To wrap up Black Music Month, we’re highlighting prominent Black artists in Country who have made history and broken barriers. The artists include: Beyoncé, Shaboozey, The War and Treaty and more! Tetris Kelly: Country music continues to soar on the Billboard charts, and to celebrate Bla...
History & Culture How Black artists helped make country music what it is today History & Culture How the U.S. began celebrating Black History Month Before the Great Migration, there was the Great Exodus History & Culture Before the Great Migration, there was the Great Exodus ...
Also ranks #1 on The Greatest Black Actors In Film History Denzel Washington's Best Movies, RankedSee all 1American Gangster 1,232 Votes 2Remember the Titans 1,344 Votes 3Man on Fire 1,714 Votes 2 Morgan Freeman Shawshank Redemption, Driving Miss Daisy, Million Dollar Baby 3,750 votes Bel...
filmmaking and all of the imagery that has been shown on screen as it relates to Blacks. The book I've written,Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World, takes the reader on a voyage on the history of the country, race relations, and cinema. Who gets to make ...
culture. As country music goes through a fresh renaissance today, with a new wave of Black artists enjoying success,My Black Countryis the perfect gift for longtime country fans and a vibrant introduction to a new generation of listeners who previously were not invited to give the genre a ...
In a 1994 commentary forBillboard, Francis gave a brief history of the African-American role in developing country music, including slaves bringing the banjo to America and the contributions of such artists asDeFord Bailey, Stoney EdwardsandO.B. McClinton, but he also addressed the fact that th...
DesignerPaul Wellington, based in Milwaukee,United States, is the author ofBlack Built: History and Architecture in the Black Community, a book that documents more than 40 works of architecture around the country by Black architects that have had a direct impact on communities of color. He’s ...
” Josephine wanted her to prove that “children of different ethnicities and religions could still be brothers.” She often took the children with her cross-country, and when they were at Les Milandes, tours were arranged so visitors could walk the grounds and see how natural and happy the...
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13Like F. Gary Gray (Friday, Set It Off ) before him, Fuqua was a highly successful music video director before making the transition to feature-length filmmaking, having directed videos for R&B and hip- hop artists the likes of Toni Braxton, Coolio, Chanté Moore, Ce Ce Peniston, ...