The Schomburg Center is celebrating its 100th anniversary while preserving more than 11 million items in the archive.

A song called the “Black National Anthem” begins the day at The Ralph Bunche School, P.S. 125 in Harlem. The song is just one part of the Black studies ...

A major Dutch museum is staging a huge exhibition of American photography that explores the tension between how the United ...

The Village Bohemian counterculture movement in the late 19th century and early 20th, with its artistic creativity and ...

"It was a mix of everything that was great about Black culture," a Hofstra professor says of the genre, which burned bright ...

The show was nominated for five Tonys. But for LaChanze, 63, that was just the beginning. She wants her projects to be an ...

Thanks to City Year, the Isaac Newton Middle School in East Harlem is bringing new life to the historical landmark through its beautification.

Many Democrats and activists are rallying to defend diversity programs, but others say they distract from deeper efforts to ...

The Many Dimensions of Dexter Gordon article by Arthur R George, published on February 6, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more ...

It’s about power, man.” Before he was Luke Cage, Hero for Hire, Carl Lucas was a petty thief on the streets of Harlem. When gang leader Willis Stryker framed him as a pusher of heroin, Lucas was ...

Artist and advocate for the oppressed Ishmael Reed has taken a bawdy slice of Black folklore in The Shine Challenge, 2025.

What is Vy Higginsen’s most famous contribution to musical theater? Vy Higginsen co-wrote “Mama, I Want to Sing!”, which became the longest-running black off-Broadway musical in American history, ...