At the Detroit Opera House, in a world where 5 days a week, sweat and determination squeeze each dancer’s muscle into hundreds of perfect plies, the young students of Ballet Detroit received a dollop of inspiration from famed ballerina, Precious Adams.
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Chicago Celebrates Playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s Life
Born on Thursday, May 19 in Chicago she is most known for writing ‘A Raisin in Sun’ which opened on Broadway garnishing great success and later becoming a feature film.
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The Man Who Put Marvel In The Black
Movie theaters had air conditioning. So when those dry, 110-degree Clovis summers hit, that’s where Nate Moore and his three siblings would be. At the movies.
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Are African-Americans Locked Out? State of Black America Report
The National Urban League’s 2016 State of Black America Report, ‘Locked Out: Education, Jobs, & Justice,’ which was released on Tuesday.
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Route 66’s Legacy of Racial Segregation
Being black and traveling away from home during the Jim Crow era of racial segregation in the US was potentially life-threatening.
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New Black Lives Matter Documentary Starring Jesse Williams to Explore the Power and Rise of the Movement
In a new documentary titled “Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement,” actor Jesse Williams hopes to shed light on the mistreatment of African-Americans while chronicling the movement born out of it.
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If Black Lives Matter, Then Black Votes Count
The California Community Foundation and Public Policy Institute of California hosted an annual Speakership Series on California’s Future last week in Los Angeles. Attendees heard about California Secretary of State Alex Padilla’s vigorous administration in the modernization of voting systems, removal of barriers to voting, and promotion of innovation in the civic engagement space.
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An African-American Mother, One of Many, Grappling with Her Son’s Violent Death
They typically gather around Mother’s Day each year to catch up, hold each other and cry for the children they’ve lost.
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Reclaiming the Photographic Narrative of African-Americans
Sitting for a portrait by Lyle Ashton Harris was a daunting yet revelatory experience for Sarah Lewis as she waited, alone, in the cavernous Polaroid 20 by 24 studio in Manhattan.
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We’re In An Amazing Black Cultural Moment. Can We Avoid The Backlash?
Black American culture is experiencing a kind of delicious dominance at the moment. It’s one that might seem odd given its contrast with the resurgence of racism embodied by some supporters of Donald Trump.
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