California has discovered an unusual book in his late mother’s extraordinary collection of African American artifacts. The small, cloth-bound book, titled Slave Songs of the United States ...

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 first line of Walker’s poem refers to Black people “everywhere/singing their slave songs repeatedly”; it also describes people kneeling in prayer.

In the early days of voting in America, bribery, drunken brawls and parades accompanied elections as a public holiday. All of ...

Civil rights icon and National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. and ...

Ann Arbor community members gathered at the Gerald R. Ford Library to listen to a lecture and performance by Reverend Robert ...

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It was just before sunset on the Mississippi River, the day’s last bits of golden light dancing on the water, when four ...

But he also expressed horror at certain aspects of American life, especially the South’s ongoing embrace of slavery. During a ...

Ye has been responsible for some of the greatest highs of this century in popular music, and for some lows that most artists ...

This is the season of patriotism in Latin America as many countries commemorate their independence from colonial powers. From ...