Beninese music legend Angélique Kidjo has made history as the first Black African performer selected to receive a star on the ...

We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass ...

Beninese-French singer and actress Angelique Kidjo is set to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The announcement ...

June saw the loss of several influential figures in music, sports, and beyond. Brian Wilson was the creative force behind The ...

Dig into 13 tracks from this influential drummer and bandleader, chosen by writers and musicians including several former ...

In 1979, UNESCO named Elmina Castle a World Heritage Site for its central role in the transatlantic slave trade. Because of ...

A new book explores how painters, sculptors and writers, especially women and people of color, used their craft to advocate ...

Michelle Ntalami is a household name in Kenya. The award-winning entrepreneur founded Africa’s fastest-growing haircare line, ...

Columbus Day and Presidents Day are now in the crosshairs as debate erupts over which holidays America should actually ...

In the evening, Trump complained on the site about “too many non-working holidays” and said it is “costing our Country ...

But on this year’s Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, the usually talkative president kept silent about a day important to Black Americans for marking the end of slavery in the country he leads again. No ...

The most famous people from Rhode Island are actors, musicians, journalists and politicians. Some examples include Olivia Culpo, Shepard Fairey, Viola Davis, Gina Raimondo and Elisabeth Hasselbeck ...