Amiri Baraka (formerly LeRoi Jones), the Maoist revolutionary who was called “the primary theorist of the Black Arts Movement ...

At night, she worked on her novels. By day, as an editor at Random House, she championed a new generation of writers.

Vermont becomes first U.S. territory to abolish slavery. By 1783, New Hampshire and Massachusetts had followed Vermont’s lead ...

What we need right now, badly, is a kind and compassionate United States that honors legal due process, not one that is knee-jerk harsh, vindictive and cruel.

Cited as one of the first representations of black queer popular culture, Ma Rainey's sensational Prove It on Me Blues is a ...

The London based grime artist, real name Michael Omari Owuo Junior, was awarded a doctorate in law during a special ...

Mungo Thomson examines the mundane, Esiri Erheriene-Essi reflects on Black life, Llyn Foulkes satirizes Americana, and more.

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Shandi Renee Fisk age 42, of Zanesville, OH passed away unexpectedly Thursday, June 26, 2025 at her residence. She was born September 6, 1982 in Zanesville, OH daughter of Frank and Tammy Martin Fisk ...

Born in 1927, Moynihan had grown up in New York City during ... who was only “blaming the victim,” especially Black women, by others. As scholar Angela Davis pointed out, the Black single mothers of ...

The soulful singer, known for hits like "Living All Alone and "You Know How to Love Me" died on June 30, 1995, just days ...