Dubbed as the “Largest Black Parade in America,” the 48th Annual African-American Day Parade is set to take place Sunday, Sept. 17, at 1 p.m. in Harlem.
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Ailey Extension Dance Classes: Release your inner dancer | New York Amsterdam News
Have you ever sat in the audience at an Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performance during the magnificent dance company’s summer and winter seasons and thought wistfully, “I would love to try to do at least some of that!”
View MoreIn Harlem, a New Triennial Parses the Historical, Political, and Social Context of “Uptown” | Hyperallergic
The inaugural show at Columbia University’s Wallach Art Gallery spotlights 25 artists living or practicing north of 99th Street.
View MoreWhen Black Hair Violates The Dress Code | NPR
Raising teenage girls can be a tough job. Raising black teenage girls as white parents can be even tougher. Aaron and Colleen Cook knew that when they adopted their twin daughters, Mya and Deanna.
View MoreNina Simone in Liberia | Guernica
The singer went to Africa, she said, in search of peace, or a husband, or maybe the feeling of home.
View MoreReview: In ‘The Defiant Ones,’ a Revealing Portrait of Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine | The New York Times
Money is nice, fame is dizzying, and professional accolades can be rewarding. But the truest measurement of a life lived well — or at least strategically — may be the quality of the biographer you can persuade, or hire, to tell your story.
View MoreEdna Lewis and the Black Roots of American Cooking – The New York Times
The chef and author made the case for black Southern cooking as the foundation of our national cuisine. Does she get the credit she deserves?
View MoreRuth Carter Is The Veteran Black Costume Designer Serving Looks In Black Panther – Essence
The former ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood honoree brought the aesthetic world of Wakanda to life with African-inspired costumes.
View MoreDr. Dre Pledges $10M for Compton High Performing Arts Center – Afro
COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — Dr. Dre is pledging $10 million toward the construction of a performing arts center at Compton High School.
View MoreBud Billiken Parade Saturday to be bigger, better than ever (1975) – Chicago Tribune
Tho most children today do not know who Bud Bliliken is or who he is supposed to represent, Billiken lives on each year in the parade of bands and floats that wind along Martin Luther King Drive.
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