Negro Bass Player Charlie Mingus is a talented, successful and angry man—so angry, in fact, that he planned to leave for an island in the Mediterranean and never return to the U.S. Mingus changed his ...

In the summer of 1920, the United States is a country of deep contradictions: a land of Jim Crow laws, lynching and rising ...

Inspired by the Deep South setting of Ryan Coogler’s latest film, we look back on the history of popular music through the lens of Houston’s Black community in the early 20th century. Music, sin, and ...

A showcase honoring the legacy of Black musicians during the Jim Crow era will take place on Saturday, May 31, at the Cathedral of Grace St. John in Aurora. The event, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 2950 ...

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington ...

A new exhibit at the Minnesota Historical Society was created to further the state’s conversation about reconstruction and the many decades of discriminatory laws and practices that followed. SUBJECT ...

Nyla Moxley's grandfather grew up in a segregated America and endured racism in the Jim Crow South. He and Moxley reflect on his resilience and what it's taught her as a young Black woman today. This ...