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On the wall near the mantel hang a picture of Abraham Lincoln and a banjo. Below this scene is ... dishes steeped in Southern heritage and West African influences. Collard greens, embodying ...

Show more String bands, hoedowns, square dances, old-time fiddle and banjo styles, these sounds were a dominant strand in African American roots music from the 17th century onwards. Despite this ...

African American fiddlers were popular fixtures in dance halls, where they spun out the jigs and reels that kept white patrons on the move. Black musicians, including banjo players, guitarists ...

Little-known history of enslaved people escaping to Mexico is brought to exhilarating musical life at Berkeley Rep.

Painting of George Washington Williams addressing the Ohio State Legislature. Williams was the first African-American elected ...

Winners will be celebrated at a dinner co-hosted by dancer Ashley and Banjo and broadcaster Carol Vorderman on Monday.

The modern history of Galax VA is largely steeped in regional music (especially old-time music), with special attention to ...

Thursday marked the highest number of violations, 70, of Lebanese airspace by the IDF in a 24-hour period since Oct. 8, 2023.

Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israeli forces on Oct. 16 in a firefight in southern Gaza, according to the Israeli government. A ...

Britain’s Secret Apartheid Channel 4, 8.20pm One of history’s most exhaustively documented conflicts is still, it seems, ...