Shared Visions' focuses on Black portraits, a theme that has shown up in exhibits at the PMA, Barnes, the Met, and beyond.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets with influential African American figures, like Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock and Maya Angelou, to piece together their genealogy and disclose captivating facts about ...

According to UW, he will be the first African American to serve as President. “I am honored to be joining the University of Washington and excited to lead this extraordinary public university in ...

“It is the oldest African American church in Colorado Springs,” said Church Historian Thomas Scott. The story of Payne Chapel began in 1872 when four Carter brothers and their families moved ...

Cheap Trick took this Bob Dylan classic on back in 1977, and it’s almost surprising how good it is. “Please, Mrs. Henry” by Cheap Trick is an excellent and reverent cover of the original ...

Walter Strickland didn’t read a book from cover to cover until he was 18 ... leaving predominantly white churches. They discuss African American theologians, the witness of the Black church ...

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution to a conflict in eastern Congo, where Rwandan-backed rebels’ rapid ...

A new ecosystem of publishers, bookstores, literary magazines and festivals is promoting African writers and changing ... translation to the design of book covers. And those books are finding ...

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 4 (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to Elon Musk on the subject of misinformation about South Africa, the presidency said on Tuesday, after U.S. President ...

Needless to say, this collection of talented musicians hit this cover out of the park. Notably, Prince delivered a mystifying solo that puts him leagues above everyone else when it comes to guitar ...

Having grown up in the west African country of Benin, when two-time Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou immigrated to the US in 1990 to pursue his acting dreams, he felt a pain he could not ...