He played the trumpet with Lionel Hampton, produced albums ('Thriller'), songs ("We Are the World," "It's My Party"), films ('The Color Purple') and TV shows ('Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'), scored movies ...

One way of thinking about history is to imagine it as an intricate braid. The long narrative threads of many individuals and ...

Viewers should lose themselves in Jeremy Okai Davis’ latest portrait exhibit, from the stage, a calling…, which opens ...

Pioneering producer, film composer and music industry titan achieved a number of ‘firsts’ over a seven-decade career ...

African American breast cancer survivors gathered Saturday, Oct. 26, in Baton Rouge to share testimonials from young ...

The prolific music producer and arranger had an incalculable impact on American popular music, from bebop to hip-hop.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville man accused of making vile threats to members of the Jewish and African American communities was arrested Friday at his Arlington home. The Federal Bureau of ...

The rousing overture has motifs taken from African American spirituals. The curtain rises on a set reminiscent of a room in an old church basement where many a choir rehearsal has taken place.

The Hanover NAACP called a press conference after last week's incident where a student wrote a racial slur on a visiting team ...

James and other prominent Black athletes and entertainers started “More Than a Vote,” a non-profit organization aimed to ...

One of the rescinded orders, issued in 2015 by former Gov. Jay Nixon, set goals for state agencies to purchase 10% of goods ...