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Paul Robeson House new reading room pays tribute to his wife
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA newly created reading room at the Paul Robeson House and Museum in West Philadelphia pays tribute...
André Leon Talley's Designer Collections to Be Auctioned Off With Proceeds Benefitting Two Black...
The Root via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe designer collections of beloved fashion icon and former Vogue Magazine creative director André...
Harry Belafonte, calypso star and civil rights champion, dies at 96
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHarry Belafonte, the effortlessly graceful singer credited with popularizing calypso in the U.S. in...
'Basketball is like a religion.' How the Brooklyn hoops scene shaped Xavier's Abou Ousmane
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo Sports· 10 months agoXavier senior forward Abou Ousmane is comfortable so far living in Cincinnati, saying that it...
Milwaukee's historical Bronzeville lives on at a new website and app dedicated to preserving its...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt dawned on Patricia Diggs one day as she chatted with her ailing father: Who would preserve his...
THE 10 GREATEST GOSPEL ALBUMS OF ALL TIME
SPIN via Yahoo News· 1 year agoYou don’t have to read far in the biographies of Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, and Otis Redding to discover that they grew...
Harry Belafonte, Calypso King Who Worked for African American Rights, Dies at 96
Variety via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSinger, actor, producer and activist Harry Belafonte, who spawned a calypso craze in the U.S. with...
Lena Horne Inspired Better Black Images Onscreen — but Losing This Role Ended Her Hollywood Career
Indiewire via Yahoo News· 8 months agoDonald Bogle, who teaches at the University of Pennsylvania and New York University’s Tisch School...
How Black Actors Broke Through in Old Hollywood — Day to Day, Role to Role
Indiewire via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThat Black performers had limited opportunities in Hollywood movies of the ‘20s, '30s, and ‘40s is...
Discrimination, mental health are linked, report finds. What is Penn State doing to help students?
State College Centre Daily Times via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe report found that about one in five students nationally reported some form of identity-based...