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Historic Houston park raises the curtain on new stage at Juneteenth festival - AOL
15+ hour, 41+ min ago (284+ words) Houston's historic Emancipation Park will celebrate Juneteenth in style. As part of the parks annual festival to mark the holiday, the Third Ward park will dedicate its new performance stage. Funded by the Kinder Foundation, the 5, 000-square-foot stage includes an…...
August Wilson Society and NYU Tisch to Present August Wilson's Ground 2026 at the African Grove Theater
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (333+ words) June 22 event will mark the Broadway revival of Joe Turner's Come and Gone with artists, scholars, students, and theatergoers in conversation about Wilson's enduring legacy. The August Wilson Society, in collaboration with NYU Tisch School of the Arts, will present…...
Little Miss African American Scholarship Pageant Celebrates Its 32nd Anniversary August 2 At Barnsdall Art Park
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (25+ words) (Los Angeles, CA) " Founder Lisa Ruffin is proud to announce the 32nd Annual Little Miss African American Scholarship Pageant. The red carpet event will take...
Cartoon: Runner's High
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (118+ words) Daily Press Cartoon by Steve Breen for June 14, 2026. VHSL state tournament scoreboard for baseball, softball, boys soccer and girls soccer Williamsburg cancels roundabout project near Midtown Row Father of child found dead is denied bond for killing mother, while hospitalized…...
Lowfeye on How Sjava Inspired Him to Represent the Zulu Culture Within Hip Hop
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (503+ words) Music Videos9 hours ago Music Videos4 days ago Banele Author News1 hour ago142 Views South African hip hop artist Lowfeye has opened up about embracing his Zulu heritage and the role that award-winning musician Sjava played in shaping his perspective on cultural representation within…...
Field Hall Marks Fundraising Milestone with Community Block Party
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (163+ words) PORT ANGELES " Field Arts & Events Hall will celebrate the culmination of its 10-year fundraising campaign with a free community block party in downtown Port Angeles this Saturday. Executive Director Steve Raider-Ginsburg says the event marks the close of the public…...
Some African burial societies now focus on helping the living too
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1065+ words) AP News Some African burial societies now focus on helping the living too A veteran U. S. law enforcement agent secretly tried to recruit Nicolas Maduro's personal pilot to join a plot to capture the Venezuelan leader and deliver him into U. S. custody…...
'Road to Emancipation' series honoring African Americans set to begin in Clarksville - AOL
1+ week, 1+ day ago (161+ words) 'Road to Emancipation' series honoring African Americans set to begin in Clarksville AOL. com The Clarksville Arts and Heritage Council is hosting "The Road to Emancipation," a three-part program series on African American life, as part of Clarksville's celebrations around…...
I Get Jay-Z, Beyonc-Level Respect In Ghana
1+ week, 2+ day ago (221+ words) GHANAIAN DANCEHALL artiste, Shatta Wale, has stated that due to his submissiveness to authorities and industry stakeholders in Ghana, many give him the respect they would ordinarily give to global music power couple Jay-Z and Beyonc. Speaking in an interview,…...
Why Dr. Michael Eric Dyson Matters to West Virginia Hip-Hop " Black By God
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1188+ words) As Charleston welcomes one of America's leading public intellectuals for Juneteenth, West Virginia artists are building their own archive of Black Appalachian history through hip-hop. I'm in the Dear WV "Label Meeting" group chat with a handful of participants from…...