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 ...

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 ...

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 ...