Just now, music about survival, transcendence and the afterlife may have a special resonance for the BBC Singers. After all, the supremely versatile century-old chamber choir has endured its own ...

In 1926, Josephine Baker was approached by French journalist Marcel Sauvage about writing a memoir. Then 20 years old, the ...

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Mwatabu Okantah was at Kent State when Black History Month was first celebrated. He reflects on the groundwork laid and why ...

Geoff Killebrew is launching the Worcester Renaissance Market in March, a place that will host events and help support vendors and street performers from redlined communities.

Fauset was the first Black woman to hold a paramount position in publishing, but her career was overshadowed by her personal ...

February is Black History Month, and South Florida is honoring the occasion with a variety of activities that salute the ...

Among myriad offerings on Broadway these days are shows that reflect and represent the generations-old traditions of Black ...

Last year, local instrumentalist//composer Robin Blake, who performs and records as Hyperius Blake, hosted a tribute to the late MF Doom at Crobar. A catalyst for the local music scene, Blake ...

One book that echoes the themes explored in Langston Hughes's poetry is The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois. This ...

Anthony Mackie calls Captain America his Oscar, reflecting on being overlooked by the Academy despite performances like in The Hurt Locker.

She escaped the racism of her native America to find global fame in France. Her 1949 memoir, published for the first time in English, captures Baker’s joyful voice ...