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.

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

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

Bill Pannell, who died on Friday (Oct. 11) at 95 years old, touched the lives of countless legions of others — including me ...

Many Civil Rights Movement leaders were young and gravitated toward Martin ... The final pages of the Citizenship Workbook were “Freedom Songs To Sing.” Songs included were: We Shall Overcome, Oh, ...

The New Orleans City Council denied a proposal by the owner of Oretha Castle Haley's childhood home to turn the historic ...

Washington DC has a lively scene for punk and go-go music, fighting against gentrification and conservatism in the nation’s ...

The country hitmaker breaks down his new EP, teases a new project with an NBA star and reflects on his experiences as a Black artist in country music. Read the Billboard interview.

Several prominent figures from all walks of life — including actors, singers and athletes — have been diagnosed with the ...

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have long been crucibles of excellence, forging some of the world's most ...

A judge in South Carolina has erased the records of seven Black men arrested in 1960 for sitting at an all-white lunch ...