The Six Riches Black People in the World
Forbes Magazine recently published a list of the richest people on the planet and this year, they, “counted [an] all-time high [of] 1,226 …
Sonie Joi Ruffin Visual Artist
Sonie is a contemporary fabric artist, fabric designer and writer based in Kansas City. Sonié grew up in a family of seamstresses and clothing designers. She started sewing at the …
Exhibition about African American Art in the 20th Century opens April 27 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
“African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond” presents a selection of works by 43 black artists who lived through the tremendous changes of the 20th Century. …
Julian Bond Professorship in Civil Rights and Social Justice at the University of Virginia
On Wednesday, May 2, 2012, a powerful group of 400-500 leaders of industry, business, arts, politics, community and culture will gather at the Plaza …
100 Greatest Singers
This is an excerpt from Jonathan Lethem’s introduction to the Greatest Singers of All Time feature in the November 27, 2008 issue of Rolling …
Obama: Trayvon Martin Case Is a `Tragedy’
In pictures: Fashion against trafficking
Johannesburg fashion show joins fight against child trafficking
Comedy Show this Weekend
SOLD – Keepin the Faith by Andrew Turner
SOLD Keepin the Faith by Andrew Turner Original Acrylic on Canvas Size 48″ x 58″Approx Andrew Turner (1944-2001) was born in Chester, Pennsylvania. He was a graduate of Temple University’s …
Romare Howard Bearden Visual Artist
Romare Howard Bearden was born on September 2, 1911, to (Richard) Howard and Bessye Bearden in Charlotte, North Carolina, and died in New York City on March 12, 1988, …
Romare Bearden’s Southern Sensibility
Romare Howard Bearden was born on September 2, 1911, to (Richard) Howard and Bessye Bearden in Charlotte, North Carolina, and died in New York City on March 12, 1988, at …
David Driskell: The Civil Rights Movement & Its Role in Black Art
The Catch by WAK
Kevin A. Williams’ art is widely circulated fine art. Diverse in its themes, the art is painted by Williams in mixed mediums, …
Actor, Singer, Composer & Minister Clifton Davis
Davis was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Thelma vanPutten Langhorn, a nurse, and Toussaint L’Ouverture …
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Artist George Nock
Artists and athletes generally inhabit opposite ends of the stereotype spectrum: the jocks just don’t mix with the poets and …