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As a consequence of growing up Black in a white world, I am comfortable feeling alienated from my own emotions

The annual, self-guided history and architecture festival that spans the city gave residents a look into buildings and spaces often closed to the public.

NEW YORK — Several of Harlem’s hometown heroes will take part in the upcoming event inspired by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s Oscar-winning documentary “Summer of Soul.”

DETROIT — Rolling Stone ranks Aretha Franklin No. 1 in its list of the "greatest singers of all time" on Sunday.

Majority-black orchestra celebrates song first heard on New Year’s Day 1773 when repentant former slave trader declaimed verses in church

For our festival-averse film critic, movies about concerts and musicians are essential viewing – and he believes we are living through a golden age for the form

LOS ANGELES — Danielle Deadwyler vividly recalls what went through her mind when she learned that she had landed the lead role in "Till," a new film centered on civil rights advocate Mamie Till-Mobley and her fight for justice following the brutal slaying of her son Emmett Till in the…

Global film greats flocked to the festival because of its dedication to the art – and because they know great pictures are nothing without great picturehouses

Chicago performer Corky Siegel said, “I think he was just the greatest in the Chicago folk scene.” He later reinvented himself, writing and performing in one-man plays about Mark Twain.