She was an aspiring actor when she was cast in an Andy Warhol film called “Tub Girls.” But she was best known for the beloved ...

Original Mature Groovers will hold the second annual Black History Ball in celebration of Black History Month.This year's b ...

More than 60 years after her death, Hurston’s unfinished novel “The Life of Herod the Great” showcases her passion for her ...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Today marks the 133rd anniversary of novelist Zora Neale Hurston's birth. Zora Neale Hurston was an author, ...

He spent a year recruiting founding members, and on December 10, 1924, he filed with the state of Illinois for the ...

Nearly lost in a fire, Zora Neale Hurston's final novel, 'The Life of Herod the Great,' is out more than 60 years after her ...

Blues singer Gladys Bentley was a dazzling star of the Harlem Renaissance, a period in the 1920s and ’30s when African ...

Black characters and stories have long existed in the classical canon, but they are too often overlooked, obscured by a Western-centric lens.

The Chamber Orchestra (ECCO) will perform their annual friends and family concert at the Pablo Center at the Confluence in on Sunday, January 18. The concert will be anchored by an orchestral ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day events include story times, speakers and fundraising events in Milwaukee and its suburbs.

The week will focus on Meditations on Democracy, inviting dialogue about King's work and vision on civil rights, social ...

Take some time to catch your breath after the crush of the holidays, but don’t hibernate too long or you’ll miss some thought ...