MTV Video: In 1983, Michael Jackson became the first African American artist to have a video shown on MTV. Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame: In 1986, the first African Americans were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domin...
There are different movements of art within American art history, with great artists within each movement. Art critics often cite an overall list which includes Wood, Whistler, Hopper, Rockwell, O'Keeffe, Pollock, Warhol and others. Who is the most famous American artist? There is no one righ...
Lorna Simpson is a significant African-American artist, who lives and works in New York. She has become known for her unique artworks that combine photographs with words. Simpson uses photography, video and collage to question and challenge ideas about women, culture and race, especially represe...
John Epperson (born April 24, 1955) is an American drag artist, actor, pianist, vocalist and writer who is mainly known for creating his stage character Lypsinka. As Lypsinka he lip-synchs to meticulously edited, show-length soundtracks culled from snippets of outrageous 20...
Nationality: American Known for: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings With a total of seven autobiographies and several poetry works to her name, Angelou is one of the more successful African-American authors to date. She was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1971 and she was selected to read ...
Musician Azealia Banks is openly bisexual, but she doesn't want that to define her as an artist. She told the New York Times, "I'm not trying to be, like, the bisexual, lesbian rapper. I don't live on other people's terms." ...
1Michael Jackson, who besides being a famous song writer and a singer is best known for setting a record of the best entertainer and his name was also in the Guinness World Records. This African American Singer started off his career line from a very young age and in next to no time he...
“Harlem,”“I, Too,” and “Mother to Son” are among Langston Hughes’ most famous poems. His poetry’s lyrical realism and subject matter still resonate today.
OJ Simpson, a fomer American football star and Hollywood actor, was tried for double murder in 1995, in what was dubbed the "trial of the century" and watched by millions around the world. It came after he infamously fled from police when suspicion fell on him after th...
Josephine Bakerbecame a dancer in vaudeville and on Broadway when she ran away from home, but it was her jazz revue in Europe which led to her fame and lasting celebrity. She also worked with the French Resistance and Red Cross during World War II. As with many African American artists, ...