The house Jason Orr built 20 years ago, FunkJazz Kafé Arts & Music Festival, continues to highlight black excellence. Orr never announces any performers, and
If Respect Is The Issue, Are You Willing To Work To Get More of It? Whether with your peers, colleagues, siblings, friends, children, or significant
A significant amount of New York natives have taken root in Atlanta over the last two decades; and more than a handful of Atlantans have decided to make the move to the Big Apple.
Alonzo Mourning, 2014 National Basketball Hall of Famer, the Mourning Family Foundation and Foot Locker present the first annual Zo’s Winter Groove. This is
The Black United Fund of Illinois Inc. held their 14th annual Living Legends/Passing the Torch© Awards gala Saturday, Oct. 4. “Living Legend,” Illinois state Senator
Wolf Creek Amphitheater honored Commissioner William “Bill” Edwards of District 7 with a plaque for serving the residents of Fulton County. With Commissioner Edwards’ help, Wolf
There has always been a great connection between hip-hop and art. The graffiti artists who shared their inspiration on the walls of public housing and
This Saturday, Grambling University and Prairie View A&M University will face off at the Southwest Airlines State Fair Football Classic. McDonald’s will host the HBCU
British artist and photographer Yosra El-Essawy, who was born to Egyptian parents, raised in London, and maintained homes in New York, London and Cairo, is
If ever there were an epitome for the phrase “a blessing and a curse,” social media could take on all contenders for the title. Time and
The 26th Annual Atlanta Football Classic presented by the 100 Black Men of Atlanta announces 2 Chainz as the featured performer during the High School
Rev. Vizion Jones is a local civil rights activist who is not afraid to speak truth to power. Most recently, he experienced firsthand how injustice
The H Street Festival will be held Saturday, Sept, 20 from noon to 7 pm in Washington, D.C. The festival spans a total of 10
With the music industry evolving to an unseen place, we have seen many of our favorite hip-hop execs change the way they do business. Being
Chicago is set to send the summer festival season out on a soulful note as the Southside Soul Festival takes place tomorrow (Sept. 13). The one
As Ntozake Shange prepares to celebrate the 40th anniversary of her seminal work, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf with
Since the May opening of the 9/11 Memorial Museum, the area surrounding what for over a decade was simply known colloquially as “Ground Zero” has
The National September 11 Memorial and Museum are located at the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan and occupies approximately half of the 16-acre
The conversation about domestic violence has re-emerged as the nation witnessed the disturbing footage of former Baltimore Raven Ray Rice striking his then-girlfriend in an
Oprah Winfrey’s highly anticipated “The Life You Want Tour” opened at the Philips Arena in Atlanta. While speaking before a capacity crowd, Winfrey told her
