The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white
Belle da Costa Greene, who was JP Morgan’s librarian, became a lively fixture at Gilded Age mansions, country retreats, ...
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One of the Oldest Surviving Operas by a Black American Composer Will Be Performed for the First Time—138 Years After It Was Written
Edmond Dédé's 1887 magnum opus "Morgiane"—billed as "the most important opera never heard"—will finally get its premiere ...
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Louis Armstrong Broadway musical is still ‘Wonderful’
Tony award-winning actor James Monroe Iglehart firmly captures the exuberance and warmth of Armstrong and takes the audience through the famed musician’s life.
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Alonzo Davis, Artist and Pioneering Gallerist Who Championed Black Art, Has Died
Alonzo Davis, the artist and educator who cofounded Los Angeles's storied African American stronghold the Brockman Gallery, ...
First look at Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc in new Knives Out film
Daniel Craig has been displaying a brilliantly foppish style both on and off screen since he hung up his licence to kill, and pleasingly he’s doing so again in the first images from the new Knives Out ...