“I felt this profound disconnect with African Americans,” he added. When Hounsou landed his leading role in Steven Spielberg’s 1997 film “Amistad,” the powerful story of the slave ...

Every month is a good month to catch a show at the Penumbra Theatre, home of Minnesota's only Black professional theater company. In February, it'll put on "Paradise Blue," a "noir-inflected musical ...

Her long-unpublished novel was the culmination of a years-long fascination. What does it reveal about her fraught views on ...

This feature documentary will spotlight Hazel Scott, the most famous jazz virtuoso of her time and the first African American to have ... Honor the best films and performances of 2024 that ...

What comes to mind when you think of the city of Savannah? Is it the beautifully laid out squares that dot the city? Or ...

1908— Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity is incorporated. The Black Greek-let­ter organization was actually found­ed, however, on Dec. 4, 1906. The “brothers of the black and gold” have included as members a ...

Germans and African Americans. It also served as a safe haven for escaped slaves in a state where slavery was abolished in 1827. “Originally the site of New York City’s first free Black ...

"If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values — that all reality hinges on moral foundations ...

Sundance Film Festival features an exciting lineup of 14 films from filmmakers who identify as African American, of African descent.