President Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act in July 1964, urging Americans to “close the springs of racial poison.” ...

She was highly regarded as a folk, blues and jazz singer. She was also ardently left-wing and prioritized social change over commercial success.

In 1966, the famed communist folk musician Pete Seeger was invited by the Cuban revolutionary government to perform a series ...

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

The Climate Revival, a touring church event, combines worship, education and inspiration to take action against the dangers ...

Colman Domingo can’t wait to embody Nat King Cole in the upcoming biopic about the legendary jazz singer’s life. “I love the ...

Delphia Bradley came to Idaho Falls last December to escape abuse, harassment and racism. Now she’s starting a new venture in ...

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

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

Few, if any, dance performances of the nineties provoked more controversy than “Still/Here,” a multimedia work from 1994 by ...

Music legend Stevie Wonder encouraged people to vote and performed a special rendition of his "Happy Birthday" song for Kamala.

The partial collapse of a ferry dock that claimed the lives of seven people attending a cultural festival has left a historic ...