Before their fashion legacy was draped in sequins, silk, and floor-length coats, The Isley Brothers were shaping the sound of a generation. Formed in the 1950s, the original trio: O’Kelly, Rudolph, ...

The Essence Festival of Culture has a bright future — in New Orleans, Louisiana. It might not seem that way with some of the sharp criticism, menacing vitriol and painful ugliness in recent days. I've ...

In 1968, Jonathan Blount, Cecil Hollingsworth, Edward Lewis and Clarence O. Smith established Essence Communications, Inc. Since then, the publication birthed from that entity has served as a constant ...

Painter Norman Rockwell was famous for his narrative paintings depicting the essence of American life in the mid-20th century ...

I was an Essence Festival fan for decades. Along with my beloved pack of girlfriends, I first attended in the early 2000s and we all fell in love with the annual event. That’s why I’m so disillusioned ...