On Friday, Chance the Rapper announced the launch of the New Chance Arts and Literature Fund for Chicago public schools.
They say summer is the perfect time for family reunions, and for all intents and purposes, that’s just what this is. It’s Saturday night, and…
When Ntozake Shange released her powerful book, For Colored Girls Only Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuff, did she know how powerful it would be? Did she know when she wrote this rich masterpiece, she would connect and touch people all over the world?
by Marlynn Synder It has taken me a minute to explore my feelings on losing jazz singer/songwriter Abbey Lincoln, who passed away earlier this month at the age of 80. She was many things, so many amazing things.
In today’s fast-paced, web-based world, it’s very easy for the less popular or “current” areas of Black arts and culture to fall by the wayside.
