"African American history has always suffered from neglect. But currently it is under attack. The assault comes from two ...

As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.

Two centuries later, a number of women in Oakland are recreating the Underground Railroad quilt. It’s one of the annual ...

The Women Empowered to Live with Lupus (WELL) study is a trial conducted to examine the effectiveness of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) among African–American women with SLE. We ...

La Jolla Playhouse recently opened a production of Jocelyn Bioh's Tony Award-winning play "Jaja's African Hair Braiding." Set in a Harlem hair braiding salon, the story explores love, family, ...

Tap dance is as much a part of Americana as blue jeans, barbecue or the Statue of Liberty. While not as popular today as it was during its “Golden Age” from 1920 to 1940, the American art form has ...

A Grammy Award-winning country band is coming to American Music Theatre this summer. The Band Perry will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, at the venue, located at 2425 Lincoln Highway East ...

They declared him dead after a failed resuscitation." A prominent figure in the South African music scene, Ntombela was cherished for his melodic contributions and his role as a respected ...

AFRICAN AMERICANS. Cleveland's African American community is almost as old as the city itself. GEORGE PEAKE, the first Black settler, arrived in 1809 and by 1860 there were 799 Black people living in ...

Before the stage musical premiered in 2018, just about everyone must have wondered: How the heck will director Alex Timbers and his design team match the universe of saturated colors and patterns ...

Jazz, with its roots in African American culture and its ability ... that blends the intricate rhythms and melodic patterns of Indian classical music with the harmonic structures of jazz.