The Essence Festival, which ended Sunday, is a celebration of Black culture launched in New Orleans in 1995. More than three decades later, it is an annual July event that significantly bolsters the ...

For the Essence Festival of Culture’s producers, social media criticism is part of the job — and not necessarily a bad thing. “It’s an honor and a blessing to have something you’re working on have ...

Now that the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture® presented by Coca-Cola® has wrapped, and we have all taken a deep breath, read the posts and comments, and had time to digest the magnitude of the ...