Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. I have compiled a subjective, non-exhaustive list of 50 Black ...

Editor’s note: UPMC Washington Teen Outreach recently held its 15th Black History Month Essay Contest. Here is one of the winning essays. 4.3% of America’s population consists of thriving Black ...

Early American banjo music is Black music. The banjo was created by enslaved African Americans, and according to the Smithsonian Institute, up until the 1830s, the banjo was exclusively an African ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) -As temperatures rise this summer, we’re turning up the volume on a different kind of heat — the cultural impact of Black music. June is African American Music ...

Doechii at Lincoln Hall in Chicago for her "Alligator Bites Never Heal" tour 2024 (Photo credit: Eddy "Precise" Lamarre) The landscape of African American music festivals continues to evolve as the ...

Shannon Sanders, a renowned music industry executive from Nashville, is celebrated with a "Living Legend" exhibit at the National Museum of African American Music. Sanders embodies the city's rich ...

Carroll students highlight Black experiences at African American Read-In ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The National Museum of African American Music is hosting a special event during CMA Fest to highlight the diversity in country music. "BEEN COUNTRY: Black Roots and Rhythm" ...

Four years ago, Debora Wondercheck was trying to process scenes of civil unrest in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor taking place nationally and in Orange County, when she ...

A discovery inside Woodland’s Opera House is reshaping what many thought they knew about Black history in Northern California. More than 120 years ago, a group of Black singers stood on the opera ...

The choirs and singers of Faith Hope and Love Church, Calvary Community Church and other churches of the African American Pastors Alliance will present a Gospel Extravaganza this Sunday.