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Lamont Dozier, Multi Award Winning Songwriter with Legendary Holland-Dozier-Holland, Provides a Window To Success and Motown History in His Memoir, ‘How Sweet It Is:...

Site Editor - October 8, 2019

LOS ANGELES -- Lamont Dozier is one of the top songwriters in history, recognized by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters...

THREEWALLS RECEIVES $1.2 MILLION, THREE YEAR AWARD FROM SURDNA FOUNDATION TO EXPAND PROGRAM SUPPORTING ALAANA ARTISTS RADICALLY IMAGINING A RACIALLY JUST SOCIETY

Site Editor - October 3, 2019

Threewalls to Grant $300,000 per year for three years to ALAANA Artists for RaD Lab+Outside the Walls Fellowship Today, Threewalls announced that the organization has...

FOUNDER OF BLACK-OWNED CULTURAL CENTER/ BOOK STORE IN ATLANTA TO LAUNCH FREE FESTIVAL

Site Editor - September 24, 2019

Event Brings Together Food, Art, Live Music and More for a Culturally Immersive Experience Atlanta, Ga. -- Kazemde Ajamu has always had his eye - and...

AFRICAN AMERICAN BEST-SELLING AUTHOR TO REVEAL HER SECRETS DURING UPCOMING WRITER’S RETREAT

Site Editor - August 23, 2019

Campton, KY (BlackNews.com) -- Ninety-seven percent of writers have an unfinished manuscript or unwritten idea. Fortunately, Dayton-based best-selling author and award-winning publisher, Valerie J....

Toni Morrison Leaves Legacy

Tia Carol Jones - August 6, 2019

Toni Morrison, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, passed away at age 88 on Monday, Aug. 5. Morrison was known for her portrayal...

Ebony Magazine Photo Archive Sold

ADW News Desk - July 29, 2019

Photo by John H. White A consortium of foundations placed the winning bid to purchase the archive of Johnson Publishing Company (JPC), publisher of the...

Art of The Hustle: ORS Brand Manager Kudzai Mutasa Makes Her Artist Debut at Essence Festival 2019

Kiki Camille, Contributing Writer - July 11, 2019

2019 is the year of the millennial entrepreneur, and even more so, African-American female entrepreneurs. According to the 2018 State of Women Owned Businesses...

Fashion, Design, Art and Music Converge

Tia Carol Jones - June 26, 2019

Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech” exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art is a representation of all the worlds Abloh exists in – fashion,...

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago to Host Late Night Event

Tia Carol Jones - June 26, 2019

The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 220 E. Chicago Ave., will host Prime Time: “Question Everything,” from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday, June 29....

Art Tour Aims to Activate Cultural Spaces on West Side

F. Amanda Tugade, Contributing Writer - June 26, 2019

For years, Catherine Hollis and her daughter, Catelen, passed by the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Fair Housing Exhibit Center in North Lawndale. Nestled...