He’s the first Black American to compose a full opera. It’s finally being staged after 138 years
For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled ...
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Three Black History Books You Won’t Be Able To Put Down This Month
What better time to read these eye-opening books than February? Check out this article to see what to add to your list this ...
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Palm Springs kicks off Black History Month with honoring black authors
The Palm Springs Public Library teams up with Mizell Senior Center to present "Our Voices Our Stories: Celebrating Black ...
Philadelphia Tribune15h
Found: A Manuscript That Unlocks a Forgotten Black Composer’s World
In 1887, a composer completed the greatest work of his life: a grand opera, 545 pages long, telling a story of epic ...
The New Yorker17h
Lessons for the End of the World
And, of course, escapism is a supply-and-demand business. As the world requires more of the people in it, it also offers more ...
Florida Courier16h
Author chronicles creation of the racial gap between Blacks and whites
As he celebrated the end of the Civil War and the abolition of slavery in 1865, Frederick Douglass emphasized that pervasive racial discrimination remained an obstacle to the attainment of equal ...