The Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival celebrates Barker’s long career and many contributions to New Orleans’ music as a ...

"These women had suffered and endured so much," 22-year-old filmmaker Emma Watts said. "They've been waiting so long for ...

Grammy-winning singer Roberta Flack is celebrated in a public memorial service with performances by Stevie Wonder and Lauryn ...

Elvis, who was strongly influenced by and nurtured on Black music, was a part of the revolution that stood up against Jim ...

1 827—The first Black-owned and operated newspaper in America begins publishing. It was Free­dom’s Journal. It published weekly in New York City from 1827 to 1829. Editors John Russwurm and Samuel ...

“It’s ridiculous that the people of New Orleans are having to pick sides when this should be a black-and-white answer,” Catzen said. “The data should be available to us to make a ...

In New Orleans, some African Americans mask in elaborate beaded and feathered Mardi Gras Indian suits, roving the city to sing, dance, drum and perform. The tradition, a central part of the Black ...

Bertha Hope was only three years old when she started playing Brahms’ “Lullaby” on the piano just from hearing it on the radio. “How did you do that?” asked her shocked parents, both ...

Jazz music isn't dead in Pensacola ... and you'll see numerous denunciations of the musical form born in the Black neighborhoods of New Orleans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The bright walls, black-and-white tile and white tablecloths serve a refined but celebratory atmosphere. Dine on shrimp rémoulade, duck and andouille gumbo and other New Orleans classics for a ...

“The White Lotus” Season 3 premieres this week. The addictive HBO original series about narcissistic tourists causing murder and mayhem on vacation is back with its first episodes in over two ...