An Afro-Latina rekindles a fling and finds revitalizing energy overcoming COVID-19’s isolation and its lockdown’s racial opportunistic zeitgeist.

From the triumphs of Jesse Owens to the early days of hip-hop, there's a lot to learn and celebrate in February.

Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” examines the influential Sly and the Family Stone front man. It also probes a ...

The expression Black Hawk Down, the title of a Hollywood film, has become shorthand for a 1993 US military disaster in ...

With Black History Month underway, locals have several opportunities in the coming weeks to learn the often-unheard history ...

Melvin Van Peebles, whose low-budget 1971 phenomenon, “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” — an X-rated film about a Black ...

Braceville is a small community with a lot of history. It produced famous athletes, such as boxer Earnie Shavers, who fought ...

Before Hattie McDaniel won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, she made ...

AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY CLASS: The Howland Library Branch, 9095 East Market St., will offer an African American Genealogy class 3 p.m. Tuesday for adults. Learn to trace your family history using ...

Based on the classic novel by Alice Walker, “The Color Purple”, is the coming of age story of a girl named Celie Harris in ...

IndieWire can now unveil the new fellows for the 2025 cohort, along with the six selected projects. Each creative team ...

Black History Month is an opportunity to reflect on the past, celebrate the present, and inspire the future. In Chicago, the public library serves as a hub ...