Teachers can help the origins of jazz and hip-hop come alive for students with resources that highlight these influential ...

African American musicians were trailblazers in promoting a culture that was less prejudiced and discriminatory.

Religious leaders from Detroit explore the history and influence of Black religious music. One Detroit contributor Stephen Henderson talks with Rev. Larry Simmons of Baber Memorial AME Church and Dr.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Beyoncé wrangled up plenty of attention with the release of her latest album, "Cowboy Carter." Her two-step into country music further carved her name in history books as she ...

Editor’s note: UPMC Washington Teen Outreach recently held its 15th Black History Month Essay Contest. Here is one of the winning essays. 4.3% of America’s population consists of thriving Black ...

The Armstrong Osborne Public Library in Talladega closed out Black History Month Thursday with a performance by Musafa that educated young children about the history of African music, dance and ...

J.H. Kwabena Nketia, a Ghanaian ethnomusicologist and composer who became the world’s leading scholar on African musical traditions, died March 13 in Legon, a suburb of the Accra, the capital of Ghana ...

For anyone attending a contemporary African American worship service, the experience carries “an expectation of participation,” said the Rev. Derrick Hammond, pastor of Oak Valley Baptist Church in ...

Long regarded as the continent's living archive of history, identity and collective memory, African music is now at the centre of an urgent conversation about reforming and strengthening music ...