We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass ...

Poetry memoir invites readers into “Blindian Country”; experimental work by 20 Black artists at F-O-K Studios; Alex Yang’s” Weaving the Hmong Legacy” at the Xia Gallery.

1954: Maureen Connolly wins her third consecutive Wimbledon Ladies’ singles title, beating fellow American Louise Brough 6-2, 7-5. 1959: South African Gary Player ... 1972: Blues artist Mississippi ...

Famous for his role in Enter the Dragon, Jim Kelly starred in many amazing martial arts and Blaxploitation films over the ...

When putting together a list of the 30 Best Black Films of the 21st century, you first have to recognize that Black entertainers have been a part of cinema for almost as long as it has existed. They ...

Her great-great grandmother, Ida Ella Ruth Jones, was a sought-after African American artist whose works depicted life in rural Pennsylvania in the first half of the 20th century.

In Elmira, the John W. Jones Museum sits at Jones' former home. More: John W. Jones statue unveiling June 22: Why Elmira is celebrating its 'American hero' Fred Hazel ...

Fred Wilson’s 1993 sculpture “Grey Area (Brown Version),” five identical reproductions of the bust of Nefertiti. Bequest of William K. Jacobs Jr. and Richard J. Kempe.

His father, Fred Trump, used to take him to see Billy Graham preach, he recalled. Which made him think of the hymn “How Great Thou Art.” Which made him think of Elvis.

That meant attending university art shows where she became familiar with, and soon began buying, works by a number of African American artists, some established, others up-and-coming.

Dalila Scruggs joins the Washington, D.C.-based Smithsonian American Art Museum as its first Augusta Savage Curator of African American Art.