Acclaimed comedian Chris Rock visited Charleston's International African American Museum on Oct. 2 ... and was snapped in photos with State Rep. Wendell Gilliard, who represents an area that ...

Black American music is ... Americans began doing a West African (Ashanti) dance they called “The Charleston.” The Savoy’s regular “Battle of the Bands” welcomed clarinetist Benny ...

18—Etran de L'Aïr ("stars of the Aïr region") are a four-piece rock band from Agadez, Niger, a West African city that ... in West Africa as that of the American cowboy here, tishoumaren ...

The Winnsboro Easter Rock Ensemble carries on a women-led African American spiritual ritual, originally performed by enslaved Africans in the Northeast Louisiana Delta region of Franklin Parish ...

Dr. Reiland Rabaka In this episode of The Cause: Conversations on Music, History, and Democracy, Dr. Reiland Rabaka explores how rock & roll helped shape the Civil Rights Movement and American ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The City of Wilmington’s Commission on African American History is hosting the first-ever MC Sha-Rock Day on May 17. From 12 to 8 p.m. at the Live Oak Bank Pavilion, the ...