When educator Jane Dabney Shackelford wrote and published The Child’s Story of the Negro and Helen Adele Whiting wrote Negro Folk Tales for Pupils in the Primary Grades and Negro Art, Music and Rhyme ...

There’s no denying it. Black women excel at nearly everything they do. From fashion to music to poetry, some of the greatest ...

Wages for Housework, Emily Callaci’s fascinating history of the movement, is highly readable – but it ignores some rather ...

Claude McKay's poems offer rich layers of meaning, reflecting the struggles, triumphs, and complexities of the Black experience. His work invites readers to confront difficult truths while also ...

South African poetry, rich with history , has long been an underappreciated cornerstone of the country's cultural landscape.

Over the next four weeks, the D.C. area comes alive with events highlighting contributions made by the Black community, ...

Natalie Cole, Whitney Houston and Lauryn Hill’s album of the year wins all came in the 1990s. Beyoncé’s fifth shot, for ...

Knoxville will mark Black History Month in 2025 with art and performances, plus a "Conversation with a Legend" featuring Beck ...

The poet Maya Angelou remains beloved more than a decade after her death. Yet few lift up the power of her voice in the ...

Make Chuck Hughes's savoury breakfast bread pudding, cauliflower salad with lemon and black pepper dressing ... published allegations from eight women ...

The Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival marks 32 years of producing over 700 extraordinary multicultural and ...