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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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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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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Alicia Keys Has Started A #NoMakeup Movement, And It’s Amazing
We’re “Fallin’” even more in love with this woman than we were before.
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Jeff Friday: The Driving Force Behind American Black Film Festival – KOLUMN
Over the last 20 years, the American Black Film Festival has brought together an array of filmmakers, media creators and talent for four days of non-stop workshops, panels, showcases, screenings and networking.
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Chicago Celebrates Playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s Life
Born on Thursday, May 19 in Chicago she is most known for writing ‘A Raisin in Sun’ which opened on Broadway garnishing great success and later becoming a feature film.
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The Man Who Put Marvel In The Black
Movie theaters had air conditioning. So when those dry, 110-degree Clovis summers hit, that’s where Nate Moore and his three siblings would be. At the movies.
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New Black Lives Matter Documentary Starring Jesse Williams to Explore the Power and Rise of the Movement
In a new documentary titled “Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement,” actor Jesse Williams hopes to shed light on the mistreatment of African-Americans while chronicling the movement born out of it.
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Minnesota State Legislature Launches ‘PRINCE Act’
After hundreds contacted death investigators claiming to be related to Prince, the Minnesota legislature introduced a new act protecting his image. Meanwhile, a Missouri man claims to be the Purple One’s sole heir.
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The African-American Conductor: James DePreist
James DePreist. Born in Philadelphia in 1936, DePreist won the Dmitri Mitropoulos conducting competition while still a young man. He served as Leonard Bernstein’s assistant at the New York Philharmonic.
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