THE NEW SEASON OF “ART21: Art in the 21st Century” debuts Sept. 16, 2016. For the first time, the PBS series is focusing on the connection to place and the ways an artist’s practice is influenced and driven by where they live and work.
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Detroit Not Interested In Rebranding
A group of young leaders in the city of Detroit agreed at the Michigan Chronicle’s “Pancakes and Politics” speaker’s forum at the Detroit Athletic Club that the city does not need rebranding.
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Muhammad Ali Did Not “Transcend” Race
Muhammad Ali was, among other things, a proud Black man. He embraced his Blackness, and often referred to it.
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Sale of Ebony, Jet Opens ‘Next Chapter’ for African-American Publications
Johnson Publishing announced the sale of its African-American lifestyle magazines on Tuesday. The new owner, a private equity firm, says it intends to continue their legacy.
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Increasing Black Wealth Takes Generational Sacrifice — It Always Has
Since slavery, African Americans have made sacrifices so that their children and grandchildren could do better, but we need not lose this way of thinking today.
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‘The African Company’ Puts American Inclusiveness To The Test
In the 1821 curtain speech that opens Carlyle Brown’s “The African Company Presents Richard III,” 19th-century American impresario Stephen Price (David Daniel) urges his audience to look upon a stage where “anything is possible.”
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A 102-Year-Old Harlem Renaissance Dancer Sees Her Young Self On Film For The First Time
It has been decades since Alice Barker last danced on a stage. But after the 102-year-old finally saw video footage of her glory days performing in dance clubs in the 1930s and 1940s, she wanted to get out of her bed to do it all over again.
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Tales of African-American History Found in DNA – KOLUMN Magazine
The history of African-Americans has been shaped in part by two great journeys.
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At Carnegie Hall, a New Leader With a Son Named Hendrix
Robert F. Smith, the private equity titan who was named the richest African-American man by Forbes last year after making a fortune in software, also has a quirky musical side.
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7 New Poignant and Political Books by African Authors to Read This Year
“The Face: Cartography of the Void”, Chris Albani, “100 Days” by Juliane Okot Bitek
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