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Now through October 5, 2025, the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, SC revisits Harriet Tubman’s Combahee River Raid.
Despite Netflix hits and studio success, Tyler Perry is under fire for never evolving creatively or uplifting new voices.
A celebration of the songs and friendship of three artists with voices that span generations of the American soundtrack is having its world premiere in Chicago at the Black Ensemble Theater in Uptown.
Coca-Cola's 30-year partnership with the Essence Festival of Culture is a prime example of cultural marketing that ...
Last year, more than 60% of top musicians were men. Next week's This Could Go Boom! festival will try to change that ratio.
You don’t have to be an art expert to appreciate a good painting, especially when it comes from Black female painters who are revolutionizing the art world with every brushstroke. From bold portraits ...
Black women continue to lead, create, and shake things up across every industry, from music to business. Whether it’s through film, fashion, music or activism, women are influencing the culture in ...
Wikimedia Commons Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald made history on May 4, 1959, as the first woman to win a Grammy Award. The ...
West African singer Angélique Kidjo makes history as the first Black African artist to be inducted into the Hollywood Walk of ...
Most bands feature only one lead singer. But there are a few classic rock bands that have multiple lead singers who are both men and women.
American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist Stevie Wonder performing live, UK, 18th May 1984. (Photo by Mike Lawn/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ...
WMAR-2 News is celebrating Black Music Month, spotlighting some of Baltimore’s most influential and genre-defining Black artists.