Generations: A Collection of African American Music
Robert Thomas Heights covers Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” October 2013. source
Therapist S. Tia Brown on protecting your mental health during COVID-19
(Photo: Wokandapix from Pixabay) Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the lives of many Black Americans have been completely upended. From the troubles of economic insecurity, anxiety, and sickness…
How White Backlash Controls American Progress
The word backlash gained popularity in the summer of 1963, when, after dallying on the issue for the first two years of his presidency, President John F. Kennedy proposed significant…
An Ida B. Wells Biography, Written by Her Great-Grandaughter, Will Be Released in 2021
Michelle Duster, author, educator, and the great-granddaughter of pioneering journalist and activist Ida B. Wells, announced that she will be publishing a biography about her great-grandmother’s extraordinary life and career.…
Big Boi, London Brown dish on ‘American Soul’ season 2
Big Boi of the group Outkast attends 2019 BMI Holiday Event at Cape Dutch on December 12, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.(Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage) London Brown attends HBO’s Official 2019…
This newspaper has never forgotten the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre — and its fight continues
TULSA, Okla. — Jim Goodwin ran his thumb over the screen of his iPhone, reading a rough draft of a newspaper editorial. In 300 words, the author recounted one of…
First families pay tribute after ex-White House butler dies from Covid-19
Wilson Jerman, who first worked for Eisenhower and retired under the Obamas, has died aged 91 Tributes from former first families have rolled in after the death from Covid-19 of…
Figurative Painter Dies of Alzheimer’s at 83 – ARTnews.com
Emma Amos, a figurative painter whose visually seductive art stared down racism and privilege, has died at 83. Her gallery, Ryan Lee, said in an email announcement that Amos died…
Sotheby’s to Auction Storied Ginny Williams Collection – ARTnews.com
The top offerings for the upcoming marquee auctions are beginning to be unveiled. Sotheby’s has announced it will bring selections from the collection of dealer Ginny Williams to the auction…
Susan Rothenberg Was One of Today’s Most Fearless Artists – ARTnews.com
In an interview a few years ago, the artist Susan Rothenberg said she had just read that a group of ravens is called an unkindness. She thought it an unfair…