Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of 250 years of legalized enslavement of Africans in the United States. Long before the federal government...
DALLAS WEEKLY — ‘Smile,’ is a ballet filled with whim, wonder, suspense, and unpredictability. Dallas Black Dance Theatre alum McKinley Willis gave a preview of the...
By Daisha Williams Post News Group Intern W. Kamau Bell, a talented Black comedian, writer, and filmmaker, visited Oakland School for the Arts on Thursday April...
Anna Lee Mraz | Special to California Black Media Partners The fifth of May, Cinco de Mayo, is a holiday that celebrates the Battle of Puebla,...
San Rafael, CA – Over the next few months, up to $200,000 will be awarded to Marin County community-based organizations to help overcome barriers and connect communities...
By Zoe Jung Robert Henry Johnson, a Bay Area dancer, choreographer, and playwright, passed away on Dec. 16, 2022. His body was identified in March. Johnson...
By Kathy Chouteau Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is partnering with Richmond’s NIAD Art Center and other Bay Area organizations serving artists with developmental disabilities to...
By Maxim Elramsisy California Black Media Civil rights and media icon Xernona Clayton became the first woman to be enshrined with a statue in downtown Atlanta...
By Navdeep Jassal Post News Group Contributor Navdeep Jassal, has been traveling in South Africa for the last five months and recently had the opportunity to...
c.2023, Dafina, $28.00, 256 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer A good building starts with a substantial foundation. No matter where you go from there, that base...
By Kathy Chouteau | Richmond Standard The Richmond Art Center (RAC) has announced its lineup of three winter exhibitions, including Art of the African Diaspora, Connected Always and The Remembrance...
The Black woman whose cells have helped advance medical research will be honored in her hometown By Angela Johnson The city of Roanoke, Va., is honoring a...
By Anne Brice | Excerpted from the Berkeley News Eniola Fakile’s creations live in another world. Fakile is a photographer. A performance artist. A filmmaker. A...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Below you will find a list of documentaries, based on the roots of African American culture, compiled by Word in Black partner, The...
By McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media The “Stop the Hate. Spread the Love,” initiative spearheaded by California Black Media (CBM) and others, was introduced to...
By Ben Jealous Art can be a powerful tool for social change. Sometimes that threatens people in power. Right now, some of America’s greatest artists are...
By Clifford L. Williams San Francisco’s Museum of the African Diaspora’s (MoAD) Afropolitan Ball, billed as a high energy celebration of Bay Area Black talent, will...
By Post Staff Jazz saxophonist Farrell ‘Pharoah’ Sanders, a pioneer of ‘spiritual’ jazz who lived in Oakland for a time before gaining renown in New York...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Holsinger collection of 600 photos of Blacks in the area will hang in the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Barack Obama spoke of the people he and Biden had worked with and fondly recalled his time in the White House. “When people...
By Post Staff Oakland is featured in a powerful new film, “Bottled Spirits,” premiering at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival on Sept. 2. Three Black artists who...
