The funeral will take place at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit, Mich. While the service is limited to friends and family. See the live stream of...
WASHINGTON—The African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church’s first elected female bishop, Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, and Stellar award-winning artist Kurt Carr & The Kurt Carr Singers, will...
TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Those who weren’t around to witness Tiger Woods in his heyday might wonder why do people still care what happens to a 42...
Global music icon B.B. King is buried at the museum that bears his name in Indianola, Miss.
THE AFRO — George Walker, a Black Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, pianist and educator, died Aug. 23 at the age of 96. According to NPR, the pioneering...
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Hip-hop superstar Jay Z and his wife, Beyoncé, have announced a new scholarship program that will award 10 scholarships worth $100,000 each to “exceptional” high school...
“We wanted to organize and galvanize people because many of us who followed the trial or actually attended the trial, like I did, were very troubled...
The legendary crooner who’s new album, “Stand for Love,” dropped on Aug. 3, said he felt comfortable opening up to the Black Press about his award-winning...
MICHIGAN CHRONICLE — More than 20 performing artists, activists, and family members will celebrate the life and legacy of Aretha Louise Franklin, known as the Queen...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Less than two hours after The Washington Post published its damning exposé about Paris Dennard, a prominent cable news defender of President Donald Trump, CNN announced that...
THE WASHINGTON INFORMER — You owe it to yourself, to your friends, family and especially your children to see this delightful show that takes us along...
THE WESTSIDE GAZETTE — “Streetlight Harmonies,” by Brent Wilson and the documentary “Josephine Baker: Black Diva in a White Man’s World,” count among the highlights of...
Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin died on August 16, 2018. The Grammy Award-winning artist was 76.
Aretha Franklin, an 18-time Grammy Award Winner, died on August 16, 2018 following a battle with pancreatic cancer.
“Respect” singer Aretha Franklin is gravely ill.
By Dwight Brown (NNPA Newswire Film Critic) You just can’t make this stuff up! A Black detective infiltrates the White racist Ku Klux Klan. When? Where?...
“Josephine Baker: Black Diva in a White Man’s World” will be one of the highlights of the 12th annual African Diaspora International Film Festival in Washington,...
“The American King: As Told by an African Priestess” is a new film, written and directed by Jeta Amata, that delivers a different perspective on the...
By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic By now you know what to expect from Mission: Impossible movies… Daredevil action scenes, breakneck speeds, cunning espionage,...
The Lincoln First Listen (LFL) series launched in 2016 to showcase emerging and established music artists.
By Dwight Brown (NNPA News Wire Film Critic) He likes to play the hero (Rampage). He does it all the time (San Andreas). It’s what his...
Joseph Jackson, the patriarch of the Jackson family of superstars, has died.
Public Enemy founder and Hip-hop legend Chuck D says that the Black Press must get ahead of the curve and continue its global outreach efforts. Chuck...
Jackson family patriarch Joseph Jackson is terminally ill following a long battle with cancer.
