These instances of black music-making were largely produced by and for a black slave community that understood the significance of the music in ways that whites never could. Scholars have often noted ...

I was just working on music. I had a specific idea of what I ... which is referencing pornography and slavery. Rebecca Latimer Felton was the first woman to serve in the United States Senate ...

Director Malcolm Washington, co-star Erykah Badu, and more talk about drawing on blues, work songs, and spirituals to help the characters - and viewers - confront their past ...