The National Museum of African American Music, or NMAAM, is the only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the many ...
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The African American folk singer and songwriter had decades-long career as a children's entertainer, and made a global impact ...
Chicago singer and songwriter Ella Jenkins, known as the "First Lady of Children's Music," has died at the age of 100.
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Carter's political and cultural impact will be studied in a new college course coming to Yale University next year.
On a chilly October night, the dimly lit lounge of Rock Steady — a popular Afro-Caribbean restaurant in Midtown — is notably empty. Staffers are preparing for what’s supposed to be a busy night ahead.
Pop superstar Beyoncé and her expansive cultural legacy will be the subject of a new course next year at Yale University.