Cissy Houston crossed the bridge over troubled water 
Chico Hamilton: Celebrating a Legend’s Legacy! 🎉 
Celebrating “Le Freak” Nile Rodgers: A Music Maestro’s Birthday 
Celebrating Freda Payne: A Timeless Talent’s Birthday 
Celebrating B.B. King: The Reigning King of Blues 
Celebrating Jessye Norman: A Luminary in Opera 
“Mercy, Mercy, Mercy,” “Cannonball” Adderley: Happy Birthday 
African-American Royal Celebrities Crossword Puzzle 
Barry Harris is Passing It On |1994-3 
Oscar Peterson — a unique joyful masterful jazz pianist 
Lorez Alexandria — a 20th century Underrated Jazz Vocalist 
Birthday Greetings Patti Austin — Keep the Music Playing 
Jack DeJohnette the spiritual: drummer, pianist and composer 
Singer-Songwriter Syreeta collaborated with Stevie & Billy 
Billy Taylor — Jazz Musician, Composer, Educator & Artistic Director 
James Victor Scott— hey, it’s all the way on your birthday 
Mildred Virginia Jackson — humorous to raw and raunchy 
Bill Withers — it’s a lovely Birthday today 
Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. “Hello” it’s your Birthday 
Angela Bofill 
James Weldon Johnson Civil Rights Activist 
Tupac Amaru Shakur 
Erroll Garner’s Innovative Approach to playing the piano 
Marcus Miller – wishing you many happy returns on your special day 
Doc Cheatham — Jazz music’s unique trumpeter and crooner 
Geri Allen blends traditional jazz with avant-garde styles 
Hazel Scott jazz Pianist, Actress and 1950’s Emigrant 
Richard Pryor: Pushing Boundaries and Battling Censorship | 11/1977 
In Memoriam: James Earl Jones 
Maestro Geoffrey Lamont Holder take the Stage 
“DARK NOON” 
The Katherine Dunham Dance Consequences 
North American African-American Theatre Companies 
Trailblazer Obie and AUDELCO winner Frances Helen Foster 
Ronnie Dyson’s ascends from Washington Temple COGIC to . . . 
Saluting Multifaceted Artist Charles Weldon 
Birthday Greetings Cleavon “Blazing Saddles” Little 
“Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies” 
Raven Chanticleer and the Harlem African-American Wax Museum 
Camille Billops: Sculptor, Filmmaker, Printmaker, Educator 
The vibrant “Harlem Renaissance” collection at the Met ★ ★ ★ ★ 
The Harlem Renaissance — Masterfully Curated at The Met 
Ernest Crichlow, an American Artist 
Alex Harsley’s Visual History of Black Creative Spaces 
Faith Ringgold: an appreciation for her contributions to art 
North American African-American Theatre Companies Discover a wide variety of African-American theatres nationwide from A like Atlanta to Z like Zanesfield. ...... Read More
Historic 1998 Photo of Renown African-American Artists We’ve received a copy of this photo of renown African-American Fine Artists taken by Hakim Mutlaq in the 1990s at the Schomburg Cultural Center in... Read More
Brothers Johnson: Funk And Faith | 7/1980 5 min read For the past four years, the Brothers Johnson, otherwise known as thunder-thumbs’ and lightning licks have been literally taking the country by storm with their... Read More
We Are Family Crossword Puzzle 1 min read Welcome to the “We Are Family” Crossword Puzzle! We Are Family Crossword Puzzle celebrates the legacy and contributions of African-American families in the entertainment industry.... Read More
Media — Lawanda Page is Esther and a Snake Dancer | 1980-5-7 Someone once told me that a man at a hamburger stand somewhere near St. Louis, knew that LaWanda Page used to be a snake dancer... Read More
“Paraphrase”: Putting It Another Way |1991-6 2 min read Lee Leagiton, president of L. Cee Enterprises and his wife and vice-president, Connie Rose-Leagiton, have certainly not “advanced upon an appendage”* with their new game:... Read More
Richard Pryor: Pushing Boundaries and Battling Censorship | 11/1977 Focus Your Attention The first Richard Pryor show of the new season should have begun with Pryor insouciantly standing nude from the waist up saying,... Read More
ROUTES Roots: Jazz and its Roots |1979-6-16 5 min read If it is almost a truism that Jazz has absorbed the blues, the extent to which Jazz and Latin Music have influenced each other is... Read More
Media: Nichelle Nichols Star Treking | 1980-1-4 The Starship Enterprise is on yet another leg of its five-year mission to boldly go where no man has gone before. The regular crew is... Read More
The hip hop debate 20 min read The hip hop debate has historical parallels in the entertainment industry My son and I have had some spirited discussions over hip hop and its... Read More