My first visit to the capital city was a brilliant display of diversity with African American and minority cultures and ...

The California African American Museum in Los Angeles hopes to change that limited understanding with its current exhibition, ...

This year, we’ve had to say goodbye to many artists from the entertainment and fashion industries.Some of them left an ...

But Hughes is one of a handful of artists whose work spanned both the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ’70s, which partnered with the modern Civil Rights Movement. In ...

Nora Holt was the first Black person in the United States to earn a master’s degree in music. A prolific composer and a club-hopping socialite, she once wrote a 42-page work for a 100-piece orchestra.

Lorraine O’Grady, an indefatigable conceptual artist whose work critiqued definitions of identity, died in New York on Friday aged 90. Her gallery, Mariane Ibrahim, confirmed her death via email, ...

Jacqueline Kennedy’s ivory silk taffeta wedding dress was one of the most talked-about pieces of clothing of the 20th century ...

Explore the legacy of famous Black singers from the 1950s, from Little Richard to Ray Charles and their influence on music ...

Helen LaFrance was a self-taught folk artist primarily focused on memory paintings—vivid depictions drawn from her ...

In reality, many steps need to happen before the artist even makes it into the studio ... “Breakaway” is one of the best-known songs from “American Idol” darling Kelly Clarkson.

He’s one of the most famous voice actors in the country ... about it,” West said in a phone interview with the Odessa American. “I talk about anything. I love signing stuff for people.