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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New Youth Film Festival Recognizes Emerging Storytellers

Anah Ambuchi’s short film about bullying, positive self-image and appreciation of African heritage, Made in His Imagewas one of several films screened at Mustard...

First African American Named to Lead Smithsonian

By Chris Mills Rodrigo Lonnie G. Bunch III has been elected secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, becoming the first African American person to assume that...