On May 6, 1948, vocalist and choir director Elizabeth Coleman performed the gospel standard “Climbing Jacob’s Ladder” for an ...

In this powerful episode of The Cause: Conversations on Music, History, and Democracy, Dr. Reiland Rabaka explores the deep cultural, spiritual, and political roots of Civil Rights Music—from the ...

Marsalis has been the president of the 56-year-old Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation since 2018. He received the ...

The co-creator explains the contemporary music choices and hopes to continue the MGM+ series, now in its fourth season, that ...

Families can also enjoy crafts, music, balloon art ... gives a comprehensive overview of the American Civil Rights Movement from 1619 to the present. Since the Museum opened in 1991, millions ...

In 1964, while performing in Jacksonville, Florida, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr fought ...

Families can also enjoy crafts, music, balloon art, storytelling ... gives a comprehensive overview of the American Civil Rights Movement from 1619 to the present. Since the Museum opened in 1991, ...

In a world that often tried to limit Black women to the margins of history, Josephine Baker pirouetted to the centre stage , not just as ...

Sixty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led a rally protesting housing discrimination and segregated schools in ...

While you don't immediately picture the music of the 1960s being associated with sadness, there's one song from the decade that will move many to tears.

It’s the first Monday in May, which means it’s one of the biggest nights in all of fashion: the Met Gala, a benefit for the ...

The American Music Honors program took place Saturday ... We Shall Overcome' steeled the resolve of the Freedom Riders in the Civil Rights movement. Jimi Hendrix' Star-Spangled Banner channeled ...