'Vacation.' ...
Woodlawn Cemetery is an unmissable landmark. Located at the end of the four-train, the Bronx cemetery, which began as a small plot in 1868.
February is Black History Month. This time is meant to reflect on the contributions Black people have made in the past and amplify the work being done presently. Because of this, I’ve compiled ten ...
If you’re a fan of historical fiction, which half of that is most important to you: the history? Or the fiction? It’s entertaining to encounter actual people and events in a novel, where what we ...
NPR's Pien Huang talks with Victoria Christopher Murray, author of Harlem Rhapsody, a novel that serves as a love letter to the heart of Black creativity and possibility in the 1920s.
An accomplished songwriter of Broadway musicals and jazz standards, this West Virginian man is one of the people responsible ...
Schools across the nation continue to mark February as Black History Month, and Central Illinois colleges and universities ...
This year’s observance of Black History Month carries forward the centennial anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance. However, ...
As distractors diligently seek to silence uniquely diverse voices, my people’s literature speaks louder than ever. There is ...
Black artists, musicians, writers, and reformers flocked to the neighborhood of Harlem in the early 20th century, creating a ...