Black American music is music of the spirit, a profound diversity of lessons to be enjoyed. Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites ...

The president announced Friday that he would remove multiple board members, including the Chairman, who do not share his ...

A film being shown Wednesday at the Mayborn tells the story of an overlooked Black cultural and artistic moment at the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition that has shaped history.

FLORENCE, S.C. – “Fighters for Freedom,” a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian, features some of the last paintings by ...

She was the first African American to perform on the main stage at the Metropolitan Opera, the first African American artist ...

President Trump plans to fire several Board Members at Washington D.C.'s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and ...

President Trump plans to fire several Board Members at Washington D.C.'s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and ...

Battling extensive racial prejudice, she broke many barriers, including as the first African American to perform with the Metropolitan Opera. UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld hailed her ...

Executive Director Brigid Guertin says Anderson, "was one of the most incredible contraltos of all time, and Marian's voice moved our nation and moved people through the civil rights movement ...