Imagine popular music without Black women. Since Motown in the 1960s, turning on a radio anywhere in American meant the likelihood of hearing a Black woman’s voice. And they were the biggest stars, ...

When people reel off the names of American Black writers such as Kiese Laymon and Jesmyn Ward and Deesha Philyaw, Danté Stewart hopes they'll include his name, too. "I wanted to be in the tradition of ...

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CHIEF INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: This is Black History Month here in the United States, and we look now at a new book, sharing stories of joy during the horrors of slavery. “Reading ...

With This Is Us finally completely wrapped, many fans have been left wondering what would be next for the Pearson clan, particularly the beloved Black Pearsons. The story of Randall, wife Beth, and ...

“I don’t burden myself with the impossible task of writing the “Black Woman’s” experience; to be honest, I think categorically-Black writing loses a lot of nuance and is generally lazy. I just tell my ...

In the last moments of his life, George Floyd, pinned to the ground, cried out to his deceased “mama” — 11 times in a row — as a White police officer pushed the life out of him with his knee. Floyd’s ...

(RNS) — 'Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle' weaves together the stories of Black lives and Black literature with the stories of the Bible. (RNS) — When people reel off the names of American ...