For Black History Month, the free streaming service Pluto TV is spotlighting its Black cinema offerings, including an ...

What began as a small Harlem library addressing the needs of a changing neighborhood has grown into a world-renowned mecca ...

When Ephriam David Tyler died in 1969 at age 85, he had written and published his way through three works of poetry that ...

From musical performances to movie series, these events will help you celebrate Black History Month — and learn something, too.

Virginia Allen, Tami DiCostanzo, Nicole Meyers, Sharon Mineo, Elizabeth Morgan, and Diana Varvaro, along with Junior Ruby ...

Gibbs herself played the Jeffersons' maid, Florence Johnston. At the time a TV novice and mother of three, Gibbs had been working as a reservation agent for United Airlines and figured she'd have a ...

A complex drama about a fictional Illinois-based Black American political family and the Civil Rights movement, “Purpose” returns Jacobs-Jenkins to Broadway after winning three Tony Awards in 2023 ...

Sam Cooke was inspired to write 'A Change is Gonna Come' after hearing 'Blowin' in the Wind'. 40 years later, Dylan covered the song at a live show in New York.

Reviews were middling, but the film picked up a couple of Oscar nominations (including one for Holly Hunter, who had less than six minutes of screen time), and was a roaring success at the box office.

In "A Patch of Blue" (1965), he becomes friends with a young white woman (Elizabeth ... helped pave the way for stars like Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Diana Sands, Cicely Tyson. And when Poitier ...

In “A Patch of Blue” (1965), he becomes friends with a young white woman (Elizabeth ... helped pave the way for stars like Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Diana Sands and Cicely Tyson.