WOOSTER ― Looking at a painting of a Black woman holding back tears, Allison Allison could feel her pain. It was a familiar pain she has recognized in herself at times. Standing in the middle of the ...

Afrocentric Style: A Celebration of Blackness & Identity in Pop Culture by author, screenwriter, and TV/Film Producer Shirley Neal links the vibrancy of Black identity and expression with mainstream ...

The National Museum of African American History and Culture finally opens. — -- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture finally opens its doors today on the ...

What do you get when Black identity meets science fiction, history, art and pop culture in one Smithsonian exhibit? If the Smithsonian in question is the National Museum of African American History ...

*Retro 51’s new Afrocentric Corona pen honors the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opened in 2016 in Washington D.C. Just as the NMAAHC is the only museum of its kind, ...

In the roaring twenties, the world buzzed with jazz rhythms and a spirit of liberation. It was an era when African American artists found their creative voices and sought new horizons beyond the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – As music and life painted Rosa Parks Circle in the September sun, hundreds gathered for the African American Arts and Music Festival the first weekend of ArtPrize on Saturday, Sept.

While some are recouping from that Christmas cheer another holiday is getting started around the world and right here in West Michigan. Thursday kicked off day one of Kwanzaa, which is a week-long ...

Today marks the first day of Kwanzaa — a seven-day celebration of African American and Pan-African culture, community and ...

Dec. 26 is the first day of Kwanzaa, a seven-day celebration of African-American and pan-African culture, community, and values. The week-long celebration began in 1966.