The Black church has long played a significant role in supporting faith and the fight for Civil Rights in America, with its ...

Carol Gordon is an avid collector of Black American memorabilia and has assembled a traveling history museum that she takes ...

Alvin Ailey's seminal Revelations is considered the most widely viewed modern dance work in the world. Lost songs from the ...

ARISE, a Wichita singing group that specializes in Negro Spirituals, is traveling to Paris to perform as part of the Black ...

With that out of the way: ladies and gentlemen… it’s the best musical performance from all 50 seasons of SNL.

By Christine WeertsSpecial to the Selma Times JournalThis year marks the 125th anniversary of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” ...

It starts with tapping toes. It’s followed by shaking shoulders, waving arms and swaying hips. You hear music and pretty soon you’re dancing to a beat, and maybe even singing along ...

There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...

Congress passes the first Fugi­tive Slave Law. The law made it easier for a slave owner to re-take control of a slave who had ...

Affectionately called "Big Mama" for both her size and her powerful voice, she grew up singing ... slavery, she learned to read and write by the age of 9 and became the first African American ...

Kendrick Lamar took aim at a series of targets during the Super Bowl 59 halftime show. Some were people, other were ...

“I found out who Ebo was buying compilation records with his songs ... was West African rhythms and melodies that came over on slave ships that helped birth not just calypso, but American ...