On June 19, 1865, news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Galveston, Texas, and the last enslaved people in America ...

Jawole Willa Jo Zollar’s new work for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at Brooklyn Academy of Music moves between church and twistin’ the night away.

The Afro gospel song ‘No Turning Back’ is reshaping how gospel music is viewed. Released by Akinade Ibuoye, aka Gaise Baba, ...

Street parties, exhibits, concerts, family carnivals and more events to celebrate Juneteenth this month.

A series of upcoming community events will bring people together for reflection, fellowship, friendship and unity. The Branch of the NAACP and Flood City Youth Fitness Academy will sponsor a seven-day ...

Juneteenth 2025 in Portsmouth will celebrate the 10 years of the African Burying Ground Memorial Park with African drumming and several events.

Erivo, Entertainment 360 and UTA hosted the party, which welcomed newly minted Tony Award winners, performers and more.

Sikeston’s Juneteenth Fest runs Thursday, June 19, through Saturday, June 21, featuring gospel concerts, a formal ball, a car ...

Since Black Arkansans have contributed significantly to every major genre of American music, here's a deeper look at the rich and often overlooked influence.

Leading Sly and the Family Stone, he helped redefine the landscape of pop, funk and rock in the late 1960s and early ’70s.

Behind it all was Sly Stone, the visionary who died Monday at 82 after a long battle with the lung disease COPD. He wrote, ...

Stone had a capacity for summing up the zeitgeist of an America in social transition, from collective joy to racial harmony, ...