I would like to change the narrative of how African Americans are portrayed on film — flat out.,” filmmaker Crescen Coggins ...

Explore how 9 influential Black musicians including Louis Armstrong, Michael Jackson, and Prince changed music history through innovation and cultural impact.

Johnson, a pioneering Black musician born in Philadelphia in 1792, was the first African American composer to publish sheet ...

The movement of her body and the drum are one. Every sway and hit of her hips seems effortlessly in sync with beats from the ...

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The 2025 Spotify International Black Heritage Month (IBHM) playlist is now available, with a wide selection of different styles of House Music: from Chicago, Newark, the UK and Japan. Plus, there's ...

This family-friendly Juneteenth celebration kicks off with face painting and crafts starting at 4:30 p.m., followed by a ...

So now, The Root is taking a closer look at the anti-racist white heroes who were just as down for civil rights as Black folks throughout history. At age 18, Rev. Bruce Klunder knew he had to join the ...

Hudson and her eponymous daytime talk show have been the talk of the timelines as of late and now we have a clue as to why.

Billy Strings and Chris Thile were singing an old song called “Rabbit in a Log” at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Clouds of weedy smoke rolled up to the stage from below, and thunder echoed from ...

You’re going to tell me to be quiet because you’re losing money over something based on my work?” Rosephanye Powell said.

Simmons joined Duke in 1998, where he taught West African and Afro-Cuban music with a particular focus on the djembe drum and ...