Jazz at Lincoln Center is offering the world premiere of a new jazz oratorio "Rustin in Renaissance," a tribute to the Civil ...

As well as being an incredible songwriter and performer, Nina Simone was a tireless activist within the civil rights movement, which often influenced her music.

The historical significance of Black popular music in American culture is powerful. Even former President Jimmy Carter ...

Music and politics have been intertwined continuously and the relationship between the two exists at an all-time high in the ...

On the evening of Oct. 10, Doudna Fine Arts Center hosted Oh Freedom! Songs of the Civil Rights Movement, a concert dedicated ...

Legendary singer and activist Barbara Dane died in her Oakland home Sunday. She was 97 years old. In the 1950s, Dane became a ...

Nobel Prize-winning economist, professor, and popular New York Times opinion writer Paul Krugman on Monday published, “Trump ...

After speaking with his mom, Breland, who grew up in New Jersey, decided to visit Selma, Alabama, where many of his older ...

Some civil suits against Combs have come from people in the music industry who worked closely with him, including former Danity Kane singer Dawn Richard and Diddy’s “Love Album” producer Lil ...

The musician never knew his grandfather but was inspired to develop a musical program based on the courageous man’s life and career as a journalist during the Civil Rights Movement. Adam W. Sadberry ...

H.L. Mencken crowned Chicago “the literary capital of the United States” in 1920. Lorraine Hansberry and I wrote plays that, ...

The third annual multi-ethnic Golden Harvest Parade starts at 11:30 a.m. Saturday along Capitol Mall in downtown Sacramento.